Icariin alleviates osteoarthritis by inhibiting NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis
Abstract Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the common chronic degenerative joint bone disease that is mainly featured by joint stiffness and cartilage degradation. Icariin (ICA), an extract from Epimedium, has been preliminarily proven to show anti-osteoporotic and anti-inflammatory effects in OA. H...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2019-09-01
|
Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1307-6 |