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...

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Main Authors: Yan Zu, Yue Mu, Qiang Li, Shu-Ting Zhang, Hong-Juan Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1307-6