Perlecan in the Natural and Cell Therapy Repair of Human Adult Articular Cartilage: Can Modifications in This Proteoglycan Be a Novel Therapeutic Approach? (2021)
Journal Article
Garcia, J., McCarthy, H. S., Kuiper, J. H., Melrose, J., & Roberts, S. (2021). Perlecan in the Natural and Cell Therapy Repair of Human Adult Articular Cartilage: Can Modifications in This Proteoglycan Be a Novel Therapeutic Approach?. Biomolecules, 11(1), Article ARTN 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11010092

Articular cartilage is considered to have limited regenerative capacity, which has led to the search for therapies to limit or halt the progression of its destruction. Perlecan, a multifunctional heparan sulphate (HS) proteoglycan, promotes embryonic... Read More about Perlecan in the Natural and Cell Therapy Repair of Human Adult Articular Cartilage: Can Modifications in This Proteoglycan Be a Novel Therapeutic Approach?.

ADAMTS-4 activity in synovial fluid as a biomarker of inflammation and effusion (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, S., Evans, H., Wright, K., van Niekerk, L., Caterson, B., Richardson, J., …Kuiper, J. (2015). ADAMTS-4 activity in synovial fluid as a biomarker of inflammation and effusion. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 23(9), 1622-1626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2015.05.006

Objective
To evaluate the potential of ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase -1) activity in synovial fluid (SF) as a biomarker of knee injury and joint disease.

Design
We have measured ADAMTS-4 activity in the synovial fluid of 170 orthopaedic patients with di... Read More about ADAMTS-4 activity in synovial fluid as a biomarker of inflammation and effusion.