Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model (2024)
Journal Article
Perry, J., Mennan, C., Cool, P., McCarthy, H. S., Newell, K., Hopkins, T., …Roberts, S. (2024). Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model. Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035241287832

Objective To determine if mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human umbilical cords (hUC) could reduce degeneration developing when injected into the knee of a large animal model of osteoarthritis (OA). Design Ten million culture-expanded U... Read More about Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model.

Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model (2024)
Journal Article
Perry, J., Mennan, C., Cool, P., McCarthy, H., Newell, K., Hopkins, T., …Roberts, S. (2024). Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model. Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035241287832

Objective
To determine if mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human umbilical cords (hUC) could reduce degeneration developing when injected into the knee of a large animal model of osteoarthritis (OA).
Design
Ten million culture-expande... Read More about Intra-Articular Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduces Radiographic Osteoarthritis in an Ovine Model.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (2024)
Journal Article
Orfanos, G., McCarthy, H. S., Williams, M., Dugard, N., Gallacher, P. D., Glover, A. W., …Kuiper, J. H. (2024). A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035241279943

Objective
Traditional autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) involves arthroscopically harvesting a cartilage biopsy (stage 1), followed by arthrotomy 3-4 weeks later to apply a periosteal patch and implant culture-expanded chondrocytes underneat... Read More about A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing “Early” Versus “Late” Periosteal Patch Attachment to Knee Chondral Defects in Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation.

A mixed-methods approach exploring acceptability and feasibility of trials designed to test drugs targeting prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis after knee injury (2024)
Journal Article
Kalsoum, R., Minns Lowe, C. J., Gilbert, S., McCaskie, A. W., Snow, M., Wright, K., …Watt, F. E. (in press). A mixed-methods approach exploring acceptability and feasibility of trials designed to test drugs targeting prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis after knee injury. Bone & Joint Research, 13(9), 513-524. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.139.BJR-2024-0109

Aims
To explore key stakeholder views around feasibility and acceptability of trials seeking to prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) following knee injury, and provide guidance for next steps in PTOA trial design.

Methods
Healthcare prof... Read More about A mixed-methods approach exploring acceptability and feasibility of trials designed to test drugs targeting prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis after knee injury.

Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome (2024)
Journal Article
Tierney, L., Kuiper, J. H., Roberts, S., Snow, M., Williams, M., Harrington, M. B., …Wright, K. T. (in press). Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, https://doi.org/10.1002/ksa.12433

Purpose
To investigate patient demographic, injury and surgery/treatment-associated factors that can influence the patient-reported outcome (Lysholm score), following autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) in a large, ‘real-world’, nonuniform, pr... Read More about Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome.

Human vascularised synovium-on-a-chip: a mechanically stimulated, microfluidic model to investigate synovial inflammation and monocyte recruitment. (2023)
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Thompson, C. L., Hopkins, T., Bevan, C., Screen, H. R., Wright, K. T., & Knight, M. M. (in press). Human vascularised synovium-on-a-chip: a mechanically stimulated, microfluidic model to investigate synovial inflammation and monocyte recruitment. Biomedical Materials, 18(6), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/acf976

Healthy synovium is critical for joint homeostasis. Synovial inflammation (synovitis) is implicated in the onset, progression and symptomatic presentation of arthritic joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Thus, th... Read More about Human vascularised synovium-on-a-chip: a mechanically stimulated, microfluidic model to investigate synovial inflammation and monocyte recruitment..

Extracellular Vesicle Depletion Protocols of Foetal Bovine Serum Influence Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Phenotype, Immunomodulation, and Particle Release (2023)
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Davies, R., Allen, S., Mennan, C., Platt, M., Wright, K., & Kehoe, O. (2023). Extracellular Vesicle Depletion Protocols of Foetal Bovine Serum Influence Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Phenotype, Immunomodulation, and Particle Release. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(11), 9242. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119242

The immunomodulatory properties of MSCs can be recreated using their extracellular vesicles (EVs). Yet, the true capabilities of the MSC EVs cannot be distinguished from contaminating bovine EVs and protein derived from supplemental foetal bovine ser... Read More about Extracellular Vesicle Depletion Protocols of Foetal Bovine Serum Influence Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Phenotype, Immunomodulation, and Particle Release.