In mice with collagen-induced arthritis, adding HNG to dexamethasone protected articular cartilage from dexamethasone-induced chondrocyte apoptosis.
In plain wordsIn mice with arthritis, adding HNG to dexamethasone protected joint cartilage cells from cell death.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- DecreaseDexamethasone-induced chondrocyte apoptosis in articular cartilage
- Study
micen: not reported in source
Collagen-induced arthritis in DBA/1 mice- Comparator
- Dexamethasone alone
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 100 μg/kg/day · 14 daysAs given in this study (mice).
Source sentences
We found that HNG treatment in combination with Dexa protected from Dexa-induced chondrocyte apoptosis in both articular and growth plate cartilage.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Arthritis was induced in DBA/1 mice by collagen type II in complete Freund's adjuvant and the animals were treated with Dexamethasone (Dexa) (0.25 mg/kg/day) with or without HNG (100 μg/kg/day) for 14 days.