Editorial
Bisphosphonates for osteoarthritis
Author affiliations
Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
Citation and License
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011, 13:128 doi:10.1186/ar3448
Published: 30 September 2011Abstract
Synovitis and subchondral bone turnover are associated with pain in osteoarthritis. Bisphosphonates provide tools for investigating these pathogenic mechanisms and also may have therapeutic potential. Translating preclinical findings into new treatments for human osteoarthritis requires a critical appraisal and refinement of animal models, identification of those pathogenic mechanisms that are amenable to intervention, and pharmacological targeting of those mechanisms in the right people at the right time.
