{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Pendyala M"],"funding":["National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["e0267921"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9797074"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Synovial fluid is composed of hyaluronan and proteoglycan-4 (PRG4 or lubricin), which work synergistically to maintain joint lubrication. In diseases like osteoarthritis, hyaluronan and PRG4 concentrations can be altered, resulting in lowered synovial fluid viscosity, and pro-inflammatory cytokine concentrations within the synovial fluid increase. Synovial fibroblasts within the synovium are responsible for contributing to synovial fluid and can be targeted to improve endogenous production of hyaluronan and PRG4 and to alter the cytokine profile. We cyclically loaded SW982 synoviocytes to 0%, 5%, 10%, or 20% strain for three hours at 1 Hz. To assess the impact of substrate stiffness, we compared the 0% strain group to cells grown on tissue culture plastic. We measured the expression of hya"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Endogenous production of hyaluronan, PRG4, and cytokines is sensitive to cyclic loading in synoviocytes."],"pmcid":["PMC9797074"],"funding_grant_id":["2149946","1944394"],"pubmed_authors":["Pendyala M","Schmidt TA","Woods PS","Brubaker DK","Blaber EA","Chan DD"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Endogenous production of hyaluronan, PRG4, and cytokines is sensitive to cyclic loading in synoviocytes.","description":"Synovial fluid is composed of hyaluronan and proteoglycan-4 (PRG4 or lubricin), which work synergistically to maintain joint lubrication. In diseases like osteoarthritis, hyaluronan and PRG4 concentrations can be altered, resulting in lowered synovial fluid viscosity, and pro-inflammatory cytokine concentrations within the synovial fluid increase. Synovial fibroblasts within the synovium are responsible for contributing to synovial fluid and can be targeted to improve endogenous production of hyaluronan and PRG4 and to alter the cytokine profile. We cyclically loaded SW982 synoviocytes to 0%, 5%, 10%, or 20% strain for three hours at 1 Hz. To assess the impact of substrate stiffness, we compared the 0% strain group to cells grown on tissue culture plastic. We measured the expression of hya","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T14:10:36.086Z","creation":"2025-04-04T14:10:36.086Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9797074","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36576921"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0267921"]}}