title: Osteoarthritis year 2011 in review: biochemical markers of osteoarthritis: an overview of research and initiatives.
abstract: The "year in review" session is a key moment of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Congress. This is a unique opportunity for opinion leaders to summarize and comment the recent advances in one particular field of osteoarthritis research. This review is a summary of selected studies related to soluble biomarkers published between September 1st, 2010 and August 30th, 2011 and identified by a pubmed search using the terms "biomarkers" and "osteoarthritis". In addition, I have selected some works presented during the 2011 OARSI Congress. This year was dominated by the publication of a consensus paper on the qualification of osteoarthritis (OA) biomarkers by the OARSI/Food Drug Administration (FDA) Osteoarthritis Biomarkers Working Group, and of proteomes of chondrocyte vesicles, urine and serum.
authors.affiliation: Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, University of Liège, Institute of pathology, Level +5, CHU Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. yhenrotin@ulg.ac.be
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authors.lastname: Henrotin
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020543:Proteome