All Outputs (4)

Bimodal Whole-Mount Imaging of Tendon Using Confocal Microscopy and X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography (2020)
Journal Article
Marr, N., Hopkinson, M., Hibbert, A., Pitsillides, A., & Thorpe, C. (2020). Bimodal Whole-Mount Imaging of Tendon Using Confocal Microscopy and X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography. Biological Procedures Online, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12575-020-00126-4

BACKGROUND:3-dimensional imaging modalities for optically dense connective tissues such as tendons are limited and typically have a single imaging methodological endpoint. Here, we have developed a bimodal procedure utilising fluorescence-based confo... Read More about Bimodal Whole-Mount Imaging of Tendon Using Confocal Microscopy and X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography.

Applied mechanical loading to mouse hindlimb acutely increases skeletal perfusion and chronically enhanced vascular porosity (2020)
Journal Article
Gohin, S., Javaheri, B., Hopkinson, M., Pitsillides, A. A., Arnett, T. R., & Chenu, C. (2020). Applied mechanical loading to mouse hindlimb acutely increases skeletal perfusion and chronically enhanced vascular porosity. Journal of Applied Physiology,

Blood supply is essential for osteogenesis, yet its relationship to load-related increases in bone mass is poorly defined. Herein, we aim to investigate the link between load-induced osteogenesis and the blood supply (bone perfusion and vascular poro... Read More about Applied mechanical loading to mouse hindlimb acutely increases skeletal perfusion and chronically enhanced vascular porosity.

Osteoarthritis-related nociceptive behaviour following mechanical joint loading correlates with cartilage damage (2020)
Journal Article
Ter Heegde, F., Luiz, A. P., Santana-Varela, S., Magnusdottir, R., Hopkinson, M., Chang, Y. M., Poulet, B., Fowkes, R. C., Wood, J. N., & Chenu, C. (2020). Osteoarthritis-related nociceptive behaviour following mechanical joint loading correlates with cartilage damage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(3), 383-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.12.004

In osteoarthritis (OA), the pain-structure relationship remains complex and poorly understood. Here, we used the mechanical joint loading (MJL) model of OA to investigate both knee pathology and nociceptive behaviour.

Conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin in bone protects against ovariectomy-induced increases in osteoclast formation and activity (2020)
Journal Article
Staines, K., Hopkinson, M., Dillon, S., Stephen, L., Fleming, R., Sophocleous, A., Buttle, D., Pitsillides, A., & Farquharson, C. (2020). Conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin in bone protects against ovariectomy-induced increases in osteoclast formation and activity. Bioscience Reports, 40, https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20190329

E11/Podoplanin (Pdpn) is implicated in early osteocytogenesis and the formation of osteocyte dendrites. This dendritic network is critical for bone modelling/remodelling, through the production of receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B (RANK)-ligan... Read More about Conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin in bone protects against ovariectomy-induced increases in osteoclast formation and activity.