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From: Serum periostin level is not sufficient to serve as a clinically applicable biomarker of osteoarthritis

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Evaluation of the OVX-OA model and periostin expression in the OVX-OA cartilage. a Representative safranin O-fast green stain images of the cartilage in Sham and OVX rats. b The erosion severity scores of cartilage in Sham and OVX rats. c Representative images of the subchondral bone in Sham and OVX-OA rats. d Quantitative analysis results of BV/TV of the subchondral bone in Sham and OVX-OA rats. e The representative periostin immunostaining images of the OVX-OA cartilage. Right panels (e3, e4) are high magnification images of the red frame in e1 e2, respectively. f The semi-quantitative result of periostin expression in the OVX-OA cartilage. OA, osteoarthritis; OVX, ovariectomy; BV/TV, bone volume/ total volume; IOD, integrated optical density

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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