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Role of Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Osteoarthritis Management.

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases
April 1, 2018
Xiao-Yan Zheng et al. (4 authors)
Journal ArticleReviewHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to explore the role of fat-soluble vitamins, including Vitamin A, in the pathophysiology and potential therapeutic management of osteoarthritis (OA).

Results Summary

Elevated metabolite levels of Vitamin A in synovial fluid were associated with driving OA development, suggesting a negative role in OA progression. The role of Vitamin A inhibitors remains unclear, requiring further investigation.

Population

General osteoarthritis patients (no specific demographic details provided).

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (10)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Vitamin D
neutral
development and maintenance of the skeleton, bone and cartilage metabolism
-
-
plays an important role in the development and maintenance of the skeleton, as well as bone and cartilage metabolism
#1
Vitamin D deficiency
neutral
OA
-
-
is implicated in the pathological process
#2
Vitamin E
increase
chondrocyte growth
-
-
enhances
#3
Vitamin E
neutral
anti-inflammatory activity
-
-
exhibits
#4
Vitamin E
decrease
cartilage degeneration
-
-
plays an important role in the prevention of
#5
Vitamin K deficiency
increase
abnormal growth plate calcification and inappropriate mineralization of cartilage
human OA cartilage
-
produces
#6
fat-soluble vitamins
neutral
OA
-
-
play a key role in the pathophysiology of
#7
supplementation of these vitamins
neutral
OA management
-
-
may provide innovative approaches for
#8
vitamin A
neutral
cartilage and skeletal formation
-
-
is a regulator of
#9
metabolite levels of vitamin A
increase
OA development
synovial fluid
-
appear to drive
#10
Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease, in which metabolic imbalance in bone is observed. The pathological mechanism of metabolic imbalance is not clear yet, but the nutritional factors, particularly the vitamins, might be intrinsic to the development and progression of OA. In this review article, we have explored databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar articles until the beginning of 2017 and reviewed the role of fat-soluble vitamins in pathological and therapeutic aspects of OA. Vitamin D plays an important role in the development and maintenance of the skeleton, as well as bone and cartilage metabolism, and its deficiency is implicated in the pathological process of OA. Vitamin E enhances chondrocyte growth and exhibits an anti-inflammatory activity, as well as plays an important role in the prevention of cartilage degeneration. In human OA cartilage, vitamin K deficiency produces abnormal growth plate calcification and inappropriate mineralization of cartilage. Thus, these fat-soluble vitamins play a key role in the pathophysiology of OA, and supplementation of these vitamins may provide innovative approaches for OA management. However, vitamin A has a different role, which is a regulator of cartilage and skeletal formation. When metabolite levels of vitamin A are elevated in synovial fluid, they appear to drive OA development. The role of inhibitors of vitamin A here remains unclear. More investigations are needed to examine the effects of fat-soluble vitamins on the various molecular pathways of OA, as well as to assess the efficacy and safety of their usage clinically.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
HumansOsteoarthritisVitamin AVitamin DVitamin EVitamin KVitamins
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy30/10
Quality65/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations10
Citations/Year1.4
Relative Citation Ratio0.59
NIH Percentile32.1%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.25
Weight Score1.79
Normalized Score0.45
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