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Table 1. Data extraction and study characteristics of selected articles: proteins analyzed in synovial fluid, cartilage, synovium or meniscus, sorted on tissue type and mass spectrometry method
Table 2. Data extraction and study characteristics of selected articles analyzing metabolites and lipids in synovial fluid and cartilage
Table 3. Pathway analysis in MetaboAnalyst 5.0 using all upregulated-highlighted proteins (n = 35), lipids and metabolites (n = 13) in OA patients, found in the article search of this review. Pathways with high impact (impact > 0.1) are highlighted in bold. These pathways include complement and coagulation cascades, extracellular matrix receptor interaction and multiple inflammatory pathways
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