In terms of macro direction, OA may be closely related to metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic syndrome, because there is evidence that the metabolic pathways and factors of these metabolic diseases can have a direct impact on the joints ( 2 Osteoarthritis The hallmark of OA is pathological changes in the joint structure, including cartilage degeneration, synovial inflammation, and subchondral sclerosis with osteophyte formation ( 3 The role of glycolysis in osteoarthritis A new perspective on the pathogenesis of OA has been found to be the changes in grape metabolism (including glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, and tricarboxylic acid cycle) in recent years
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The gene-specific primers used for the amplification were determined on the basis of gene or EST sequences and are listed in Table S1, Supporting Information