Recent advances of inflammatory cytokines in the diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis / 药学实践杂志

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA ) is a common chronic degenerative disease in the elderly population .It is character-ized by knee-joint pain ,swelling ,morning stiffness and seriously affects the patients′motor function and physical health .So far ,there is no early diagnosis and effective treatment for it .This paper outlined the recent researches on knee osteoarthritis and inflammatory cytokines to discuss the relationship between knee osteoarthritis and inflammatory factors such as IL-1β,IL-6 ,TNF-α,TGF-β,IL-10 ,IL-17 and IL-37 ,and provide the theoretical basis for the diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoar-thritis .