supported by General Research Fund,Research Grants Council,University Grants Committee,Hong Kong SAR(CityU 11205520 to Dong-An Wang);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC51973180 to Dong-An Wang);Grant from Karolinska Institutet Ming Wai Lau Centre of Reparative Medicine (to Dong-An Wang);and, Grants from City University of Hong Kong (7020028, 7005949, 9231412, 9231486 to Dong-An Wang);Young scientists lifting project of Jiangsu Province, China (TJ-2022-072 to Hang Yao).
The bidirectional relationship between osteochondral defects(OCD)and osteoarthritis(OA),with each condition exacerbating the other,makes OCD regeneration in the presence of OA challenging.Type II collagen(Col2)is impo...