Obesity increases osteoarthritis (OA) risk due to adipose tissue dysfunction with associated metabolic syndrome and excess weight. Lipodystrophy syndromes exhibit systemic metabolic and inflammatory abnormalities similar to obesity without biomechanical overloading. Here, we used lipodystrophy mouse models to investigate the effects of systemic versus intra-articular adipose tissue dysfunction on the knee.
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