Research Article
Prospective Clinical Trial for Septic Arthritis: Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation Are Associated with Upregulation of Cartilage Metabolites
Figure 3
Increased synovial IL-1β levels were associated with enhanced bFGF, BMP-2, and BMP-7 concentrations in septic knee arthritis (). All protein levels were analyzed relative to the synovial total protein content.