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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL;
Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, NL;
Peter Joseph Emans, Maastricht, NL;
Lodewijk Willem Van Rhijn, Maastricht, NL;
Tim Johannes Maria Welting, Klimmen, NL;
Mike De Leeuw, Mheer, NL;
Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL;
Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
The invention is in the field of methods for medical treatment. It provides an improved method for repairing damaged cartilage and/or preventing cartilage degeneration in tissue, in particular in a joint by administering a pharmaceutically active agent directly into the fat pad of a joint. The pharmaceutically active agent is preferably selected from the group consisting of agents that stimulate chondrogenic differentiation and/or cartilage matrix synthesis; agents that inhibit osteogenesis and/or hypertrophy, anti-inflammatory agents, agents that inhibit apoptosis of chondrocytes, agents that inhibit senescence of chondrocytes and agents that enhance lubrication of a joint.