The role of the gut microbiome in osteoarthritis with Dr Matlock Jeffries

On this week's episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Dr Matlock Jeffries. Matlock is a rheumatologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre. His research interests include the microbiome in osteoarthritis and his research lab was the first to identify a microbiome within human and mouse cartilage which changes as patients develop osteoarthritis.

RESOURCES

• OA susceptibility in mice is partially mediated by the gut microbiome, is transferrable via microbiome transplantation and is associated with immunophenotype changes
• The Microbiome in Osteoarthritis: a Narrative Review of Recent Human and Animal Model Literature

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