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Christopher B. Little

Christopher B. Little

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
16859
World Ranking
7031
National Ranking
175

Medicine

D-Index
71
Citations
17251
World Ranking
20002
National Ranking
684

Overview

Christopher B. Little is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and focuses on research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields including Rheumatology, Surgery, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The scientific contributions of Christopher B. Little largely revolve around key topics such as:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Among recent publications, notable works include:

  • The Development of Disease-Modifying Therapies for Osteoarthritis (DMOADs): The Evidence to Date, 2021, Drug Design Development and Therapy
  • Identification of the skeletal progenitor cells forming osteophytes in osteoarthritis, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • OA foundations - experimental models of osteoarthritis, 2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Monocytes, Macrophages, and Their Potential Niches in Synovial Joints - Therapeutic Targets in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis?, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Multiphasic scaffolds for the repair of osteochondral defects: Outcomes of preclinical studies, 2023, Bioactive Materials

Christopher B. Little has frequently collaborated with a core group of co-authors including Carina L. Blaker, Sanaa Zaki, Cindy C. Shu, Elizabeth Clarke, and Patrick Haubruck. These collaborations have contributed significantly to their overall research output.

Their work has appeared predominantly in key scientific venues such as:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

Best Publications

  • The OARSI histopathology initiative – recommendations for histological assessments of osteoarthritis in the mouse

    N. Gerwin;A. M. Bendele;S. Glasson;Cathy S Carlson

  • ADAMTS5 is the major aggrecanase in mouse cartilage in vivo and in vitro

    Heather Stanton;Fraser M. Rogerson;Charlotte J. East;Suzanne B. Golub

  • Are animal models useful for studying human disc disorders/degeneration?

    Mauro Alini;Stephen Eisenstein;Keita Ito;Christopher Little

  • MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-13 DEFICIENT MICE ARE RESISTANT TO OSTEOARTHRITIC CARTILAGE EROSION BUT NOT CHONDROCYTE HYPERTROPHY OR OSTEOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT

    C. B. Little;A. Barai;D. Burkhardt;S. M. Smith

  • Mechanisms involved in cartilage proteoglycan catabolism.

    Bruce Caterson;Carl R. Flannery;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Chris B. Little

  • n-3 Fatty Acids Specifically Modulate Catabolic Factors Involved in Articular Cartilage Degradation *

    Clare L. Curtis;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;C. R. Flannery;Chris B. Little

  • Post-traumatic osteoarthritis: from mouse models to clinical trials

    Christopher B. Little;David J. Hunter

  • Aggrecanase versus matrix metalloproteinases in the catabolism of the interglobular domain of aggrecan in vitro.

    Chris B. Little;Carl R. Flannery;Clare E. Hughes;John S. Mort

  • Pathologic indicators of degradation and inflammation in human osteoarthritic cartilage are abrogated by exposure to n-3 fatty acids.

    Clare L. Curtis;Sarah G. Rees;Chris B. Little;Carl R. Flannery

  • Proteoglycan degradation by the ADAMTS family of proteinases.

    Heather Stanton;James Melrose;Christopher B. Little;Amanda J. Fosang

  • Blocking aggrecanase cleavage in the aggrecan interglobular domain abrogates cartilage erosion and promotes cartilage repair

    Christopher B. Little;Clare T. Meeker;Suzanne B. Golub;Kate E. Lawlor

  • Increased chondrocyte sclerostin may protect against cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis

    B.Y. Chan;E.S. Fuller;A.K. Russell;S.M. Smith

  • Proteoglycan 4 downregulation in a sheep meniscectomy model of early osteoarthritis

    Allan A Young;Susan V. McLennan;Margaret M. Smith;Susan M Smith

  • Histopathology atlas of animal model systems – overview of guiding principles

    T. Aigner;J.L. Cook;N. Gerwin;S.S. Glasson

  • What constitutes an "animal model of osteoarthritis"--the need for consensus?

    C.B. Little;S. Zaki;S. Zaki

  • Matrix metalloproteinases are involved in C-terminal and interglobular domain processing of cartilage aggrecan in late stage cartilage degradation.

    Christopher B. Little;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Clare L. Curtis;Mike J. Janusz

  • Catabolism of aggrecan, decorin and biglycan in tendon.

    Sarah G. Rees;Carl R. Flannery;Chris B. Little;Clare Elizabeth Hughes

  • Effects of culture conditions and exposure to catabolic stimulators (IL-1 and retinoic acid) on the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and disintegrin metalloproteinases (ADAMs) by articular cartilage chondrocytes

    Carl R Flannery;Chris B Little;Bruce Caterson;Clare E Hughes

  • Mutations in TRPV4 cause an inherited arthropathy of hands and feet.

    Shireen R Lamandé;Shireen R Lamandé;Yuan Yuan;Irma L Gresshoff;Irma L Gresshoff;Lynn Rowley

  • IL-6 and its soluble receptor augment aggrecanase-mediated proteoglycan catabolism in articular cartilage.

    Carl R. Flannery;Chris B. Little;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Clare L. Curtis

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Caterson
Bruce Caterson Cardiff University
Clare Elizabeth Hughes
Clare Elizabeth Hughes Cardiff University
Amanda J. Fosang
Amanda J. Fosang Royal Children's Hospital
John F. Bateman
John F. Bateman University of Melbourne
Peter Ghosh
Peter Ghosh Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Paul W. Hodges
Paul W. Hodges University of Queensland
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
John L. Harwood
John L. Harwood Cardiff University
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Hala Zreiqat
Hala Zreiqat University of Sydney

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