“…Biological aspects affecting cytokines in the synovial fluid and the articular cartilage have recently been studied due to the fact that Cytokines are important factors for treating and preventing osteoarthritis (Kapoor et al, 2011). IL-17has also been widely researched on pathogens and the treatment of multiple sclerosis (Kallaur et al, 2013;Elain et al, 2014;Sexton et al, 2014), systemic lupus erythematosus (Onishi & Gaffen, 2010;Tanasescu et al, 2010), inflammatory bowel disease (Yu et al, 2012;Katz et al, 2014), and psoriasis (Raychaudhuri, 2013;Chiricozzi, 2014). Nevertheless, its relationship with osteoarthritis needs to be studied further.…”