RE-JOIN publications
On this page, we have gathered key publications from the scientists who are part of the Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain (RE-JOIN) Consortium. These research teams are working together to map the network of sensory nerves that connect to two joints: the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and the knee. This research aims to understand how these types and patterns of sensory neuron networks in joints change with disease and aging.
Publications
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Alfaro, J.J., Anahit, H.H., Locke, E.E., RE-JOIN Consortium Investigators; Amarista, F.J., Perez, D.E., Akopian, A.N. (2025). Innervation of Retrodiscal Tissues in Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorder. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.11.659119
Ishola, A.O., Pillai, A., Ahn, T., RE-JOIN Consortium, Hsu, C-W., Lee, B., Haelterman, N., Wythe, J.D. (2025) Optimization of Tissue Clearing Methods and Imaging Conditions for 3D Visualization of the Vasculature of the Adult Murine Knee. bioRxiv doi.org: 10.1101/2025.06.26.661802
Ruiz, O.E., Wagenaar, J.B., Mehta, B., Ziogas, I., Swanson, L., Worley, K.C., Cruz-Almeida, Y., Johnson, A.J., Boline, J., Boccanfuso, J., RE-JOIN Consortium, Martonne, M.E., Haelterman, N.A. A guide to developing harmonized research workflows in a team science context. Exp Neurol. 2025 Oct:392:115333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115333. PMID: 40482901.
Alfaro, J.J., RE-JOIN Consortium Investigators, Akopian, A.N. Identification of Sensory Fiber Types in Mouse Temporomandibular Joint Tissues. bioRxiv 2025, doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad4e6b
Lindquist, K.A., Mecklenburg, J.M., Hovhannisyan, A.H., Ruparel, S.B., RE-JOIN Consortium Investigators, Akopian, A.N. Investigating Mechanically Activated Currents from Trigeminal Neurons of Nonhuman Primates. eNEURO. 2025 May;12(5). https://doi.org/10.1523/eneuro.0054-25.2025. PMID: 40280765
Newton, M.D., Lammlin, L., Gonzalez-Nolde, S., Howser, S., Smith, I., Stasikelis, L., Knights, A.J., RE-JOIN Consortium Investigators, Maerz, T. A standardized, open-source, portable model for noninvasive joint injury in mice. bioRxiv (2025) https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.11.642661.
Cruz-Almeida, Y., Mehta, B., Haelterman, N. A., Johnson, A. J., Heiting, C., Ernberg, M., ... & RE-JOIN Consortium Investigators. (2024). Clinical and biobehavioral phenotypic assessments and data harmonization for the RE-JOIN research consortium: Recommendations for common data element selection. Neurobiology of Pain, 16, doi: 100163.10.1016/j.ynpai.2024.100163.
Ahn, T., Largoza, G.E., Younis, J., RE-JOIN Consortium; Dickinson, M.E., Hsu, C.H., Wythe, J.D., (2024). Protocol for optical, aqueous-based clearing of murine tissues using EZ Clear. STAR Protoc. 5(2): 103053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103053.
