ITGAM and osteoarthritis, knee: In the meniscectomy (MNX) model of murine knee osteoarthritis, deficiency of CD11b led to more severe OA (OARSI scoring of medial cartilage damage in CD11b: 5.6 ± 1.8, in WT: 1.2 ± 0.5, p < 0.05, inflammation in CD11b: 2.8 ± 0.2, in WT: 1.4 ± 0.5).