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Identification of sequence polymorphisms in two sulfation-related genes, PAPSS2 and SLC26A2, and an association analysis with knee osteoarthritis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Ikeda T, Mabuchi A, Fukuda A, Hiraoka H, Kawakami A, Yamamoto S, Machida H, Takatori Y, Kawaguchi H, Nakamura K, Ikegawa S
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders and is characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage. Sulfation of extracellular matrix proteins in articular cartilage is an important step in maintaining normal cartilage metabolism. Two sulfation-related genes have been reported as the causal genes of severe chondrodysplasias: mutations in PAPSS2 (3'-phosphoadenosine...
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