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Genetic variation including nonsynonymous polymorphisms of a major aggrecanase, ADAMTS-5, in susceptibility to osteoarthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Feb 2008
Rodriguez-Lopez Julio, Mustafa Zehra, Pombo-Suarez Manuel, Malizos Konstantinos N, Rego Ignacio, Blanco Francisco J, Tsezou Aspasia, Loughlin John, Gomez-Reino Juan J, Gonzalez Antonio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Given the recent characterization of ADAMTS-5 as the main aggrecanase of cartilage destruction in mouse models, we explored whether genetic variation and, in particular, putative damaging polymorphisms in the ADAMTS-5 gene modify susceptibility to osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Two likely deleterious nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in ADAMTS-5 by bioinformatics...
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