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Functional analysis of the osteoarthritis susceptibility-associated GDF5 regulatory polymorphism.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jul 2009
Egli Rainer J, Southam Lorraine, Wilkins James M, Lorenzen Inken, Pombo-Suarez Manuel, Gonzalez Antonio, Carr Andrew, Chapman Kay, Loughlin John
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs143383 (T to C) in the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of GDF5 has recently been reported to be associated with osteoarthritis (OA) susceptibility, with lower expression of the risk-associated T allele observed in vitro and in vivo. The in vivo studies were performed on cartilage tissue from OA patients. The present study was undertaken to expand the analysis of...
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