Article
New sequence variants in HLA class II/III region associated with susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis identified by genome-wide association study.
PloS one - 18 Mar 2010
Nakajima Masahiro, Takahashi Atsushi, Kou Ikuyo, Rodriguez-Fontenla Cristina, Gomez-Reino Juan J, Furuichi Tatsuya, Dai Jin, Sudo Akihiro, Uchida Atsumasa, Fukui Naoshi, Kubo Michiaki, Kamatani Naoyuki, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Malizos Konstantinos N, Tsezou Aspasia, Gonzalez Antonio, Nakamura Yusuke, Ikegawa Shiro
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease that has a definite genetic component. Only a few OA susceptibility genes that have definite functional evidence and replication of association have been reported, however. Through a genome-wide association study and a replication using a total of approximately 4,800 Japanese subjects, we identified two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs7775228 and rs10947262)...
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