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Investigation of the asporin gene polymorphism as a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis in Iran.
American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) - 1 Jul 2013
Jazayeri Roshaneak, Qoreishi Mohammad, Hoseinzadeh Hamid Reza Seyyed, Babanejad Mojgan, Bakhshi Enayatollah, Najmabadi Hossein, Jazayeri Seyyed Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of the joints characterized by degradation of the hyaline articular cartilage and remodeling of the subchondral bone with sclerosis. The asporin (ASPN) gene encodes a cartilage extracellular protein belonging to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family. Polymorphisms in the aspartic acid (D) repeat region in the second exon of this gene, which consist of GAT...
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