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Identification and analysis of a SMAD3 cis-acting eQTL operating in primary osteoarthritis and in the aneurysms and osteoarthritis syndrome.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 May 2014
Raine E V A, Reynard L N, van de Laar I M B H, Bertoli-Avella A M, Loughlin J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The TGF-β pathway plays a central role in joint development with polymorphism in TGF-β pathway genes implicated in osteoarthritis susceptibility. One association is to rs12901499, within intron 1 of SMAD3. Since rs12901499 is not in linkage disequilibrium with a non-synonymous polymorphism, it is likely the association is operating by influencing expression of SMAD3. DESIGN: Using tissues from the...
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