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Expression analysis of the osteoarthritis genetic susceptibility locus mapping to an intron of the MCF2L gene and marked by the polymorphism rs11842874.
BMC medical genetics - 19 Nov 2015
Shepherd Colin, Skelton Andrew J, Rushton Michael D, Reynard Louise N, Loughlin John
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BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful, debilitating disease characterised by loss of articular cartilage with concurrent changes in other tissues of the synovial joint. Genetic association studies have shown that a number of common variants increase the risk of developing OA. Investigating their activity can uncover novel causal pathways and potentially highlight new treatment targets. One of the reported...
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