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Genetic association, mRNA and protein expression analysis identify ATG4C as a susceptibility gene for Kashin-Beck disease.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Feb 2017
Wu C, Wen Y, Guo X, Yang T, Shen H, Chen X, Tian Q, Tan L, Deng H-W, Zhang F
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OBJECTIVE: Recent study observed defective autophagy in chondrocytes with Kashin-Beck Disease (KBD). To clarify the potential role of autophagy-related ATG4C gene in the development of KBD, we conducted an integrative analysis of genetic association, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and protein expression of ATG4C in KBD patients. METHODS: 1026 subjects (559 KBD patients and 467 healthy cases) were enrolled in...
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