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Functional polymorphisms in asporin and CILP together with joint loading predispose to hand osteoarthritis.
BMC genetics - 12 Dec 2017
Taipale Mari, Solovieva Svetlana, Leino-Arjas Päivi, Männikkö Minna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease afflicting people in the Western world and has a strong genetic influence. The aim of this study was to examine the association of two known functional polymorphisms in the TGF-β inhibiting genes, asporin (ASPN) and cartilage intermediate layer protein (CILP), with hand OA and potential gene-occupational hand loading interaction....
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