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Ancestral contribution of the muscle-specific creatine kinase (CKM) polymorphism rs4884 in the knee osteoarthritis risk: a preliminary study.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 2021
Fernández-Torres Javier, Martínez-Nava Gabriela Angélica, Zamudio-Cuevas Yessica, Barbier Olivier Christophe, Narváez-Morales Juana, Martínez-Flores Karina
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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: Articular cartilage and periarticular muscle tissues are strongly affected during knee osteoarthritis (OA). Creatine kinase (CK) is an enzyme expressed in several tissues, but the isoform CK-MM is specific of skeletal muscle, and its serum concentration is used as a biomarker of muscle damage. Genetic variants of the CKM gene have been associated with various pathologies, but to date,...
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