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Genetic and Epigenetic Fine-Tuning of TGFB1 Expression Within the Human Osteoarthritic Joint.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Oct 2021
Rice Sarah J, Roberts Jack B, Tselepi Maria, Brumwell Abby, Falk Julia, Steven Charlotte, Loughlin John
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OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age-related disease characterized by articular cartilage degeneration. It is largely heritable, and genetic screening has identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) marking genomic risk loci. One such locus is marked by the G>A SNP rs75621460, downstream of TGFB1. This gene encodes transforming growth factor β1, the correct expression of which is essential for cartilage...
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