Article
Multivariate genetic analysis reveals three distinct pathological dimensions in musculoskeletal disorders.
Nature communications - 21 Apr 2026
Gong Weiming, Guo Yantong, Sun Xiubin, Wang Shukang, Xue Fuzhong, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xiang, Liu Lu, Yuan Zhongshang
Abstract excerpt
The substantial overlap in symptoms and pathology across musculoskeletal disorders underscores the need to investigate their shared genetic mechanism. Using multivariate genetic modeling, we identify three distinct pathological factors, including a degenerative musculoskeletal disorder factor, a bone mass factor, and an autoimmune disorder factor, which collectively explain 48.27% of the total genetic variance in...
Topics
- Animals
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Mice
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Multivariate Analysis
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
