Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis
23. Jul 2014
Meta-analysis identifies loci affecting levels of the potential osteoarthritis biomarkers sCOMP and uCTX-II with genome wide significance
BACKGROUND:
Research for the use of biomarkers in osteoarthritis (OA) is promising, however, adequate discrimination between patients and controls may be hampered due to innate differences. We set out to identify loci influencing levels of serum cartilage oligomeric protein (sCOMP) and urinary C-te…
Read the publication
Journal:
Authors:
- Ramos YF,
- Metrustry S,
- Arden NK,
- Bay-Jensen AC,
- Beekman M,
- de Craen AJ,
- Cupples LA,
- Esko T,
- Evangelou E,
- Felson DT,
- Hart DJ,
- Ioannidis JP,
- Karsdal MA,
- Kloppenburg M,
- Lafeber F,
- Metspalu A,
- Panoutsopoulou K,
- Slagboom PE,
- Spector TD,
- van Spil EW,
- Uitterlinden AG,
- Zhu Y,
- Valdes AM,
- van Meurs JB,
- Meulenbelt I,