Large scale replication study of the association between HLA class II/BTNL2 variants and osteoarthritis of the knee in European-descent populations.

Large scale replication study of the association between HLA class II/BTNL2 variants and osteoarthritis of the knee in European-descent populations.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and a major cause of disability. This study evaluates the association in Caucasian populations of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapping to the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) region and deriving from a genome wide association scan (...

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Main Authors: Ana M Valdes, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Michael Doherty, David L Morris, Massimo Mangino, Agu Tamm, Sally A Doherty, Kalle Kisand, Irina Kerna, Ann Tamm, Margaret Wheeler, Rose A Maciewicz, Weiya Zhang, Kenneth R Muir, Elaine M Dennison, Deborah J Hart, Sarah Metrustry, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Gudbjorn F Jonsson, Helgi Jonsson, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Cyrus Cooper, Timothy J Vyse, Tim D Spector, Kari Stefansson, Nigel K Arden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0023371&type=printable
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