Genome-wide association scan identifies a prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 variant involved in risk of knee osteoarthritis

A M Valdes, J Loughlin, K M Timms, J J B van Meurs, L Southam, S G Wilson, S Doherty, R J Lories, F P Luyten, A Gutin, V Abkevich, D Ge, A Hofman, A G Uitterlinden, D J Hart, F Zhang, G Zhai, R J Egli, M Doherty, J LanchburyT D Spector

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Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA), the most prevalent form of arthritis in the elderly, is characterized by the degradation of articular cartilage and has a strong genetic component. Our aim was to identify genetic variants involved in risk of knee OA in women. A pooled genome-wide association scan with the Illumina550 Duo array was performed in 255 controls and 387 cases. Twenty-eight variants with p <1 x 10(-5) were estimated to have probabilities of being false positives
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1231 - 1240
Number of pages10
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume82
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2008

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