• A single nucleotide polymorphism in the Il17ra promoter is associated with functional severity of ankylosing spondylitis 

      Vidal-Castiñeira, José Ramón; López-Vázquez, Antonio; Díaz-Peña, Alberto; Díaz-Bulnes, Paula; Martínez-Camblor, Pablo; Coto, Eliecer; Coto-Segura, Pablo; Bruges-Armas, Jacome; PInto, José Antonio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Sánchez, Alejandra; Mulero, Juan; Queiro, Rubén; López-Larrea, Carlos (PLoS, 2016-07-14)
      [Abstract] The aim of this study was to identify new genetic variants associated with the severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We sequenced the exome of eight patients diagnosed with AS, selected on the basis of the ...
    • The phenotype of axial spondyloarthritis: is it dependent on HLA–B27 status? 

      Coates, Laura C.; Baraliakos, Xenofon; Blanco García, Francisco J; Alonso Blanco-Morales, Elena; Braun, Jurgen; Chadran, Vinod; Fernández-Sueiro, José Luis; FitzGerald, Oliver; Gallagher, Phil; Gladman, Dafna D.; Gubar, Elena; Korotaeva, Tatiana; Loginova, Elena; Lubrano, Ennio; Mulero, Juan; Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Queiro, Rubén; Sanz Sanz, Jesús; Szentpetery, Agnes; Helliwell, Philip S. (Wiley, 2020-02-26)
      [Abstract] Objective: To describe the radiographic phenotype of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) according to the presence of HLA-B27. Methods: An international collaboration compared the radiographic phenotype of axial ...