• Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups and serum levels of anti-oxidant enzymes in patients with osteoarthritis 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Soto-Hermida, Ángel; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (BioMed Central, 2011-11-22)
      [Abstract] Background: Oxidative stress play a main role in the initiation and progression of the OA disease and leads to the degeneration of mitochondria. To prevent this, the chondrocytes possess a well-coordinated ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups influence the progression of knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) 

      Soto-Hermida, Ángel; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (PLoS, 2014-11-12)
      [Abstract] OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of the mtDNA haplogroups on knee osteoarthritis progression in Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) participants through longitudinal data from radiographs and magnetic resonance ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups influence the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in OAI and CHECK cohorts: a meta-analysis and functional study 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Soto-Hermida, Ángel; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Relaño, Sara; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Garesse, Rafael; Blanco García, Francisco J; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio (BMJ, 2016-12-05)
      [Abstract] Objective To evaluate the influence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups in the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to explain the functional consequences of this association to identify potential ...
    • Mitochondrial haplogroups define two phenotypes of osteoarthritis 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Soto-Hermida, Ángel; Oreiro, Natividad; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Fernández-López, Carlos; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Frontiers, 2012-05-11)
      [Abstract] Objective: To assess a mitochondrion-related phenotype in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: Serum levels of the following OA-related biomarkers: matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1); MMP-3; MMP-13; ...