• A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Variants Associated with Osteoarthritis of the Hip 

      Evangelou, Evangelos; Kerkhof, Hanneke J.; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Ntzani, Evangelia E.; Bos, Steffan D.; Esko, Tonu; Evans, Daniel S.; Metrustry, Sarah; Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope; Ramos, Yolande F. M.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Arden, Nigel; Aslam, Nadim; Bellamy, Nicholas; Birrell, Fraser; Blanco García, Francisco J; Carr, Andrew; Chapman, Kay; Day-Williams, Aaaron G.; Deloukas, Panos; Doherty, Michael; Engström, Gunnar; Helgadottir, Hafdis T.; Hofman, Albert; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Jonsson, Helgi; Keis, Aime; Keurentjes, J. Christiaan; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Lind, Penelope A.; McCaskie, Andrew; Martin, Nicholas G.; Milani, Lili; Montgomery, Grant W.; Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.; Nevitt, Michael C.; Nilsson, Peter M.; Ollier, William E.R.; Parimi, Neeta; Rai, Ashok; Ralston, Stuart H.; Reed, Mike R.; Riancho, José A.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rodríguez-Fontenla, Cristina; Southam, Lorraine; Thorsteindottir, Unnur; Tsezou, Aspasia; Wallis, Gillian A.; Wilkinson, J. Mark; González, Antonio; Lane, Nancy E.; Lohmander, L. Stefan; Loughlin, John; Metspalu, Andres; Uitterlinden, André G.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Stefansson, Kari; Slagboom, P. Eline; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Meulebelt, Ingrid; Ionnidis, John P.A.; Spector, Tim D.; van Meurs, Joyce B.J.; Valdes, Ana M. (BMJ, 2013-08-29)
      [Abstract] OBJECTIVES: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis with a clear genetic component. To identify novel loci associated with hip OA we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies ...
    • All-trans retinoic acid inhibits migration and invasiveness of rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes 

      Rodríguez Trillo, Ángela; Blanco García, Francisco J; Mera-Varela, Antonio; González, Antonio; Conde, Carmen; Mosquera, Nerea (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), 2020-02)
      [Abstract] Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are pivotal in inflammation and joint damage of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They acquire an active and aggressive phenotype, displaying increased migration and invasiveness and ...
    • Assessment of osteoarthritis candidate genes in a meta-analysis of nine genome-wide association studies 

      Rodríguez-Fontenla, Cristina; Calaza, Manuel; Evangelou, Evangelos; Valdés, Ana M.; Arden, Nigel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Carr, Andrew; Chapman, Kay; Deloukas, Panos; Doherty, Michael; Esko, Tonu; Garcés Aletá, Carlos M.; Gómez-Reino Carnota, Juan J.; Helgadottir, Hafids; Hofman, Albert; Jonsdottir, Ingilef; Kerkhof, Henneke J.M.; Kloppenburg, Margreet; McCaskie, Andrew; Ntzani, Evangelia E.; Ollier, William E.R.; Oreiro, Natividad; Panoutsopoulo, Kalliope; Ralston, Stuart H.; Ramos, Yolande F. M.; Riancho, José A.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Slagboom, Eline; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Thorsteindottir, Unnur; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Tsezou, Aspasia; Uitterlinden, André G.; Wallis, Gillian A.; Wilkinson, J. Mark; Zhai, Yanyan; Felson, David T.; Ioannidis, John P.A.; Loughlin, John; Metspalu, Andres; Meulenbelt, Ingrid; Stefansson, Kari; van Meurs, Joyce B.; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Spector, Timothy D.; González, Antonio (Wiley, 2013-12-10)
      [Abstract] Objective: To assess candidate genes for association with osteoarthritis (OA) and identify promising genetic factors and, secondarily, to assess the candidate gene approach in OA. Methods: A total of 199 ...
    • Association of serum anti-centromere protein F antibodies with clinical response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective study 

      Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Picchi, Florencia; Diz-Rosales, Naomi; Vilaboa Galán, Sergio; Fernández-López, Carlos; Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; Regueiro, Cristina; Mera-Varela, Antonio; González, Antonio; Hambardzumyan, Karen; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Nilsson, Peter; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2020-06-30)
      [Abstract] Background: One-third of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients demonstrate no clinical improvement after receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). The presence of serum autoantibodies is a hallmark in RA ...
    • Association of the serological status of rheumatoid arthritis patients with two circulating protein biomarkers: a useful tool for precision medicine strategies 

      Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; González, Lucía; Illiano, Anna; Lourido, Lucía; Paz, Rocío; Quaranta, Patricia; Pérez-Pampín, Eva; González, Antonio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Calamia, Valentina (Frontiers, 2022-10-28)
      [Abstract] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints and presence of systemic autoantibodies, with a great clinical and molecular heterogeneity. Rheumatoid Factor ...
    • Evaluation of 12 GWAS-drawn SNPs as biomarkers of rheumatoid arthritis response to TNF inhibitors. A potential SNP association with response to etanercept 

      Ferreiro-Iglesias, Aida; Montes, Ariana; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; Cañete, Juan D.; Raya, Enrique; Magro-Checa, César; Vasilopoulos, Yiannis; Cáliz, Rafael; Ferrer, Miguel Ángel; Joven, Beatriz; Carreira, Patricia; Balsa, Alejandro; Pascual-Salcedo, Dora; Blanco García, Francisco J; Moreno-Ramos, Manuel J.; Manrique-Arija, Sara; Ordoñez, María del Carmen; Alegre-Sancho, Juan J.; Narváez, Javier; Navarro-Sarabia, Federico; Moreira, Viriginia; Valor, Lara; García-Portales, Rosa; Márquez, Ana; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; Martín, Javier; González, Antonio (PLoS, 2019-02-28)
      [Abstract] Research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is increasingly focused on the discovery of biomarkers that could enable personalized treatments. The genetic biomarkers associated with the response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi) ...
    • Lack of replication of higher genetic risk load in men than in women with systemic lupus erythematosus 

      Alonso-Pérez, Elisa; Suárez-Gestal, Marian; Calaza, Manuel; Blanco García, Francisco J; Suárez, Ana; Santos, María José; Papasteriades, Chryssa; Carreira, Patricia; Pullmann, Rudolf; Ordi-Ros, Josep; Marchini, Maurizio; Skopouli, Fotini N.; Bijl, Marc; Barrizone, Nadia; Sebastiani, Gian Domenico; Migliaresi, Sergio; Witte, Torsten; Lauwerys, Bernard R.; Kovacs, Attila; Ruzickova, Sarka; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (BioMed Central, 2014-06-19)
      [Abstract] INTRODUCTION: We aimed to replicate a recent study which showed higher genetic risk load at 15 loci in men than in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This difference was very significant, and it was ...
    • Lack of replication of interactions between polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility: case–control study 

      Ferreiro-Iglesias, Aida; Calaza, Manuel; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; López-Longo, J.; Marenco, José L.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Narváez, Javier; Navarro, Federico; Cañete, Juan D.; Rodríguez de la Serna, Arturo; González-Álvaro, Isidoro; Herrero-Beaumont, Gabriel; Pablos, José L.; Balsa, Alejandro; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Cáliz, Rafael; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (BioMed Central, 2014-09-27)
      [Abstract] INTRODUCTION: Approximately 100 loci have been definitively associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility. However, they explain only a fraction of RA heritability. Interactions between polymorphisms ...
    • Specific premature epigenetic aging of cartilage in osteoarthritis 

      Vidal-Bravo, Laura; López-Golán, Yolanda; Mera-Varela, Antonio; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Horvath, Steve; Zhang, Yuhua; Real, Álvaro del; Zhai, Guangju; Blanco García, Francisco J; Riancho, José A.; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (Impact Journals, 2016-09-28)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease affecting multiple tissues of the joints in the elderly, but most notably articular cartilage. Premature biological aging has been described in this tissue and in blood cells, ...
    • Validation study of genetic biomarkers of response to TNF inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis 

      López-Rodríguez, Rosario; Pérez-Pampin, Eva; Márquez, Ana; Blanco García, Francisco J; Joven, Beatriz; Carreira, Patricia; Ferrer, Miguel Ángel; Cáliz, Rafael; Valor, Lara; Narváez, Javier; Cañete, Juan D.; Ordóñez, María del Carmen; Manrique-Arija, Sara; Vasilopoulos, Yiannis; Balsa, Alejandro; Pascual-Salcedo, Dora; Moreno-Ramos, Manuel J.; Alegre-Sancho, Juan José; Navarro-Sarabia, Federico; Moreira, Virginia; García-Portales, Rosa; Raya, Enrique; Magro-Checa, Rosa; Martín, Javier; Gómez-Reino, Juan J.; González, Antonio (PLoS, 2018-05-07)
      [Abstract] Genetic biomarkers are sought to personalize treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), given their variable response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi). However, no genetic biomaker is yet sufficiently validated. ...