• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Variation at interleukin-6 receptor gene is associated to joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis 

      López-Lasanta, María; Juliá, Antonio; Maymó, Joan; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Ureña-Garnica, Inmaculada; Blanco García, Francisco J; Cañete, Juan D.; Alperi-López, Mercedes; Olivé, Alex; Corominas, Héctor; Tornero, Jesús; Erra, Alba; Almirall, Miriam; Palau, Nuria; Ortiz, Ana; Ávila, Gabriela; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis; Alonso, Arnald; Tortosa, Raül; González-Álvaro, Isidoro; Marsal, Sara (BMC, 2015-09-04)
      [Abstract] Introduction. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine signaling is key in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pathophysiology. Blocking IL-6 receptor (IL6R) has proven to be a highly effective treatment to prevent joint damage. ...