• 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 ...
    • A pharmacoproteomic study confirms the synergistic effect of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine 

      Calamia, Valentina; Mateos, Jesús; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Fernández-Costa, Carolina; Montell, Eulalia; Vergés, Josep; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Blanco García, Francisco J (Nature, 2014-06-10)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common age-related rheumatic disease. Chondrocytes play a primary role in mediating cartilage destruction and extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown, which are main features of the ...
    • Amentadione from the Alga Cystoseira usneoides as a Novel Osteoarthritis Protective Agent in an Ex Vivo Co-Culture OA Model 

      Araújo, Nuna; Viegas, Carla S.B.; Zubía, Eva; Magalhaes, Joana; Ramos, Acácio; Carvalho, Maria M.; Cruz, Henrique; Sousa, Joao Paulo; Blanco García, Francisco J; Vermeer, Cees; Simes, Dina C. (MDPI, 2020-12-07)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) remains a prevalent chronic disease without effective prevention and treatment. Amentadione (YP), a meroditerpenoid purified from the alga Cystoseira usneoides, has demonstrated anti-inflammatory ...
    • Analysis of endogenous peptides released from osteoarthritic articular cartilage unravels novel pathogenic markers 

      Fernández-Puente, Patricia; González-Rodríguez, Lucía; Calamia, Valentina; Picchi, Florencia; Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Camacho Encina, María; Oreiro, Natividad; Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Paz González, Rocío; Marina, Anabel; García, Carlos; Blanco García, Francisco J; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), 2019-07-27)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a pathology characterized by the loss of articular cartilage. In this study, we performed a peptidomic strategy to identify endogenous peptides (neopeptides) that are released from human ...
    • Can gait patterns be explained by joint structure in people with and without radiographic knee osteoarthritis?: data from the IMI-APPROACH cohort 

      Jansen, Mylène P.; Hodgins, Diana; Mastbergen, Simon C.; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Blanco García, Francisco J; Haugen, Ida K.; Berenbaum, Francis; Eckstein, Felix; Roemer, Frank W.; Wirt, Wolfgang (Springer Nature, 2024-03-27)
      [Abstract] Objective: To determine the association between joint structure and gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: IMI-APPROACH recruited 297 clinical knee OA patients. Gait data was collected ...
    • CD105+-Mesenchymal Stem Cells Migrate into Osteoarthritis Joint: an Animal Model 

      Fernández-Pernas, Pablo; Rodríguez-Lesende, Iván; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Mateos, Jesús; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J; Arufe, M.C. (PLoS, 2017-11-30)
      [Abstract] Mesenchymal stem cells are being the focus of connective tissue technology and regenerative medicine, presenting a good choice cell source for improving old and well recognized techniques of cartilage defect ...
    • Characterization of microRNA expression profiles in normal and osteoarthritic human chondrocytes 

      Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Cicione, Claudia; Muiños-López, Emma; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Blanco García, Francisco J (BioMed Central, 2012-08-12)
      [Abstract] Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease characterized by destruction of the articular cartilage due to environmental, mechanical and genetic components. The genetics of OA is complex and ...
    • Chondrogenic Potential of Subpopulations of Cells Expressing Mesenchymal Stem Cell Markers Derived from Human Synovial Membranes 

      Arufe, M.C.; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J (Wiley, 2010-07-21)
      [Abstract] In this study we analyzed the chondrogenic potential of subpopulations of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human synovial membranes enriched for CD73, CD106, and CD271 markers. Subpopulations of human ...
    • Combined chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine for painful knee osteoarthritis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial versus celecoxib 

      Hochberg, Marc C.; Martel-Pelletier, Johanne; Monfort, Jordi; Möller, Ingrid; Castillo, Juan Ramón; Arden, Nigel; Berenbaum, Francis; Blanco García, Francisco J; Conaghan, Philip G.; Domènech, Gema; Henrotin, Yves; Pap, Thomas; Richette, Pascal; Sawitze, Allen; Souich, Patrick du; Pelletier, Jean-Pierre (BMJ, 2015-01-14)
      [Abstract] Objectives. To compare the efficacy and safety of chondroitin sulfate plus glucosamine hydrochloride (CS+GH) versus celecoxib in patients with knee osteoarthritis and severe pain. Methods. Double-blind ...
    • Cryopreservation effect on proliferative and chondrogenic potential of human chondrocytes isolated from superficial and deep cartilage 

      Muíños López, Emma; Rendal Vázquez, María Esther; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Blanco García, Francisco J (Bentham Open, 2012-04-06)
      [Abstract] Objectives: To compare the proliferative and chondrogenic potential of fresh and frozen chondrocytes isolated from superficial and deep articular cartilage biopsies. Materials and Methodology: The study ...
    • Defective chaperone-mediated autophagy is a hallmark of joint disease in patients with knee osteoarthritis 

      Lorenzo-Gómez, I.; Nogueira Recalde, Uxía; García-Domínguez, C.; Oreiro, Natividad; Lotz, Martin; Pinto-Tasende, José A.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Caramés, Beatriz (Elsevier, 2023-03-08)
      [Abstract] Objective: Defects in autophagy contribute to joint aging and Osteoarthritis (OA). Identifying specific autophagy types could be useful for developing novel treatments for OA. Design: An autophagy-related ...
    • Descripción de la cohorte PROCOAC (PROspective COhort of A Coruña): cohorte prospectiva española para el estudio de la osteoartritis 

      Oreiro, Natividad; Raga, Ana C.; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Silva-Díaz, María T.; Freire, Mercedes; Fernández-López, Carlos; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2020-11-13)
      [Resumen] Introducción y objetivo. El uso de cohortes de osteoartritis bien caracterizadas es obligatorio para estudiar y profundizar en el conocimiento en esta enfermedad. En España no existe actualmente ninguna cohorte ...
    • Development and validation of a machine learning-supported strategy of patient selection for osteoarthritis clinical trials: the IMI-APPROACH study 

      Widera, Pawel; Welsing, Paco M.J.; Danso, Samuel O.; Peelen, Sjaak; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Loef, Marieke; Marijnissen, Anne C.; van Helvoort, Eefje M.; Blanco García, Francico J; Magalhaes, Joana; Berenbaum, Francis; Haugen, Ida K.; Bay-Jensen, Anne-C.; Mobasheri, Ali; Ladel, Christoph; Loughlin, John; Lafeber, Floris P.J.G.; Lalande, Agnes; Larkin, Jonathan; Weinans, Harrie; Bacardit, Jaume (Elsevier, 2023-12)
      [Abstract] Objectives. To efficiently assess the disease-modifying potential of new osteoarthritis treatments, clinical trials need progression-enriched patient populations. To assess whether the application of machine ...
    • Differentiation of Synovial CD-105+ Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Chondrocyte-like Cells through Spheroid Formation 

      Arufe, M.C.; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J (Wiley, 2009-06-18)
      [Abstract] Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the capacity to differentiate into several cell lineages, some of which can generate bone, cartilage, or adipose tissue. The presence of MSCs in the synovial membrane was ...
    • Discovery of circulating proteins associated to knee radiographic osteoarthritis 

      Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Ayoglu, Burcu; Fernández-Tajes, Juan; Oreiro, Natividad; Henjes, Frauke; Hellström, Cecilia; Schwenk, Jochen M.; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Nilsson, Peter; Blanco García, Francisco J (Nature, 2017-03-09)
      [Abstract] Currently there are no sufficiently sensitive biomarkers able to reflect changes in joint remodelling during osteoarthritis (OA). In this work, we took an affinity proteomic approach to profile serum samples for ...
    • Effect of balneotherapy in sulfurous water on an in vivo murine model of osteoarthritis 

      Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Vela Anero, Ángela; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Burguera, Elena F.; Filgueira-Fernández, P.; Goyanes, Noa; Blanco García, Francisco J; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa (Springer, 2019-11-01)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disease that results in progressive cartilage destruction and subsequently joint dysfunction. Growing evidence indicates beneficial impact of balneological interventions ...
    • Effect of hydrogen sulfide sources on inflammation and catabolic markers on interleukin 1β-stimulated human articular chondrocytes 

      Burguera, Elena F.; Vela-Anero, Á.; Magalhaes, J.; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2014-07)
      [Abstract] Objective. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), the third gasotransmitter together with NO and CO, is emerging as a regulator of inflammation. To test if it might offer therapeutic value in the treatment of osteoarthritis ...
    • Epigenetics as a therapeutic target in osteoarthritis 

      Núñez-Carro, Carmen; Blanco-Blanco, Margarita; Villagrán-Andrade, Karla Mariuxi; Blanco García, Francisco J; Andrés, María C. de (MDPI, 2023-01-21)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogenous, complex disease affecting the integrity of diarthrodial joints that, despite its high prevalence worldwide, lacks effective treatment. In recent years it has been discovered ...
    • Fibrates as drugs with senolytic and autophagic activity for osteoarthritis therapy 

      Nogueira Recalde, Uxía; Lorenzo Gómez, Irene; Blanco García, Francisco J; Loza, María Isabel; Grassi, Diego; Shirinsky, Valery; Shirinsky, Ivan; Lotz, Martin; Robbins, Paul D.; Domínguez, Eduardo; Caramés, Beatriz (Elsevier, 2019-07-05)
      [Abstract] Background. Ageing-related failure of homeostasis mechanisms contributes to articular cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis (OA), for which disease-modifying treatments are not available. Our objective was ...
    • Genetic biomarkers in osteoarthritis: a quick overview 

      Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Durán Sotuela, Alejandro; Ramos-Louro, Paula; Blanco García, Francisco J (Faculty Opinions, 2021-11-10)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic musculoskeletal disease with a polygenic and heterogeneous nature. In addition, when clinical manifestations appear, the evolution of the disease is usually already irreversible. ...