• A meta-analysis and a functional study support the influence of mtDNA variant m.16519C on the risk of rapid progression of knee osteoarthritis 

      Durán-Sotuela, Alejandro; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Suárez-Ulloa, Victoria; Vázquez-García, Jorge; Relaño, Sara; Hermida-Gómez, Tamara; Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa; Lourido-Salas, Lucía; Calamia, Valentina; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Fernández-Tajes, Juan; Vaamonde-García, Carlos; de Andrés, María C.; Oreiro, Natividad; Blanco García, Francisco J; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio (BMJ, 2023-04-06)
      [Abstract] Objectives: To identify mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic variants associated with the risk of rapid progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to characterise their functional significance using a cellular ...
    • An atlas of the knee joint proteins and their role in osteoarthritis defined by literature mining 

      Paz-González, Rocío; Lourido, Lucía; Calamia, Valentina; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Quaranta, Patricia; Picchi, Florencia; Blanco García, Francico J; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina (Elsevier, 2023-08)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent rheumatic pathology. However, OA is not simply a process of wear and tear affecting articular cartilage but rather a disease of the entire joint. One of the most common ...
    • Exploring high-throughput immunoassays for biomarker validation in rheumatic diseases in the context of the human proteome project 

      Fuentes, Manuel; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Misiego, Sara; Juanes-Velasco, Pablo; Landeira-Viñuela, Alicia; Torres-Roda, Adrián; Lorenzo-Gil, Héctor; González-González, María; Hernández, Ángela P.; Lourido, Lucía; Sjöberg, Ronald; Pin, Elisa; Las Rivas, Javier de; Sánchez-Santos, José Manuel; Nilsson, Peter; Blanco García, Francisco J (ACS Publications, 2022-12-07)
      [Abstract] Rheumatic diseases are high prevalence pathologies with different etiology and evolution and low sensitivity in clinical diagnosis. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an early diagnosis method which allows ...
    • Generation of human immortalized chondrocytes from osteoarthritic and healthy cartilage 

      Piñeiro-Ramil, María; Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Clara; Rodríguez-Fernández, Silvia; Hermida-Gómez, Tamara; Blanco García, Francisco J; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Díaz-Prado, Silvia (The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, 2023-01-17)
      [Abstract] Aims. After a few passages of in vitro culture, primary human articular chondrocytes undergo senescence and loss of their phenotype. Most of the available chondrocyte cell lines have been obtained from cartilage ...
    • 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. ...
    • Histone Extraction From Human Articular Cartilage for the Study of Epigenetic Regulation in Osteoarthritis 

      Núñez-Carro, Carmen; Blanco-Blanco, Margarita; Montoya, Tatiana; Villagrán-Andrade, Karla M.; Hermida-Gómez, Tamara; Blanco García, Francisco J; De Andrés, María C. (MDPI, 2022-03-20)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease that affects articular cartilage, causing its degeneration. Although OA is one of the most prevalent pathologies globally, there are no definitive treatments available. ...
    • Identification of a Distinct Lipidomic Profile in the Osteoarthritic Synovial Membrane by Mass Spectrometry Imaging 

      Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Cillero-Pastor, B.; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Paine, Martin R.L.; Cañete, Juan D.; Heeren, Ron M.A.; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2021-05)
      [Abstract] Objective: Synovial inflammation is one of the most characteristic events in different types of arthritis, including Osteoarthritis (OA). Emerging evidence also suggests the involvement of lipids in the regulation ...
    • Impact of prevalence ratios of chondroitin sulfate (CS)- 4 and -6 isomers derived from marine sources in cell proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation processes 

      López-Senra, Estefanía; Casal-Beiroa, Paula; López-Álvarez, Miriam; Serra, Julia; González, Pío; Valcárcel, Jesús; Vázquez, José Antonio; Burguera, Elena F.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Magalhaes, J. (MDPI, 2020-01-31)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent rheumatic disease. During disease progression, differences have been described in the prevalence of chondroitin sulfate (CS) isomers. Marine derived-CS present a higher ...
    • Intraarticular administration effect of hydrogen sulfide on an in vivo rat model of osteoarthritis 

      Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Burguera, Elena F.; Vela-Anero, Á.; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Filgueira-Fernández, P.; Fernández-Rodríguez, Jennifer Adriana; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J (MDPI, 2020-10-08)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common articular chronic disease. However, its current treatment is limited and mostly symptomatic. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gas with recognized physiological ...
    • Metabolic syndrome is not associated with erosive hand osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study using data from the PROCOAC cohort 

      Silva-Díaz, Maite; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa; Tilve-Álvarez, Carlos M.; Raga-Sivira, Ana; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J; Oreiro, Natividad (Springer Nature, 2024-03-12)
      [Abstract] To delineate the phenotype of erosive hand osteoarthritis (EHOA) in a Spanish population and assess its correlation with metabolic syndrome. We conducted a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA Impact on Joint Damaged Process in a Conplastic Mouse Model After Being Surgically Induced With Osteoarthritis 

      Scotece, Morena; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Lechuga-Vieco, Ana Victoria; Centeno, Alberto; Jiménez-Gómez, María Concepción; Filgueira-Fernández, P.; Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Enríquez, José Antonio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Nature, 2021-04-27)
      [Abstract] It has been suggested that mitochondrial dysfunction and mtDNA variations may contribute to osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. However, the causative link to support this claim is lacking. Here, we surgically-induced ...
    • Mitochondrial genetics and epigenetics in osteoarthritis 

      Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Durán-Sotuela, Alejandro; Ramos-Louro, Paula; Blanco García, Francisco J (Frontiers, 2020-01-17)
      [Abstract] During recent years, the significant influence of mitochondria on osteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disease, has been consistently demonstrated. Not only mitochondrial dysfunction but also mitochondrial ...
    • Oleate prevents palmitate-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in chondrocytes 

      Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Relaño, Sara; Dalmao-Fernández, Andrea; Ramos-Louro, Paula; Durán Sotuela, Alejandro; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Blanco García, Francisco J (Frontiers, 2021-06-15)
      [Abstract] The association between obesity and osteoarthritis (OA) in joints not subjected to mechanical overload, together with the relationship between OA and metabolic syndrome, suggests that there are systemic factors ...
    • Optical Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis through Raman Spectroscopy: Radiological and Biochemical Validation Using Ex Vivo Human Cartilage Samples 

      Casal-Beiroa, Paula; Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa; Oreiro, Natividad; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Blanco García, Francisco J; Magalhaes, Joana (MDPI, 2021-03-18)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common rheumatic disease, characterized by progressive articular cartilage degradation. Raman spectroscopy (RS) has been recently proposed as a label-free tool to detect molecular ...
    • Prevalence of Symptomatic Axial Osteoarthritis Phenotypes in Spain and Associated Socio-Demographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Variables 

      Silva-Díaz, María T.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Quevedo Vila, Víctor; Seoane-Mato, Daniel; Pérez-Ruiz, Fernando; Juan-Mas, Antonio; Pego-Reigosa, José M.; Narváez, Javier; Quilis, Neus; Cortés, Raúl; Romero-Pérez, Antonio; Fábregas Canales, Dolores; Font Gayá, Teresa; Bordoy Ferrer, Carolina; Prado-Galbarro, Francisco Javier; Sánchez-Piedra, Carlos; Díaz-González, Federico; Bustabad-Reyes, Sagrario (Springer, 2021-11-10)
      [Abstract] Objective. Axial osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of back and neck pain, however, few studies have examined its prevalence. The aim was to estimate the prevalence and the characteristics of symptomatic axial ...
    • Prognostic model to predict the incidence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis 

      Paz-González, Rocío; Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa; Lourido, Lucía; Calamia, Valentina; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Oreiro, Natividad; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Blanco García, Francico J (BMJ, 2024-01-05)
      [Abstract] Objective: Early diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in asymptomatic stages is essential for the timely management of patients using preventative strategies. We develop and validate a prognostic model useful ...
    • RGD-Dendrimer-Poly(L-lactic) Acid Nanopatterned Substrates for the Early Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Derived from Osteoarthritic and Healthy Donors 

      Rodríguez-Pereira, Cristina; Lagunas, Anna; Casanellas, Ignasi; Vida, Yolanda; Pérez-Inestrosa, Ezequiel; Andrades, José A.; Becerra, José; Samitier, Josep; Blanco García, Francisco J; Magalhaes, Joana (MDPI, 2020-05-13)
      [Abstract] Aiming to address a stable chondrogenesis derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) to be applied in cartilage repair strategies at the onset of osteoarthritis (OA), we analyzed the effect of arginine–glyc ...
    • Severity and progression of structural hand OA is not associated with progression of structural knee OA: the IMI-APPROACH cohort 

      Terpstra, Sietse E.S.; van de Stadt, Lotte A.; Berenbaum, Francis; Blanco García, Francisco J; Haugen, Ida K.; Mastbergen, Simon C.; Weinans, Harrie; Jansen, Mylène P.; Rosendaal, Frits R.; Kloppenburg, Margreet (Elsevier, 2024-05)
      [Abstract]. Objective. To investigate whether structural hand OA or its progression is associated with structural knee OA progression after two years in a population with symptomatic knee OA. Methods. We used baseline and ...