• 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 ...
    • Effects of Temporal Heterogeneity in Nutrient Supply on Intra- And Inter-Genet Competition of a Clonal Herb 

      Zhang, Li-Min; Roiloa, Sergio; Xue, Wei; Yu, Fei-Hai (Elsevier, 2022-03-04)
      [Abstract] Nutrients are often released heterogeneously over time (e.g., in pulses) in natural habitats. Different genotypes of the same plant species may vary in their responses to temporal nutrient heterogeneity so that ...
    • 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. ...