• 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 ...
    • Baseline clinical characteristics of predicted structural and pain progressors in the IMI-APPROACH knee OA cohort 

      van Helvoort, Eefje M.; Ladel, Christoph H.; Mastbergen, Simon; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Blanco García, Francisco J; Haugen, Ida K.; Berenbaum, Francis; Bacardit, Jaume; Widera, Pawel; Welsing, Paco M.J.; Lafeber, Floris (BMJ, 2021-08-23)
      [Abstract] Objectives: To describe the relations between baseline clinical characteristics of the Applied Public-Private Research enabling OsteoArthritis Clinical Headway (IMI-APPROACH) participants and their predicted ...
    • Cardiovascular disease in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a cross-sectional analysis of 6 cohorts 

      Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Perrotti, Pedro P.; Gisbert, Javier P.; Doménech, Eugeni; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Cañete, Juan D.; Ferrándiz, Carlos; Tornero, Jesús; García-Sánchez, Valle; Panés, Julián; Fonseca, Eduardo; Blanco García, Francisco J; Rodríguez-Moreno, Jesús; Carreira, Patricia; Juliá, Antonio; Marsal, Sara; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis (Wolters Kluwer, 2017-06)
      [Abstract] To analyze in several immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) the influence of demographic and clinical-related variables on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and compare their standardized ...
    • Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups influence the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in OAI and CHECK cohorts: a meta-analysis and functional study 

      Fernández-Moreno, Mercedes; Soto-Hermida, Ángel; Vázquez-Mosquera, María E.; Cortés-Pereira, Estefanía; Relaño, Sara; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Garesse, Rafael; Blanco García, Francisco J; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio (BMJ, 2016-12-05)
      [Abstract] Objective To evaluate the influence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups in the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to explain the functional consequences of this association to identify potential ...
    • Osteoarthritis endotype discovery via clustering of biochemical marker data 

      Angelini, Federico; Widera, Pawel; Mobasheri, Ali; Blair, Joseph; Struglics, André; Uebelhoer, Melanie; Hentorin, Yves; Marijnissen, Anne CA; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Blanco García, Francisco J; Haugen, Ida K.; Berenbaum, Francis; Ladel, Christoph; Larkin, Jonathan; Bay-Jensen, Anne C.; Bacardit, Jaume (BMJ, 2022-04-08)
      [Abstract] Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) patient stratification is an important challenge to design tailored treatments and drive drug development. Biochemical markers reflecting joint tissue turnover were measured in ...
    • Prevalence of hospital PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases in patients with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases 

      Pablos, José L.; Abasolo, Lydia; Álvaro-Gracia, José M.; Blanco García, Francisco J; Blanco, Ricardo; Castrejón, Isabel; Fernández-Fernández, David; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Galindo-Izquierdo, María; González-Gay, Miguel Á.; Manrique-Arija, Sara; Mena Vázquez, Natalia; Mera Varela, Antonio; Retuerto, Miriam; Seijas-López, Álvaro (BMJ, 2020-06-12)
      [Abstract] Background: The susceptibility of patients with rheumatic diseases and the risks or benefits of immunosuppressive therapies for COVID-19 are unknown. Methods: We performed a retrospective study with patients ...
    • Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Spain: Higher than Previously Reported in Other Countries? 

      Cortés Verdú, Raúl; Pego-Reigosa, J.; Seoane-Mato, Daniel; Morcillo Valle, Mercedes; Palma Sánchez, Deseada; Moreno Martínez, María J.; Mayor González, Marta; Atxotegi Sáez de Buruaga, Joana; Urionagüena Onaindia, Irati; Blanco Cáceres, Boris A.; Silva-Fernández, Lucía; Sivera, Francisca; Blanco García, Francisco J; Sánchez-Piedra, Carlos; Díaz-González, Federico; Bustabad, Sagrario (Oxford, 2020-01-30)
      [Abstract] Objectives: Prevalence of SLE varies among studies, being influenced by study design, geographical area and ethnicity. Data about the prevalence of SLE in Spain are scarce. In the EPISER2016 study, promoted by ...
    • Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Spain: Higher than Previously Reported in other Countries? 

      Cortés Verdú, Raúl; Pego-Reigosa, J.; Seoane-Mato, Daniel; Morcillo Valle, Mercedes; Palma Sánchez, Deseada; Moreno Martínez, María J.; Mayor González, Marta; Atxotegi Sáez de Buruaga, Joana; Urionagüena Onaindia, Irati; Blanco Cáceres, Boris A.; Silva-Fernández, Lucía; Sivera, Francisca; Blanco García, Francisco J; Sánchez-Piedra, Carlos; Díaz-González, Federico; Bustabad, Sagrario (Oxford, 2020-01-30)
      [Abstract] Objectives: Prevalence of SLE varies among studies, being influenced by study design, geographical area and ethnicity. Data about the prevalence of SLE in Spain are scarce. In the EPISER2016 study, promoted by ...