ePrints

Sibling pair analysis shows no linkage of generalized osteoarthritis to the loci encoding type II collagen, cartilage link protein or cartilage matrix protein

Lookup NU author(s): Professor John LoughlinORCiD

Downloads

Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.

Abstract

Generalized OA (GOA) is a well-characterized subset of primary OA which is strongly associated with the occurrence of Heberden's nodes. Using gene-specific highly polymorphic markers and affected sib pair (ASP) analyses, we have investigated genetic linkage between GOA and three cartilage matrix genes: COL2A1 which encodes type II collagen; CRTL1 which encodes the cartilage link protein and CRTM which encodes the cartilage matrix protein. The analyses showed no linkage between GOA and the three genes in the 38 sib pairs examined. Since we examined a relatively modest number of sib pairs, our results can only exclude COL2A1, CRTL1 and CRTM as major susceptibility loci for GOA.

Publication metadata

Author(s): Loughlin J, Irven C, Fergusson C, Sykes B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Rheumatology

Year: 1994

Volume: 33

Issue: 12

Pages: 1103-1106

Print publication date: 01/12/1994

ISSN (print): 0263-7103

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/33.12.1103

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/33.12.1103

Notes: Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England

Altmetrics

Share