• THE arcOGEN CONSORTIUM: STAGE 1 OF A GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION SCAN FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS 

      Panoutsopoulou, K.; Southam, L.; Rayner, W.; Zhai, G.; Beazley, C.; Arden, N.; Carr, A.; Chapman, K.; Deloukas, P.; Doherty, M.; McCaskie, A.; Olher, W.; Ralston, S.; Spector, T.; Valdes, A.; Wallis, G.; Wilkinson, M.; Arden, E.; Battley, K.; Blackburn, H.; Blanco, F.; Bumpstead, S.; Cupples, A.; Day-Williams, A.; Dixon, K.; Dohertys, S.; Elliott, K.; Evangelou, E.; Felson, D.; Gomez-Reino, J.; Gonzalez, A.; Gordon, A.; Gwilliam, R.; Hofman, A.; Hunt, S.; Ioannidis, J.; Jonsdottir, I.; Keen, R.; Kerkhof, H.; Kloppenburg, M.; Koller, N.; Lakenberg, N.; Lane, N.; Lee, A.; Meulenbelt, I.; Nevitt, M.; O'Neill, F.; Parimi, N.; Potter, S.; Rego-Perez, I.; Riancho, J.; Sherburn, K.; Slagboom, E.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Sumillera, M.; Swift, D.; Tsezou, A.; Uitterlinden, A.; van Meurs, J.; Watkins, B.; Wheeler, M.; Mitchelle, S.; Zhu, Y.; Zmuda, J.; Zeggini, E.; Loughlin, J.; Arc, Ogen Consortium (2010)
    • Assessment of Osteoarthritis Candidate Genes in a Meta-Analysis of Nine Genome-Wide Association Studies 

      Rodriguez-Fontenla, C.; Calaza, M.; Evangelou, E.; Valdes, A. M.; Arden, N.; Blanco, F. J.; Carr, A.; Chapman, K.; Deloukas, P.; Doherty, M.; Esko, T.; Aleta, C. M. G.; Carnota, Jjgr; Helgadottir, H.; Hofman, A.; Jonsdottir, I.; Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Kloppenburg, M.; McCaskie, A.; Ntzani, E. E.; Ollier, W. E. R.; Oreiro, N.; Panoutsopoulou, K.; Ralston, S. H.; Ramos, Y. F.; Riancho, J. A.; Rivadeneira, F.; Slagboom, P. E.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Thorleifsson, G.; Tsezou, A.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Wallis, G. A.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Zhai, G. J.; Zhu, Y. Y.; Felson, D. T.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Loughlin, J.; Metspalu, A.; Meulenbelt, I.; Stefansson, K.; van Meurs, J. B.; Zeggini, E.; Spector, T. D.; Gonzalez, A.; arc, Ogen Consortium (2014)
      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 candidate genes ...
    • Erratum to A genome-wide association study identifies a common variant near the GPR22 gene as a new locus involved in prevalence and progression of osteoarthritis [Bone, 44S2 (2009) S224] 

      Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Lories, R. J.; Meulenbelt, I.; Jonsdottir, I.; Valdes, A. M.; Arp, P.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jhamai, M.; Jonsson, H.; Stolk, L.; Thorleifsson, G.; Zhai, G.; Zhang, F.; Zhu, Y.; van der Breggen, R.; Carr, A.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Felson, D. T.; Gonzalez, A.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hart, D. J.; Hauksson, V. B.; Hofman, A.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Kloppenburg, M.; Lane, N. E.; Loughlin, J.; Luyten, F. P.; Nevitt, M. C.; Parimi, N.; Pols, H. A. P.; van de Putte, T.; Rivadeneira, F.; Slagboom, E. P.; Styrkársdóttir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Zmuda, J.; Spector, T. D.; Stefansson, K.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; van Meurs, J. B. J. (2010)
    • A genome-wide association study identifies a common variant near the GRP22 gene as a new locus involved in prevalence and progression of osteoarthritis 

      Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Jonsdottir, I.; Meulenbelt, I.; Stolk, L.; Valdes, A. M.; Zhai, G.; Zhu, Y.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Tsezou, A.; Gonzalez, A.; Carr, A.; Felson, D. T.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Slagboom, E. P.; Loughlin, J.; Rivadeneira, F.; Hofman, A.; Pols, H. A. P.; Spector, T. D.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; van Meurs, J. B. J. (2009)
    • A genome-wide association study identifies an osteoarthritis susceptibility locus on chromosome 7q22 

      Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Lories, R. J.; Meulenbelt, I.; Jonsdottir, I.; Valdes, A. M.; Arp, P.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jhamai, M.; Jonsson, H.; Stolk, L.; Thorleifsson, G.; Zhai, G.; Zhang, F.; Zhu, Y.; Van Der Breggen, R.; Carr, A.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Felson, D. T.; Gonzalez, A.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hart, D. J.; Hauksson, V. B.; Hofman, A.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Kloppenburg, M.; Lane, N. E.; Loughlin, J.; Luyten, F. P.; Nevitt, M. C.; Parimi, N.; Pols, H. A. P.; Rivadeneira, F.; Slagboom, E. P.; Styrḱarsd́ottir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Van De Putte, T.; Zmuda, J.; Spector, T. D.; Stefansson, K.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Van Meurs, J. B. J. (2010)
      Objective. To identify novel genes involved in osteoarthritis (OA), by means of a genome-wide association study. Methods. We tested 500,510 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1,341 Dutch Caucasian OA cases and 3,496 ...
    • Insights into the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis from stage 1 of the arcOGEN study 

      Panoutsopoulou, K.; Southam, L.; Elliott, K. S.; Wrayner, N.; Zhai, G.; Beazley, C.; Thorleifsson, G.; Arden, N. K.; Carr, A.; Chapman, K.; Deloukas, P.; Doherty, M.; McCaskie, A.; Ollier, W. E. R.; Ralston, S. H.; Spector, T. D.; Valdes, A. M.; Wallis, G. A.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Arden, E.; Battley, K.; Blackburn, H.; Blanco, F. J.; Bumpstead, S.; Cupples, L. A.; Day-Williams, A. G.; Dixon, K.; Doherty, S. A.; Esko, T.; Evangelou, E.; Felson, D.; Gomez-Reino, J. J.; Gonzalez, A.; Gordon, A.; Gwilliam, R.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hauksson, V. B.; Hofman, A.; Hunt, S. E.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jonsdottir, I.; Jonsson, H.; Keen, R.; Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Kloppenburg, M. G.; Koller, N.; Lakenberg, N.; Lane, N. E.; Lee, A. T.; Metspalu, A.; Meulenbelt, I.; Nevitt, M. C.; O'Neill, F.; Parimi, N.; Potter, S. C.; Rego-Perez, I.; Riancho, J. A.; Sherburn, K.; Slagboom, P. E.; Stefansson, K.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Sumillera, M.; Swift, D.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; van Meurs, J. B. J.; Watkins, B.; Wheeler, M.; Mitchell, S.; Zhu, Y.; Zmuda, J. M.; Zeggini, E.; Loughlin, J.; arc, Ogen Consortium (2011)
      Objectives The genetic aetiology of osteoarthritis has not yet been elucidated. To enable a well-powered genome-wide association study (GWAS) for osteoarthritis, the authors have formed the arcOGEN Consortium, a UK-wide ...
    • Large-Scale Analysis of Association Between GDF5 and FRZB Variants and Osteoarthritis of the Hip, Knee, and Hand 

      Evangelou, E.; Chapman, K.; Meulenbelt, I.; Karassa, F. B.; Loughlin, J.; Carr, A.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Gomez-Reino, J. J.; Gonzalez, A.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hauksson, V. B.; Hofman, A.; Hart, D. J.; Ikegawa, S.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jiang, Q.; Jonsdottir, I.; Jonsson, H.; Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Kloppenburg, M.; Lane, N. E.; Li, J.; Lories, R. J.; van Meurs, J. B. J.; Nakki, A.; Nevitt, M. C.; Rodriguez-Lopez, J.; Shi, D. Q.; Slagboom, E.; Stefansson, K.; Tsezou, A.; Wallis, G. A.; Watson, C. M.; Spector, T. D.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Valdes, A. M.; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2009)
      Objective. GDF5 and FRZB have been proposed as genetic loci conferring susceptibility to osteoarthritis (OA); however, the results of several studies investigating the association of OA with the rs143383 polymorphism of ...
    • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies confirms a susceptibility locus for knee osteoarthritis on chromosome 7q22 

      Evangelou, E.; Valdes, A. M.; Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Zhu, Y.; Meulenbelt, I.; Lories, R. J.; Karassa, F. B.; Tylzanowski, P.; Bos, S. D.; Rayner, N. W.; Southam, L.; Zhai, G.; Elliott, K. S.; Hunt, S. E.; Blackburn, H.; Potter, S. C.; Day-Williams, A. G.; Beazley, C.; Akune, T.; Arden, N. K.; Carr, A.; Chapman, K.; Cupples, L. A.; Dai, J.; Deloukas, P.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S.; Engstrom, G.; Gonzalez, A.; Halldorsson, B. V.; Hammond, C. L.; Hart, D. J.; Helgadottir, H.; Hofman, A.; Ikegawa, S.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jiang, Q.; Jonsson, H.; Kaprio, J.; Kawaguchi, H.; Kisand, K.; Kloppenburg, M.; Kujala, U. M.; Lohmander, L. S.; Loughlin, J.; Luyten, F. P.; Mabuchi, A.; McCaskie, A.; Nakajima, M.; Nilsson, P. M.; Nishida, N.; Ollier, W. E. R.; Panoutsopoulou, K.; Van De Putte, T.; Ralston, S. H.; Rivadeneira, F.; Saarela, J.; Schulte-Merker, S.; Shi, D.; Slagboom, P. E.; Sudo, A.; Tamm, A.; Thorleifsson, G.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Wallis, G. A.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Yoshimura, N.; Zeggini, E.; Zhang, F.; Jonsdottir, I.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Felson, D. T.; Van Meurs, J. B.; Stefansson, K.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Spector, T. D. (2011)
      Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent form of arthritis and accounts for substantial morbidity and disability, particularly in older people. It is characterised by changes in joint structure, including ...
    • A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel variants associated with osteoarthritis of the hip 

      Evangelou, E.; Kerkhof, H. J.; Styrkarsdottir, U.; Ntzani, E. E.; Bos, S. D.; Esko, T.; Evans, D. S.; Metrustry, S.; Panoutsopoulou, K.; Ramos, Y. F. M.; Thorleifsson, G.; Tsilidis, K. K.; Arden, N.; Aslam, N.; Bellamy, N.; Birrell, F.; Blanco, F. J.; Carr, A.; Chapman, K.; Day-Williams, A. G.; Deloukas, P.; Doherty, M.; Engstrom, G.; Helgadottir, H. T.; Hofman, A.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jonsson, H.; Keis, A.; Keurentjes, J. C.; Kloppenburg, M.; Lind, P. A.; McCaskie, A.; Martin, N. G.; Milani, L.; Montgomery, G. W.; Nelissen, Rghh; Nevitt, M. C.; Nilsson, P. M.; Ollier, W. E. R.; Parimi, N.; Rai, A.; Ralston, S. H.; Reed, M. R.; Riancho, J. A.; Rivadeneira, F.; Rodriguez-Fontenla, C.; Southam, L.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Tsezou, A.; Awallis, G.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Gonzalez, A.; Lane, N. E.; Lohmander, L. S.; Loughlin, J.; Metspalu, A.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Jonsdottir, I.; Stefansson, K.; Slagboom, P. E.; Zeggini, E.; Meulenbelt, I.; Ioannidis, J. P. A.; Spector, T. D.; van Meurs, J. B. J.; Valdes, A. M.; arc, Ogen Consortium (2014)
      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 (GWAS) on ...
    • Recommendations for standardization and phenotype definitions in genetic studies of osteoarthritis: the TREAT-OA consortium 

      Kerkhof, H. J. M.; Meulenbelt, I.; Akune, T.; Arden, N. K.; Aromaa, A.; Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M. A.; Carr, A.; Cooper, C.; Dai, J.; Doherty, M.; Doherty, S. A.; Felson, D.; Gonzalez, A.; Gordon, A.; Harilainen, A.; Hart, D. J.; Hauksson, V. B.; Heliovaara, M.; Hofman, A.; Ikegawa, S.; Ingvarsson, T.; Jiang, Q.; Jonsson, H.; Jonsdottir, I.; Kawaguchi, H.; Kloppenburg, M.; Kujala, U. M.; Lane, N. E.; Leino-Arjas, P.; Lohmander, L. S.; Luyten, F. P.; Malizos, K. N.; Nakajima, M.; Nevitt, M. C.; Pols, H. A. P.; Rivadeneira, F.; Shi, D.; Slagboom, E.; Spector, T. D.; Stefansson, K.; Sudo, A.; Tamm, A.; Tamm, A. E.; Tsezou, A.; Uchida, A.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Yoshimura, N.; Valdes, A. M.; van Meurs, J. B. J. (2011)
      Objective: To address the need for standardization of osteoarthritis (OA) phenotypes by examining the effect of heterogeneity among symptomatic (SOA) and radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) phenotypes. Methods: Descriptions ...
    • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STANDARDIZATION AND PHENOTYPE DEFINITIONS IN GENETIC STUDIES OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: THE TREAT-OA CONSORTIUM 

      Kerkhof, H. J.; Meulenbelt, I.; Arden, N.; Cooper, C.; Doherty, M.; Felson, D.; Gonzalez, A.; Ikegawa, S.; Jiang, Q.; Jonsdottir, I.; Kujala, U.; Lane, N.; Leino-Arjas, P.; Lohmander, S.; Luyten, F.; Nevitt, M.; Slagboom, E.; Spector, T.; Stefansson, K.; Tamm, A.; Tsezou, A.; Wilkinson, J.; Yoshimura, N.; Valdes, A.; van Meurs, J. (2010)