[HTML][HTML] Analysis of genetics and DNA methylation in osteoarthritis: what have we learnt about the disease?

LN Reynard - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic musculoskeletal disease characterised by the destruction of
articular cartilage, synovial inflammation and bone remodelling. Disease aetiology is …

[HTML][HTML] The epigenetic landscape of age-related diseases: the geroscience perspective

N Gensous, MG Bacalini, C Pirazzini, E Marasco… - Biogerontology, 2017 - Springer
In this review, we summarize current knowledge regarding the epigenetics of age-related
diseases, focusing on those studies that have described DNA methylation landscape in …

Epigenetics and bone remodeling

A Husain, MA Jeffries - Current osteoporosis reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Bone remodeling is a diverse field of study with many direct
clinical applications; past studies have implicated epigenetic alterations as key factors of …

Differential analysis of genome-wide methylation and gene expression in mesenchymal stem cells of patients with fractures and osteoarthritis

A Del Real, FM Pérez-Campo, AF Fernández… - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Insufficient activity of the bone-forming osteoblasts leads to low bone mass and predisposes
to fragility fractures. The functional capacity of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), the …

Distinct DNA methylation profiles in bone and blood of osteoporotic and healthy postmenopausal women

S Reppe, TG Lien, YH Hsu, VT Gautvik, OK Olstad… - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT DNA methylation affects expression of associated genes and may contribute to
the missing genetic effects from genome-wide association studies of osteoporosis. To …

Epigenome‐wide association of DNA methylation in whole blood with bone mineral density

JA Morris, PC Tsai, R Joehanes, J Zheng… - Journal of Bone and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genetic and environmental determinants of skeletal phenotypes such as bone mineral
density (BMD) may converge through the epigenome, providing a tool to better understand …

Pathways to understanding the genomic aetiology of osteoarthritis

E Cibrián Uhalte, JM Wilkinson… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Osteoarthritis is a common, complex disease with no curative therapy. In this review, we
summarize current knowledge on disease aetiopathogenesis and outline genetics and …

Perinatal DNA Methylation at CDKN2A Is Associated With Offspring Bone Mass: Findings From the Southampton Women's Survey

EM Curtis, R Murray, P Titcombe, E Cook… - Journal of Bone and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Poor intrauterine and childhood growth has been linked with the risk of osteoporosis in later
life, a relationship that may in part be mediated through altered epigenetic regulation of …

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of articular chondrocytes identifies TRAF1, CTGF, and CX3CL1 genes as hypomethylated in osteoarthritis

L Zhao, Q Wang, C Zhang, C Huang - Clinical Rheumatology, 2017 - Springer
The aim of this study is to identify osteoarthritis (OA)-associated differentially methylated
genes in human articular chondrocytes from patients with OA. DNA methylation profiling of …

The role of epigenetics in osteoarthritis: current perspective

YFM Ramos, I Meulenbelt - Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Identification of changes in epigenetically regulated control mechanisms in joint tissues has
provided novel insight into underlying mechanism of ongoing osteoarthritis disease …