From target discovery to clinical drug development with human genetics

K Trajanoska, C Bhérer, D Taliun, S Zhou, JB Richards… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The substantial investments in human genetics and genomics made over the past three
decades were anticipated to result in many innovative therapies. Here we investigate the …

Insights from multi-omics integration in complex disease primary tissues

P Kreitmaier, G Katsoula, E Zeggini - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided insights into the genetic basis of
complex diseases. In the next step, integrative multi-omics approaches can characterize …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

CG Boer, K Hatzikotoulas, L Southam, L Stefánsdóttir… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide
association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and …

Identification of new therapeutic targets for osteoarthritis through genome-wide analyses of UK Biobank data

I Tachmazidou, K Hatzikotoulas, L Southam… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal disease and the leading cause of
disability globally. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study for osteoarthritis …

Genome-wide analyses using UK Biobank data provide insights into the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis

E Zengini, K Hatzikotoulas, I Tachmazidou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis is a common complex disease imposing a large public-health burden. Here,
we performed a genome-wide association study for osteoarthritis, using data across 16.5 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of osteoarthritis

G Aubourg, SJ Rice, P Bruce-Wootton… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis genetics has been transformed in the past decade through the application of
large-scale genome-wide association scans. So far, over 100 polymorphic DNA variants …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding the phenotypes of osteoarthritis

A Mobasheri, S Saarakkala, M Finnilä… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent research in the field of osteoarthritis (OA) has focused on understanding the
underlying molecular and clinical phenotypes of the disease. This narrative review article …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of transcription factors responsible for dysregulated networks in human osteoarthritis cartilage by global gene expression analysis

KM Fisch, R Gamini, O Alvarez-Garcia, R Akagi… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease. As disease-modifying
therapies are not available, novel therapeutic targets need to be discovered and prioritized …

A “best-in-class” systemic biomarker predictor of clinically relevant knee osteoarthritis structural and pain progression

K Zhou, YJ Li, EJ Soderblom, A Reed, V Jain, S Sun… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
We aimed to identify markers in blood (serum) to predict clinically relevant knee
osteoarthritis (OA) progression defined as the combination of both joint structure and pain …

Senescent cells and osteoarthritis: a painful connection

OH Jeon, N David, J Campisi… - The Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Senescent cells (SnCs) are associated with age-related pathologies. Osteoarthritis is a
chronic disease characterized by pain, loss of cartilage, and joint inflammation, and its …