Genetics

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Basic and translational research
Association of the DVWA and GDF5 polymorphisms with osteoarthritis in UK populations

A M Valdes, T D Spector, S Doherty, M Wheeler, D J Hart, and M Doherty
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1916 -1920; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.102236 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Association study of a polymorphism of the CTGF gene and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in the Japanese population

Y Kawaguchi, Y Ota, M Kawamoto, I Ito, N Tsuchiya, T Sugiura, Y Katsumata, M Soejima, S Sato, M Hasegawa, M Fujimoto, K Takehara, M Kuwana, H Yamanaka, and M Hara
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1921 -1924; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.100586 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Definition of arthritis candidate risk genes by combining rat linkage-mapping results with human case-control association data

L Bäckdahl, J P Guo, M Jagodic, K Becanovic, B Ding, T Olsson, and J C Lorentzen
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1925 -1932; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.090803 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web Only Data ]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Seasonality and trends in the incidence and prevalence of gout in England and Wales 1994–2007

A J Elliot, K W Cross, and D M Fleming
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1728 -1733; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.096693 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
STAT4 associates with systemic lupus erythematosus through two independent effects that correlate with gene expression and act additively with IRF5 to increase risk

A-K Abelson, A M Delgado-Vega, S V Kozyrev, E Sánchez, R Velázquez-Cruz, N Eriksson, J Wojcik, M V P Linga Reddy, G Lima, S D’Alfonso, S Migliaresi, V Baca, L Orozco, T Witte, N Ortego-Centeno, the AADEA group, H Abderrahim, B A Pons-Estel, C Gutiérrez, A Suárez, M F González-Escribano, J Martin, and M E Alarcón-Riquelme
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1746 -1753; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.097642 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only data ]  

Basic and translational research
Genetic variation in the GDF5 region is associated with osteoarthritis, height, hip axis length and fracture risk: the Rotterdam study

R B A Vaes, F Rivadeneira, J M Kerkhof, A Hofman, H A P Pols, A G Uitterlinden, and J B J van Meurs
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1754 -1760; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.099655 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only data ]  

Basic and translational research
Elevated synovial expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 in patients with septic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis

C E Collins, D T La, H-T Yang, F Massin, S Gibot, G Faure, and W Stohl
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1768 -1774; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.089557 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Contribution of Fc receptor IIIA gene 158V/F polymorphism and copy number variation to the risk of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis

M M Thabet, T W J Huizinga, R B Marques, G Stoeken-Rijsbergen, A M Bakker, F A Kurreeman, S J White, R E M Toes, and A H M van der Helm-van Mil
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1775 -1780; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.099309 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Genetic polymorphisms of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) modulate the development of ankylosing spondylitis

J C-C Wei, H-S Lee, W-C Chen, L-J Shiu, S-F Yang, and R-H Wong
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1781 -1786; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.099481 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
A magic bullet for gout?

Alexander So and Nathalie Busso
Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1517-1519. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]