Mutation in the CCAL1 locus accounts for bidirectional process of human subchondral bone turnover and cartilage mineralization Rheumatology (Oxford) | 2022 Apr 12:keac232 | doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac232 Rodríguez Ruiz A, van Hoolwerff M, Sprangers S, Suchiman HED, Schoenmaker T, Dibbets-Schneider P, Bloem JL, Nelissen RGHH, Freund C, Mummery C, Everts V, de Vries TJ, Ramos [...]

The role of TNFRSF11B in development of osteoarthritic cartilage. Rheumatology (Oxford) |  2022 Feb 2;61(2):856-864. | doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab440 Rodríguez Ruiz A, Tuerlings M, Das A, Coutinho de Almeida R, Suchiman HED, Nelissen RGHH, Ramos YFM, Meulenbelt I. Abstract Objectives: OA is a complex genetic disease with different risk factors contributing to its development. One of [...]

Marcella's latest publication in Science Advances is out now! Science Advances published the work of Marcella van Hoolwerff et al, where a high impact mutation was identified by exome sequencing in FN1 in affected family members of an early-onset osteoarthritis family. Upon introducing this mutation in an in vitro OA disease model using human [...]