Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations | September 2021 | Cell Cindy G.Boer, KonstantinosHatzikotoulas, LorraineSoutham, LiljaStefánsdóttir, YanfeiZhang, RodrigoCoutinho de Almeida, Tian T.Wu, JieZheng, AprilHartley, MarisTeder-Lavin, Anne HeidiSkogholt, ChikashiTerao, EleniZengini, GeorgeAlexiadis  AndreiBarysenka, GydaBjornsdottir, Maiken E.Gabrielsen, ArthurGilly…EleftheriaZeggini Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 [...]

Cripto favors chondrocyte hypertrophy via TGF-β SMAD1/5 signaling during development of osteoarthritis | August 2021 | The Journal of Pathology Amaya Garcia de Vinuesa, Gonzalo Sanchez-Duffhues, Esmeralda Blaney-Davidson, Arjan van Caam, Kirsten Lodder, Yolande Ramos, Margreet Kloppenburg, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Peter van der Kraan, Marie-José Goumans, Peter Ten Dijke  Abstract Chondrocytes in mice developing osteoarthritis (OA) exhibit an aberrant response to the secreted cytokine transforming [...]

RNA Sequencing Reveals Interacting Key Determinants of Osteoarthritis Acting in Subchondral Bone and Articular Cartilage: Identification of IL11 and CHADL as Attractive Treatment Targets | May 2021 | Arthritis Rheumatology Margo Tuerlings, Marcella van Hoolwerff, Evelyn Houtman, Eka H E D Suchiman, Nico Lakenberg, Hailiang Mei, Enrike H M J van der Linden, Rob R G H H Nelissen, Yolande Y F [...]

Human Osteochondral Explants: Reliable Biomimetic Models to Investigate Disease Mechanisms and Develop Personalized Treatments for Osteoarthritis | March 2021 | Rheumatology and Therapy Evelyn Houtman, Marcella van Hoolwerff, Nico Lakenberg, Eka H. D. Suchiman, Enrike van der Linden-van der Zwaag, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen, Yolande F. M. Ramos & Ingrid Meulenbelt Abstract Introduction Likely [...]

Characterization of dynamic changes in Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) gene expression as function of genetic risk alleles, osteoarthritis relevant stimuli, and the vitamin K inhibitor warfarin | August 2021 | E Houtman, R Coutinho de Almeida, M Tuerlings, H E D Suchiman, D Broekhuis, R G H H Nelissen, Y F M Ramos, J B J van Meurs, I Meulenbelt Abstract Objective: We [...]

Identification and characterization of two consistent osteoarthritis subtypes by transcriptome and clinical data integration | March 2021 | Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Rodrigo Coutinho de Almeida, Ahmed Mahfouz, Hailiang Mei, Evelyn Houtman, Wouter den Hollander, Jamie Soul, Eka Suchiman, Nico Lakenberg, Jennifer Meessen, Kasper Huetink, Rob G H H Nelissen, Yolande F M Ramos, Marcel Reinders, Ingrid [...]

Circulating MicroRNAs Highly Correlate to Expression of Cartilage Genes Potentially Reflecting OA Susceptibility—Towards Identification of Applicable Early OA Biomarkers | Biomolecules| 13-09-2021 |  Yolande F. M. Ramos, Rodrigo Coutinho de Almeida, Nico Lakenberg, H. Eka D. Suchiman, Hailiang Mei, Margreet Kloppenburg, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen and Ingrid Meulenbelt To identify and validate circulating micro [...]