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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2007

Association of ITGAV supports a role of angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis.

Peter Ahnert, Holger Kirsten

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter Ahnert
Holger Kirsten
Leipzig University · DE

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motivated by linkage data and the hypothesis that angiogenesis plays a functional role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Jacq and colleagues present a family-based, multi-stage, candidate gene association study in French and European Caucasians in a paper on the association of the ITGAV rs3738919-C variant allele with RA (C-containing genotypes: odds ratio 1.94, confidence interval 1.3 to 2.9, P = 0.002). Support comes from a recent genome-wide study, which on its own would have missed identifying the association. Further research into the associating variant will require detailed haplotype analysis, verification in further studies, and research involving intermediate phenotypes or direct functional experiments. This new RA risk factor supports the role of angiogenesis in the disease.

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AllelesAnimalsAntigens, CDArthritis, RheumatoidHumansNeovascularization, PathologicRisk FactorsAntigens, CD

Identifiers

PMID18001496
PMCPMC2212585
OpenAlexW2080287877

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