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SynthesisAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2011

The Ile585Val TRPV1 variant is involved in risk of painful knee osteoarthritis.

Ana M Valdes, Gert De Wilde, Sally A Doherty, Rik J Lories, Frances L Vaughn, Laura L Laslett, Rose A Maciewicz, Anushka Soni, Deborah J Hart, Weiya Zhang and 11 more

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Synthesis in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 13 institutions in 5 countries.

Ana M ValdesDepartment of Twin Research, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK. ana.valdes@kcl.ac.uk
Gert De Wilde
Sally A Doherty
Rik J Lories
Frances L Vaughn
Laura L Laslett
Rose A Maciewicz
Anushka Soni
Deborah J Hart
Weiya Zhang
Kenneth R Muir
Elaine M Dennison
Margaret Wheeler
Paul Leaverton
Cyrus Cooper
Tim D Spector
Flavia M Cicuttini
Victoria Chapman
Graeme Jones
Nigel K Arden
Michael Doherty
Nottingham City Hospital · GBSt Thomas' Hospital · GBArthritis Research Institute of America · USUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Tasmania · AUAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUKU Leuven · BEMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit · GBUCLouvain · BEUniversity of Southampton · GBUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

Department of Health DRF-2010-03-131Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1014Versus Arthritis 17489Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess if a coding variant in the gene encoding transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1) is associated with genetic risk of painful knee osteoarthritis (OA).

methodsThe Ile585Val TRPV1 variant encoded by rs8065080 was genotyped in 3270 cases of symptomatic knee OA, 1098 cases of asymptomatic knee OA and 3852 controls from seven cohorts from the UK, the USA and Australia. The genetic association between the low-pain genotype Ile-Ile and risk of symptomatic and asymptomatic knee OA was assessed.

resultsThe TRPV1 585 Ile-Ile genotype, reported to be associated with lower thermal pain sensitivity, was associated with a lower risk of symptomatic knee OA in a comparison of symptomatic cases with healthy controls, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.75 (95% CI 0.64 to 0.88; p=0.00039 by meta-analysis) after adjustment for age, sex and body mass index. No difference was seen between asymptomatic OA cases and controls (OR=1.02, 95% CI 0.82 to 1.27 p=0.86) but the Ile-Ile genotype was associated with lower risk of symptomatic versus asymptomatic knee OA adjusting for covariates and radiographic severity (OR=0.73, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.94 p=0.0136). TRPV1 expression in articular cartilage was increased by inflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor α and interleukin 1). However, there were no differences in TRPV1 expression in healthy and arthritic synovial tissue.

conclusionsA genotype involved in lower peripheral pain sensitivity is significantly associated with a decreased risk of painful knee OA. This indicates a role for the pro-nociceptive gene TRPV1 in genetic susceptibility to symptomatic knee OA, which may also be influenced by a role for this molecule in cartilage function.

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AgedCartilage, ArticularCase-Control StudiesFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, KneePainTissue Culture TechniquesTRPV Cation ChannelsTRPV1 protein, humanTRPV Cation Channels

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PMID21616913
PMCPMC3147243
OpenAlexW2104726039

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