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Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2018)
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Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2018). Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. PAIN, 159(6), 1035–1044. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001183

This study aimed to identify self-report correlates of central pain augmentation in individuals with knee pain. A subset of participants (n=420) in the Knee Pain and related health In the Community (KPIC) baseline survey undertook pressure pain thres... Read More about Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (2018)
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Jiang, X., O’Reilly, P. F., Aschard, H., Hsu, Y., Richards, J. B., Dupuis, J., …Kiel, D. P. (2018). Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02662-2

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that is associated with a range of human traits and diseases. Previous GWAS of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations have identified four genome-wide significant loci (GC, NADSYN1/DHCR7, CYP2R1, CYP24A1). I... Read More about Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

Association between ultrasound-detected synovitis and knee pain: a population-based case-control study with both cross-sectional and follow-up data (2017)
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Sarmanova, A., Hall, M. C., Fernandes, G. S., Bhattacharya, A., Valdes, A. M., Walsh, D. A., …Zhang, W. (in press). Association between ultrasound-detected synovitis and knee pain: a population-based case-control study with both cross-sectional and follow-up data. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 19(281), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1486-7

Background: Recently an important role for synovial pathology in the initiation and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) has been emphasised. This study aimed to examine whether ultrasonographydetected synovial changes (USSCs) associate with knee... Read More about Association between ultrasound-detected synovitis and knee pain: a population-based case-control study with both cross-sectional and follow-up data.

Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study (2017)
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Abhishek, A., Valdes, A. M., Jenkins, W., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2017). Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 12(10), Article e0186096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186096

Objectives To determine the proportion of people with gout who self-report triggers of acute attacks; identify the commonly reported triggers, and examine the disease and demographic features associated with self-reporting any trigger(s) of acute... Read More about Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study.

Knee pain and related health in the community study (KPIC): a cohort study protocol (2017)
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Fernandes, G. S., Sarmanova, A., Warner, S. C., Harvey, H., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Richardson, H., …Doherty, M. (in press). Knee pain and related health in the community study (KPIC): a cohort study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18(404), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1761-4

Background: The incidence, progression and related risk factors for recent-onset knee pain (KP) remain uncertain. This study aims to examine the natural history of KP including incidence and progression and to identify possible phenotypes and their a... Read More about Knee pain and related health in the community study (KPIC): a cohort study protocol.

Association of the resolvin precursor 17-HDHA, but not D- or E- series resolvins, with heat pain sensitivity and osteoarthritis pain in humans (2017)
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Valdes, A. M., Ravipati, S., Menni, C., Abhishek, A., Metrustry, S., Harris, J., …Barrett, D. A. (in press). Association of the resolvin precursor 17-HDHA, but not D- or E- series resolvins, with heat pain sensitivity and osteoarthritis pain in humans. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 10748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09516-3

Resolvins are omega-3 fatty acid derived potent bioactive lipids that resolve inflammation and modulate transient receptor potential channels. Exogenous administration of the resolvin precursor 17-HDHA shows a strong analgesic effect in animal models... Read More about Association of the resolvin precursor 17-HDHA, but not D- or E- series resolvins, with heat pain sensitivity and osteoarthritis pain in humans.

Genome-wide association and functional studies identify a role for matrix Gla protein in osteoarthritis of the hand (2017)
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Hollander, W. D., Boer, C. G., Hart, D. J., Yau, M. S., Ramos, Y. F., Metrustry, S., …van Meurs, J. J. (2017). Genome-wide association and functional studies identify a role for matrix Gla protein in osteoarthritis of the hand. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211214

Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and the leading cause of disability in the elderly. Of all the joints, genetic predisposition is strongest for OA of the hand; however, only few genetic risk loci for hand OA have bee... Read More about Genome-wide association and functional studies identify a role for matrix Gla protein in osteoarthritis of the hand.

Association of beta-blocker use with less prevalent joint pain and lower opioid requirement in people with osteoarthritis (2017)
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Valdes, A. M., Abhishek, A., Muir, K., Zhang, W., Maciewicz, R. A., & Doherty, M. (2017). Association of beta-blocker use with less prevalent joint pain and lower opioid requirement in people with osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 69(7), 1076-1081. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23091

Objective: Recent findings suggest that β-adrenergic blockers have anti-nociceptive properties. The aim of this study was to compare levels of large joint pain between those on adrenergic blockers and those on other antihypertensive medications. Met... Read More about Association of beta-blocker use with less prevalent joint pain and lower opioid requirement in people with osteoarthritis.

First validation of the gout activity score against gout impact scale in a primary care based gout cohort (2017)
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La-Crette, J., Jenkins, W., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., Doherty, M., & Abhishek, A. (in press). First validation of the gout activity score against gout impact scale in a primary care based gout cohort. Joint Bone Spine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbspin.2017.05.010

Objectives To validate the gout activity score (GAS) against the gout impact scale in a primary care based gout cohort. Methods This was a single-centre cross-sectional study. People with gout who participated in previous research at Academic Rheuma... Read More about First validation of the gout activity score against gout impact scale in a primary care based gout cohort.

Pain in knee osteoarthritis is associated with variation in the neurokinin 1/substance P receptor (TACR 1) gene (2017)
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Warner, S., Walsh, D. A., Laslett, L., Maciewicz, R., Soni, A., Hart, D., …Valdes, A. M. (2017). Pain in knee osteoarthritis is associated with variation in the neurokinin 1/substance P receptor (TACR 1) gene. European Journal of Pain, 21(7), 1277-1284. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1027

Background: Substance P (SP) is a pain- and inflammation-related neuropeptide which preferentially binds to the neurokinin receptor 1 (NK1). SP and NK1 receptors have been implicated in joint pain, inflammation and damage in animal models and human s... Read More about Pain in knee osteoarthritis is associated with variation in the neurokinin 1/substance P receptor (TACR 1) gene.

Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain (2017)
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Menni, C., Jackson, M., Pallister, T., Steves, C., Spector, T., & Valdes, A. (2017). Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain. International Journal of Obesity, 41(7), 1099-1105. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.66

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies suggest that the microbes in the human gut have a role in obesity by influencing the human body’s ability to extract and store calories. The aim of this study was to assess if there is a correlation between change... Read More about Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain.

Familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population-based study (2017)
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Kuo, C. F., Grainge, M. J., Valdes, A. M., See, L. C., Yu, K. H., Steven Shaw, S. W., …Doherty, M. (2017). Familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population-based study. Rheumatology, 56(6), 928-933. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew500

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. Objective. The aim was to estimate familial relative risk (RR) for RA and other autoimmune diseases and the genetic contri... Read More about Familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population-based study.

Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene (2017)
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Warner, S. C., van Meurs, J. B., Schiphof, D., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., …Valdes, A. M. (in press). Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene. European Journal of Human Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2016.196

Neuropathic pain-like joint symptoms (NP) are seen in a proportion of individuals diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) and post total joint replacement (TJR). In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using NP as defined by the... Read More about Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene.

Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families (2016)
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Chou, I., Kuo, C., Huang, Y., Grainge, M. J., Valdes, A. M., See, L., …Doherty, M. (in press). Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families. Schizophrenia Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbw159

Strong familial aggregation of schizophrenia has been reported but there is uncertainty concerning the degree of genetic contribution to the phenotypic variance of the disease. This study aimed to examine the familial aggregation and heritability of... Read More about Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families.

Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study (2016)
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Inflammation Working Group of the CHARGE Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Consortium for Blood Pressure, GERAD1 Consortium, CKDGen consortium, Autism Spectrum Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, …Alizadeh, B. Z. (2016). Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study. PLoS Medicine, 13(6), e1001976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001976

Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with immune, cardiometabolic, and psychiatric traits and diseases. Yet it is inconclusive whether these associations are causal. Methods and Findings We performed Mendelian randomization (MR)... Read More about Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study.

Familial Aggregation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coaggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families (2015)
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Kuo, C., Grainge, M. J., Valdes, A. M., See, L., Luo, S., Yu, K., …Doherty, M. (2015). Familial Aggregation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coaggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families. JAMA Internal Medicine, 175(9), 1518-1526. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3528

IMPORTANCE: Relatives of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) appear to be at higher risk of SLE and other autoimmune diseases, but estimates of individual familial risks are largely unavailable or unreliable. Furthermore, relative contri... Read More about Familial Aggregation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coaggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families.

Familial risk of Sjögren's syndrome and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population study (2015)
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Kuo, C., Grainge, M. J., Valdes, A. M., See, L., Luo, S., Yu, K., …Doherty, M. (2015). Familial risk of Sjögren's syndrome and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population study. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 67(7), 1904-1912. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.39127

Objective: To investigate familial aggregation of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and the relative risks (RRs) of other autoimmune disease in relatives of patients with SS. Methods: We identified 23,658,577 beneficiaries enrolled in the Taiwan National Hea... Read More about Familial risk of Sjögren's syndrome and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population study.