GWAS meta-analysis of post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the knee

Overall objective: To identify genome wide significant signals associated with post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) of the knee, the osteoarthritis that follows significant knee injury in a proportion of people.

 

This work aims to answer the important question of how similar or different PTOA is to ‘usual’ osteoarthritis. In addition to a full GWAS meta-analysis, we aim to:

  • study the association of known osteoarthritis genetic risk variants and osteoarthritis-based genetic risk scores with PTOA
  • describe the shared and non-shared genetic risks of PTOA

 

Contributing studies: TBC

 

Fiona Watt

Clinical Reader, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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