TUFT1, a novel candidate gene for metatarsophalangeal osteoarthritis, plays a role in chondrogenesis on a calcium-related pathway

• Eeva Sliz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eeva Sliz, Mari Taipale

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-058X

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• Mari Taipale ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eeva Sliz, Mari Taipale

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Maiju Welling,

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Sini Skarp,

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Viivi Alaraudanjoki,

  Affiliation Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Jaakko Ignatius,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-7560

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• Lloyd Ruddock,

  Affiliations Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Ritva Nissi,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Minna Männikkö

  * E-mail: minna.mannikko@oulu.fi

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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