Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of spine (OPLL) is an osteogenetic disorder of the spine found among Japanese and other East Asian populations. Ectopic bone formation in the posterior longitudinal ligaments causes myelopathy in patients with OPLL. Genetic linkage studies revealed genes encoding collagens, nucleotide pyrophosphatase, and TGF-beta3 in association with susceptibility to the disease.
Tanaka T, Ikari K, Furushima K, Okada A, Tanaka H, Furukawa K, Yoshida K, Ikeda T, Ikegawa S, Hunt SC, Takeda J, Toh S, Harata S, Nakajima T, Inoue I
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Genomewide linkage and linkage disequilibrium analyses identify COL6A1, on chromosome 21, as the locus for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine.
Horikoshi T, Maeda K, Kawaguchi Y, Chiba K, Mori K, Koshizuka Y, Hirabayashi S, Sugimori K, Matsumoto M, Kawaguchi H, Takahashi M, Inoue H, Kimura T, Matsusue Y, Inoue I, Baba H, Nakamura K, Ikegawa S
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A large-scale genetic association study of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine.