Research Arthritis and Articular Cartilage
Initiatives
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The RAAK study is aimed at the biobanking of joint materials as well as mesenchymal stem cells and primary chondrocytes from patients and controls in the Leiden University Medical Center and collaborating outpatient clinics in the Leiden area.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Funding
- Dutch Scientific Research council NWO /ZonMW VICI scheme (nr 91816631/528), Dutch Arthritis Society (DAA_10_1-402), and European Commission Seventh Framework programme (TreatOA, 200800).
- Supplementary Information
- Publication year: 2014
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Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
Marker Paper
Ramos YF, den Hollander W, Bovée JV, Bomer N, van der Breggen R, Lakenberg N, Keurentjes JC, Goeman JJ, Slagboom PE, Nelissen RG, Bos SD, Meulenbelt I. Genes involved in the osteoarthritis process identified through genome wide expression analysis in articular cartilage; the RAAK study. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 23;9(7):e103056. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103056.
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 33
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Patients that underwent a joint replacement surgery due to OA
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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