Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moxibustion of Zusanli (ST36) and Shenshu (BL23) Alleviates Cartilage Degradation through RANKL/OPG Signaling in a Rabbit Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 30719064 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We also undertook a meta-analysis of the literature referring to polymorphisms of <i>RANK, RANKL</i> and <i>OPG</i> genes and RA risk. 31209146 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Additionally, pseurotin A ameliorated the protein expressions of osteoprotegerin, nuclear factor of activated T-cells, nuclear factor-kappa beta (NF-κB), IκBα, extracellular signal regulated kinase, and P38 as well as histopathological changes in the synovial tissue of CIA-induced RA rats. 31514188 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE OPG secretion by both RA-FLS and FLS from healthy controls was inhibited by rhIL-34, but were elevated after the addition of the IL-17 inhibitor. 31486401 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Currently published data regarding the potential role of osteoprotegerin (OPG), osteocalcin (OCN) and osteopontin (OPN) for the discrimination between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are contradictory. 30188218 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE GRACE risk score was significantly higher in RA patients vs. those without RA (140.45 vs. 125.50, p = 0.030) and correlated with exRANKL, RANKL:OPG, hs-CRP, and hs-TnI. 31297563 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Bone loss seen in RA may result in OPG release and stimulation of bone formation around TAW. 29383454 2018
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In conclusion, paroxetine and rivastigmine possess antirheumatoid effects in CFA-induced RA which is mediated through antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and modulation of RANKL/OPG expression levels. 30267788 2018
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to investigate the serum markers osteopontin (OPN), tumor necrosis factor receptors 1 (TNFR1) and 2 (TNFR2) receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) and RANKL/ osteoprotegerin (OPG) ratio and compare them in PD and RA groups. 29889832 2018
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2073618 in the <i>TNFRSF11B</i> osteoprotegerin (<i>OPG</i>) gene has been related to postmenopausal OP although, to date, no information has been described concerning whether this polymorphism is implied in abnormalities of bone mineral density (BMD) in RA. 28758134 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Among biologic naïves, there was an inverse association between SSL and osteoprotegerin in RA women (r = - 0.260; p = 0.022). 28993870 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study aims to investigate the effect of iguratimod, a novel disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, alone or combined with methotrexate (MTX), on the serum levels of regulators of bone remodeling (receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1)) and bone remodeling markers (C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I) and procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP)) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 28474138 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Subgroup analyses showed that race, disease duration, body mass index (BMI), and disease activity score based on the assessment of 28 joints (DAS28) were positively associated with OPG level in RA patients. 28698901 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The development of autoantibodies to OPG (OPG-Ab) has been associated with severe osteoporosis and increased bone resorption in rheumatoid arthritis. 28534161 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The TRACP-5b level is associated with the severity of RA and CKD, while the OPG level is associated with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis and calcification, and can predict a poor outcome in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). 28428481 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Furthermore, fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) from patients with RA were interleukin (IL)-1β-stimulated and then treated with different concentrations of iguratimod, MTX, or both, and RANKL and OPG expressions were investigated by using ELISA, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and western blot analysis. 27894399 2016
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE English language databases of PubMed Medline and OVID EMBASE and Chinese databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database and Wanfang were searched to identify case-control studies studied the relationship between OPG gene polymorphisms and RA susceptibility. 27156396 2016
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We aim to evaluate the association between SNPs C950T (rs2073617), C209T (rs3134069), T245G (rs3134070) in the TNFRSF11B (OPG) gene, and osteoporosis in RA. 26065000 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We also found a significantly increased risk of RA associated with the OPG rs2073618 GC (GC vs GG: OR = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.07‑1.93, P = 0.018) and GC/CC (GC+CC vs GG: OR = 1.39, 95%CI = 1.04‑1.86, P = 0.024) genotypes among functional class III+IV patients. 26125863 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE According to the observation, there are no significant differences between the RA and control groups with respect to genotype and allele frequencies of OPG gene 245T/G (χ(2)=0.734, 0.518, p>0.05). 25102365 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our results suggest that a polymorphism of the TNFRSF11B gene, which encodes osteoprotegerin, is associated with the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with RA. 25679449 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These results indicate that SNP of TNFRSF11B (rs2073618 and rs3102735) and TNFSF11 (rs2277438) may not be susceptibility factors for RA in Chinese Han population. 25068378 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE SIN and MTX also modulated the expression of RANKL and OPG in RA-FLS. 24287449 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Three OPG gene variants (rs3134063, rs2073618 and rs3134069) were genotyped by TaqMan assays in 2027 Spanish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 25184828 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, we investigated whether genetic variants in OPG, RANK, RANKL and TRAF6 are associated with the rate of joint destruction in RA. 24886600 2014