Article
Mutations in TNFRSF11A, affecting the signal peptide of RANK, cause familial expansile osteolysis.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Hughes A E, Ralston S H, Marken J, Bell C, MacPherson H, Wallace R G, van Hul W, Whyte M P, Nakatsuka K, Hovy L, Anderson D M
Abstract excerpt
Familial expansile osteolysis (FEO, MIM 174810) is a rare, autosomal dominant bone disorder characterized by focal areas of increased bone remodelling. The osteolytic lesions, which develop usually in the long bones during early adulthood, show increased osteoblast and osteoclast activity. Our previous linkage studies mapped the gene responsible for FEO to an interval of less than 5 cM between D18S64 and D18S51...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
