Article
Cellular and molecular basis of fibrous dysplasia.
Histology and histopathology - 1 Jul 2001
Marie P J
Abstract excerpt
Recent advances have been made in the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in monostotic and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a rare nonmalignant disease causing bone deformations and fractures. The molecular basis of fibrous dysplasia has been clarified when mutations affecting the stimulatory alpha subunit of G protein (Gs) have been found in dysplastic bone lesions. The histological analysis of dysplastic...
Topics
- Adenylyl Cyclases
- Cyclic AMP
- Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone
- Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic
- Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Osteoblasts