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Association of 5'-untranslated region of the Fibrillin-1 gene with Japanese scleroderma.
Gene - 4 Sept 2002
Kodera Takao, Tan Filemon K, Sasaki Takeshi, Arnett Frank C, Bona Constantin A
Abstract excerpt
Excessive production of extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents is a hallmark scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc). Fibrillin-1, a major component of microfibrils in the ECM, may play a role in the pathogenesis of SSc. The TSK1 mouse model of SSc bears an in-frame duplication of the Fibrillin-...
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