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Exoneration of NF-kappaB dysregulation in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Jan 2003
Ahn Jaimo, Feldman George, Terry Leota, Shore Eileen M, Kaplan Frederick S
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a disabling genetic disorder characterized by congenital skeletal malformations and progressive heterotopic ossification. New episodes of ossification are heralded by preosseous inflammatory lesions replete with B and T lymphocytes that overexpress bone morphogenetic protein-4. NF-kappaB is an inflammatory mediator that plays a critical role in developmental skeletogenesis...
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