Article
Ccm1 is required for arterial morphogenesis: implications for the etiology of human cavernous malformations.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 2004
Whitehead Kevin J, Plummer Nicholas W, Adams Jennifer A, Marchuk Douglas A, Li Dean Y
Abstract excerpt
Hemorrhagic stroke is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children, and is frequently associated with intracranial vascular malformations. One prevalent form of these vascular malformations, cerebral cavernous malformation, is characterized by thin-walled vascular cavities that hemorrhage and has been linked to loss-of-function mutations in CCM1. The neural and epithelial expression of CCM1 in...
Topics
- Animals
- Arteries
- Heart
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System
- Humans
- KRIT1 Protein
- Mice
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Receptor, Notch4
