Article
Loss of p53 sensitizes mice with a mutation in Ccm1 (KRIT1) to development of cerebral vascular malformations.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2004
Plummer Nicholas W, Gallione Carol J, Srinivasan Sudha, Zawistowski Jon S, Louis David N, Marchuk Douglas A
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) consist of clusters of abnormally dilated blood vessels. Hemorrhaging of these lesions can cause seizures and lethal stroke. Three loci are associated with autosomal dominant CCM, and the causative genes have been identified for CCM1 and CCM2. We have generated mice with a targeted mutation of the Ccm1 gene, but an initial survey of 20 heterozygous mice failed to detect any...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Brain
- Capillaries
- Disease Models, Animal
- Exons
- Genes, p53
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
