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Dysregulation of hedgehog signalling predisposes to synovial chondromatosis.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2005
Hopyan Sevan, Nadesan Puviindran, Yu Chunying, Wunder Jay, Alman Benjamin A
Abstract excerpt
Synovial chondromatosis is a condition affecting joints in which metaplastic cartilage nodules arise from the synovium, causing pain, joint dysfunction, and ultimately joint destruction. Because dysregulation of hedgehog signalling is a feature of several benign cartilaginous tumours, expression of the hedgehog target genes PTC1 and GLI1 was examined in this study in samples from human synovial chondromatosis....
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