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Noonan syndrome cardiac defects are caused by PTPN11 acting in endocardium to enhance endocardial-mesenchymal transformation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Mar 2009
Araki Toshiyuki, Chan Gordon, Newbigging Susan, Morikawa Lily, Bronson Roderick T, Neel Benjamin G
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS), the most common single-gene cause of congenital heart disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder that also features proportionate short stature, facial abnormalities, and an increased risk of myeloproliferative disease. Germline-activating mutations in PTPN11, which encodes...
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