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Genetic and gene expression analyses of the polycystic ovary syndrome candidate gene fibrillin-3 and other fibrillin family members in human ovaries.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Dec 2009
Prodoehl Mark J, Hatzirodos Nicholas, Irving-Rodgers Helen F, Zhao Zhen Z, Painter Jodie N, Hickey Theresa E, Gibson Mark A, Rainey William E, Carr Bruce R, Mason Helen D, Norman Robert J, Montgomery Grant W, Rodgers Raymond J
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have demonstrated an association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the dinucleotide repeat microsatellite marker D19S884, which is located in intron 55 of the fibrillin-3 (FBN3) gene. Fibrillins, including FBN1 and 2, interact with latent transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta-binding proteins (LTBP) and thereby control the bioactivity of TGFbetas. TGFbetas stimulate fibroblast...
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