Article
New roles of EDNRB and EDN3 in the pathogenesis of Hirschsprung disease.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Sánchez-Mejías Avencia, Fernández Raquel Maria, López-Alonso Manuel, Antiñolo Guillermo, Borrego Salud
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Hirschsprung disease is characterized by the absence of intramural ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses within distal intestine, because of a fail in the enteric nervous system formations process. Endothelin-3-endothelin receptor B signaling pathway is known to play an essential role in this process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implication of the EDN3 and EDNRB genes in a...
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