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Involvement of SOX10 in the pathogenesis of Hirschsprung disease: report of a truncating mutation in an isolated patient.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 May 2010
Sánchez-Mejías Avencia, Watanabe Yuli, M Fernández Raquel, López-Alonso Manuel, Antiñolo Guillermo, Bondurand Nadege, Borrego Salud
Abstract excerpt
SOX10 protein is a key transcription factor during neural crest development. Mutations in SOX10 are associated with several neurocristopathies such as Waardenburg syndrome type IV (WS4), a congenital disorder characterized by the association of hearing loss, pigmentary abnormalities, and absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal plexus of the gastrointestinal tract, also known as aganglionic...
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