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Cerebral cavernous malformations proteins inhibit Rho kinase to stabilize vascular integrity.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 12 Apr 2010
Stockton Rebecca A, Shenkar Robert, Awad Issam A, Ginsberg Mark H
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial cell-cell junctions regulate vascular permeability, vasculogenesis, and angiogenesis. Familial cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) in humans result from mutations of CCM2 (malcavernin, OSM, MGC4607), PDCD10 (CCM3), or KRIT1 (CCM1), a Rap1 effector which stabilizes endothelial cell-cell junctions. Homozygous loss of KRIT1 or CCM2 produces lethal vascular phenotypes in mice and zebrafish. We report...
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