Article
Functional analysis of the BMP9 response of ALK1 mutants from HHT2 patients: a diagnostic tool for novel ACVRL1 mutations.
Blood - 2 Sept 2010
Ricard Nicolas, Bidart Marie, Mallet Christine, Lesca Gaetan, Giraud Sophie, Prudent Renaud, Feige Jean-Jacques, Bailly Sabine
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant genetically inheritable vascular dysplasia caused by mutations in genes encoding receptors of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family: ENG, encoding endoglin (HHT1), and ACVRL1, encoding activin receptor-like kinase-1 (ALK1; HHT2). Our recent discovery of bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) as the specific ligand for ALK1 allowed...
Topics
- Activin Receptors, Type II
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Flow Cytometry
- Growth Differentiation Factor 2
- Growth Differentiation Factors
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
- Luciferases
- Mice
