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Skeletal progenitors and the GNAS gene: fibrous dysplasia of bone read through stem cells.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Dec 2010
Riminucci Mara, Robey Pamela Gehron, Saggio Isabella, Bianco Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations of the GNAS gene, which causes fibrous dysplasia of bone (FD), lead to remarkable changes in the properties of skeletal progenitors, and it is these changes that mediate the pathological effect of this gene on bone. Mutated skeletal stem cells lose the ability to differentiate into adipocytes, and to maintain in situ, and transfer heterotopically, the hematopoietic microenvironment, leading...
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