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Rapamycin reverses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a mouse model of LEOPARD syndrome-associated PTPN11 mutation.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 2011
Marin Talita M, Keith Kimberly, Davies Benjamin, Conner David A, Guha Prajna, Kalaitzidis Demetrios, Wu Xue, Lauriol Jessica, Wang Bo, Bauer Michael, Bronson Roderick, Franchini Kleber G, Neel Benjamin G, Kontaridis Maria I
Abstract excerpt
LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant "RASopathy" that manifests with congenital heart disease. Nearly all cases of LS are caused by catalytically inactivating mutations in the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP), non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11) gene that encodes the SH2 domain-containing PTP-2 (SHP2). RASopathies typically affect components of the RAS/MAPK pathway, yet it remains unclear how PTPN11...
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