Article
Cerebral cavernous malformations: from genes to proteins to disease.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2012
Cavalcanti Daniel D, Kalani M Yashar S, Martirosyan Nikolay L, Eales Justin, Spetzler Robert F, Preul Mark C
Abstract excerpt
Over the past half century molecular biology has led to great advances in our understanding of angio- and vasculogenesis and in the treatment of malformations resulting from these processes gone awry. Given their sporadic and familial distribution, their developmental and pathological link to capillary telangiectasias, and their observed chromosomal abnormalities, cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are...
Topics
- Genetic Loci
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Signal Transduction
