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C4ST-1/CHST11-controlled chondroitin sulfation interferes with oncogenic HRAS signaling in Costello syndrome.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2012
Klüppel Michael, Samavarchi-Tehrani Payman, Liu Kela, Wrana Jeffrey L, Hinek Aleksander
Abstract excerpt
Costello syndrome is a pediatric genetic disorder linked to oncogenic germline mutations in the HRAS gene. The disease is characterized by multiple developmental abnormalities, as well as predisposition to malignancies. Our recent observation that heart tissue from patients with Costello syndrome showed a loss of the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin-4-sulfate (C4S) inspired our present study aimed to explore a...
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