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Matrix disruptions, growth, and degradation of cartilage with impaired sulfation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 22 Jun 2012
Mertz Edward L, Facchini Marcella, Pham Anna T, Gualeni Benedetta, De Leonardis Fabio, Rossi Antonio, Forlino Antonella
Abstract excerpt
Diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is an incurable recessive chondrodysplasia caused by mutations in the SLC26A2 transporter responsible for sulfate uptake by chondrocytes. The mutations cause undersulfation of glycosaminoglycans in cartilage. Studies of dtd mice with a knock-in Slc26a2 mutation showed...
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