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Meclozine facilitates proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes by attenuating abnormally activated FGFR3 signaling in achondroplasia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Matsushita Masaki, Kitoh Hiroshi, Ohkawara Bisei, Mishima Kenichi, Kaneko Hiroshi, Ito Mikako, Masuda Akio, Ishiguro Naoki, Ohno Kinji
Abstract excerpt
Achondroplasia (ACH) is one of the most common skeletal dysplasias with short stature caused by gain-of-function mutations in FGFR3 encoding the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. We used the drug repositioning strategy to identify an FDA-approved drug that suppresses abnormally activated FGFR3...
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