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Long non-coding RNA expression profiles in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Tørring Pernille M, Larsen Martin Jakob, Kjeldsen Anette D, Ousager Lilian Bomme, Tan Qihua, Brusgaard Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominantly inherited vascular disease characterized by the presence of mucocutaneous telangiectasia and arteriovenous malformations in visceral organs. HHT is predominantly caused by mutations in ENG and ACVRL1, which both belong to the TGF-β signalling pathway. The exact mechanism of how haploinsufficiency of ENG and ACVRL1 leads to HHT manifestations...
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