Article
Somatic GNAQ Mutation is Enriched in Brain Endothelial Cells in Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Feb 2017
Huang Lan, Couto Javier A, Pinto Anna, Alexandrescu Sanda, Madsen Joseph R, Greene Arin K, Sahin Mustafa, Bischoff Joyce
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterized by facial and extracraniofacial capillary malformations and capillary-venule malformations in the leptomeninges. A somatic mosaic mutation in GNAQ (c.548G>A; p.R183Q) was found in SWS brain and skin capillary malformations. Our laboratory showed endothelial cells in skin capillary malformations are enriched for the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
