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Impaired WNT signaling and the spine-Heterozygous WNT1 mutation causes severe age-related spinal pathology.
Bone - 1 Aug 2017
Mäkitie Riikka E, Niinimäki Tuukka, Nieminen Miika T, Schalin-Jäntti Camilla, Niinimäki Jaakko, Mäkitie Outi
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BACKGROUND: WNT signaling plays a major role in bone and cartilage metabolism. Impaired WNT/β-catenin signaling leads to early-onset osteoporosis, but specific features in bone and other tissues remain inadequately characterized. We have identified two large Finnish families with early-onset osteoporosis due to a heterozygous WNT1 mutation c.652T>G, p.C218G. This study evaluated the impact of impaired...
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