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Common PHOX2B poly-alanine contractions impair RET gene transcription, predisposing to Hirschsprung disease.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease - 1 Jul 2017
Di Zanni Eleonora, Adamo Annalisa, Belligni Elga, Lerone Margherita, Martucciello Giuseppe, Mattioli Girolamo, Pini Prato Alessio, Ravazzolo Roberto, Silengo Margherita, Bachetti Tiziana, Ceccherini Isabella
Abstract excerpt
HSCR is a congenital disorder of the enteric nervous system, characterized by the absence of neurons along a variable length of the gut resulting from loss-of-function RET mutations. Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is a rare neurocristopathy characterized by impaired response to hypercapnia and hypoxemia caused by heterozygous mutations of the PHOX2B gene, mostly polyalanine (polyA) expansions...
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