Article
Depletion of Mast Cells and Macrophages Impairs Heterotopic Ossification in an Acvr1R206H Mouse Model of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Feb 2018
Convente Michael R, Chakkalakal Salin A, Yang EnJun, Caron Robert J, Zhang Deyu, Kambayashi Taku, Kaplan Frederick S, Shore Eileen M
Abstract excerpt
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a clinical condition that often reduces mobility and diminishes quality of life for affected individuals. The most severe form of progressive HO occurs in those with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP; OMIM #135100), a genetic disorder caused by a recurrent heterozygous gain-of-function mutation (R206H) in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor ACVR1/ALK2. In...
Topics
Join the communities discussing this publication.
