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Palovarotene Inhibits Osteochondroma Formation in a Mouse Model of Multiple Hereditary Exostoses
9 Nov 2017
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ABSTRACT Multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE), also known as multiple osteochondromas (MO), is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the development of multiple cartilage-capped bone tumors (osteochondromas). The large majority of patients with MHE carry loss-of-function mutations in the EXT1 or EXT2 gene, which encodes a glycosyltransferase essential for heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthesis. Increasing...
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