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Induced GnasR201H expression from the endogenous Gnas locus causes fibrous dysplasia by up-regulating Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Jan 2018
Khan Sanjoy Kumar, Yadav Prem Swaroop, Elliott Gene, Hu Dorothy Zhang, Xu Ruoshi, Yang Yingzi
Abstract excerpt
Fibrous dysplasia (FD; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man no. 174800) is a crippling skeletal disease caused by activating mutations of the GNAS gene, which encodes the stimulatory G protein Gαs FD can lead to severe adverse conditions such as bone deformity, fracture, and severe pain, leading to functional impairment and wheelchair confinement. So far there is no cure, as the underlying molecular and cellular...
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