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Activation of sonic hedgehog signaling by a Smoothened agonist restores congenital defects in mouse models of endocrine-cerebro-osteodysplasia syndrome.
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2019
Shin Jeong-Oh, Song Jieun, Choi Han Seul, Lee Jisu, Lee Kyeong, Ko Hyuk Wan, Bok Jinwoong
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BACKGROUND: Endocrine-cerebro-osteodysplasia (ECO) syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with congenital defects of the endocrine, cerebral, and skeletal systems in humans. ECO syndrome is caused by mutations of the intestinal cell kinase (ICK) gene, which encodes a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase-related kinase that plays a critical role in controlling the length of primary cilia. Lack of ICK function...
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