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Novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of achondroplasia.
Bone - 1 Dec 2020
Legeai-Mallet Laurence, Savarirayan Ravi
Abstract excerpt
Achondroplasia is the most common form of human dwarfism. The molecular basis of achondroplasia was elucidated in 1994 with the identification of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) as the causative gene. Missense mutations causing achondroplasia result in activation of FGFR3 and its downstream signaling pathways, disturbing chondrogenesis, osteogenesis, and long bone elongation. A more accurate...
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