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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Fishy Tales of Crooked Spines.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Jul 2021
Roy Sudipto
Abstract excerpt
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common skeletal disorder, characterized by abnormal spine curvatures. In zebrafish, cilia-driven cerebrospinal fluid flow and urotensin II pathway activity are required for proper spine morphogenesis. Genetic studies with AIS patients now establish a conservation of the zebrafish findings in the etiology of the disease.
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