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An anti-ACVR1 antibody exacerbates heterotopic ossification by fibro-adipogenic progenitors in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 15 Jun 2022
Lees-Shepard John B, Stoessel Sean J, Chandler Julian T, Bouchard Keith, Bento Patricia, Apuzzo Lorraine N, Devarakonda Parvathi M, Hunter Jeffrey W, Goldhamer David J
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disease characterized by progressive and catastrophic heterotopic ossification (HO) of skeletal muscle and associated soft tissues. FOP is caused by dominantly acting mutations in the gene encoding the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor, ACVR1 (ALK2), the most prevalent of which results in an arginine to histidine substitution at position...
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