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Dissecting the phenotypic variability of osteogenesis imperfecta.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 May 2022
Garibaldi Nadia, Besio Roberta, Dalgleish Raymond, Villani Simona, Barnes Aileen M, Marini Joan C, Forlino Antonella
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous family of collagen type I-related diseases characterized by bone fragility. OI is most commonly caused by single-nucleotide substitutions that replace glycine residues or exon splicing defects in the COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes that encode the α1(I) and α2(I) collagen chains. Mutant collagen is partially retained intracellularly, impairing cell homeostasis. Upon...
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