Mutations in fibrillin-1 cause congenital scleroderma: stiff skin syndrome.
Loeys BL, Gerber EE, Riegert-Johnson D, Iqbal S, Whiteman P, McConnell V, Chillakuri CR, Macaya D, Coucke PJ, De Paepe A, Judge DP, Wigley F, Davis EC, Mardon HJ, Handford P, Keene DR, Sakai LY, Dietz HC.
Loeys BL, et al.
Sci Transl Med. 2010 Mar 17;2(23):23ra20. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3000488.
Sci Transl Med. 2010.
PMID: 20375004
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The predisposition for scleroderma, defined as fibrosis and hardening of the skin, is poorly understood. We report that stiff skin syndrome (SSS), an autosomal dominant congenital form of scleroderma, is caused by mutations in the sole Arg-Gly-Asp sequence-en …
The predisposition for scleroderma, defined as fibrosis and hardening of the skin, is poorly understood. We report that stiff skin …