Prophylactic treatment of rapamycin ameliorates naturally developing and episode -induced heterotopic ossification in mice expressing human mutant ACVR1

Prophylactic treatment of rapamycin ameliorates naturally developing and episode -induced heterotopic ossification in mice expressing human mutant ACVR1

Abstract Background Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal-dominant disease characterized by heterotopic ossification (HO) in soft tissues and caused by a mutation of the ACVR1A/ALK2 gene. Activin-A is a key molecule for initiating the process of HO via the activation of mTO...

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Main Authors: Hirotsugu Maekawa, Shunsuke Kawai, Megumi Nishio, Sanae Nagata, Yonghui Jin, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Shuichi Matsuda, Junya Toguchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Heterotopic ossification
Rapamycin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-020-01406-8

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