1994
Endoglin, a TGF-β binding protein of endothelial cells, is the gene for hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 1
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Nature Genetics , Volume 8 - Issue 4 p. 345- 351
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multisystemic vascular dysplasia and recurrent haemorrhage. Linkage for some families has been established to chromosome 9q33−q34. In the present study, endoglin, a transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) binding protein, was analysed as a candidate gene for the disorder based on chromosomal location, expression pattern and function. We have identified mutations in three affected individuals: a C to G substitution converting a tyrosine to a termination codon, a 39 base pair deletion and a 2 base pair deletion which creates a premature termination codon. We have identified endoglin as the HHT gene mapping to 9q3 and have established HHT as the first human disease defined by a mutation in a member of the TGF-beta receptor complex.
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| doi.org/10.1038/ng1294-345, hdl.handle.net/1765/57953 | |
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| Organisation | Department of Clinical Genetics |
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McAllister, K., Grogg, K., Johnson, D., Gallione, C., Baldwin, P., Jackson, C., … Marchuk, D. (1994). Endoglin, a TGF-β binding protein of endothelial cells, is the gene for hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 1. Nature Genetics, 8(4), 345–351. doi:10.1038/ng1294-345 |
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