Background:Brachydactyly,a developmental disorder,refers to shortening of hands/feet due to small or missing metacarpals/ metatarsals and/or phalanges.Isolated brachydactyly type E (BDE),characterized by shortened met...
supported by the 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University,Rachadapisek Sompote Fund;Faculty of Dentistry(DFR62003),Chulalongkorn University;Chulalongkorn Academic Advancement Into Its 2nd Century Project;Newton Fund;Thailand Research Fund(RSA6280001,DPG6180001);supported by Ratchadapisek Somphot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship,Chulalongkorn University,Thailand。
Osteogenesis imperfecta(OI)is mainly characterized by bone fragility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome(EDS)by connective tissue defects.Mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2 can lead to both syndromes.OI/EDS overlap syndrome is most...
Brachydactyly is a general term that refers to disproportionately short fingers and toes and forms a part of the group of limb malformations characterized by bone dysostosis. Brachydactyly usually occurs either as an ...
Supported by Faculty of Medicine,Ramathibodi Hospital,Mahidol University,Thailand
Visceral myopathy is one of the causes of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Most cases pathologically reveal degenerative changes of myocytes or muscularis propia atrophy and fibrosis. Abnormal layering of muscul...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30800613), the 973 Program (2010CB529600, 2007CB947300), the 863 Program (2009AA022701), the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology Program (09DJ1400601), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant No. 08ZR1411000), the National Key Project for the Investigation of New Drugs (2008ZX09312-003), the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (B205), and the General Research Fund of Hong Kong (HKU760608M). The coauthor, Xizhi Guo, was supported by the "Pujiang Talent" Project (08PJ1407200).
Brachydactyly type A1 (BDAI), the first recorded Mendelian autosomal dominant disorder in humans, is characterized by a shortening or absence of the middle phalanges. Heterozygous missense mutations in the Indian He...
This project was supported by NSFC/RGC joint Research Grant(No.N-HKU705/02);the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(No.2001CB5 10301).
In 1903, Farabee analyzed the heredity of the human digital malformation, brachydactyly, the first recorded disorder of the autosomal dominant Mendelian trait. In 1951, Bell classified this type of brachydactyly as ty...