Publication
Title
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Author
Abstract
Camurati-Engelmann disease or progressive diaphyseal dysplasia is a rare autosomal dominant sclerosing bone dysplasia. Mainly the skull and the diaphyses of the long tubular bones are affected. Clinically, the patients suffer from bone pain, easy fatigability, and decreased muscle mass and weakness in the proximal parts of the lower limbs resulting in gait disturbances. The disease-causing mutations are located within the TGFβ-1 gene and expected to or thought to disrupt the binding between TGFβ1 and its latency-associated peptide resulting in an increased signaling of the pathway and subsequently accelerated bone turnover. In preclinical studies, it was shown that targeting the type I receptor ameliorates the high bone turnover. In patients, treatment options are currently mostly limited to corticosteroids that may relieve the pain, and improve the muscle weakness and fatigue. In this review, the clinical and radiological characteristics as well as the molecular genetics of this condition are discussed.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Calcified tissue international. - New York, N.Y., 1979, currens
Publication
New york : Springer , 2019
ISSN
0171-967X [print]
1432-0827 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S00223-019-00532-1
Volume/pages
104 :5 (2019) , p. 554-560
ISI
000467796100007
Pubmed ID
30721323
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Study on the role of LRP4 in the regulation of Wnt signaling and bone formation.
Evaluation of the role of LRP4 in the regulation of Wnt/Bcatenin dependent Wnt signalling and bone formation.
GENOMED - Genomics in Medicine.
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 24.11.2024
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