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ey0019.5-1 | Novel treatments for rare skeletal disorders | ESPEYB19

5.1. Targeting TGF-β for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta

IW Song , SC Nagamani , D Nguyen , I Grafe , VR Sutton , FH Gannon , E Munivez , MM Jiang , A Tran , M Wallace , P Esposito , S Musaad , E Strudthoff , S McGuire , M Thornton , V Shenava , S Rosenfeld , S Huang , R Shypailo , E Orwoll , B Lee

J Clin Invest. 2022 Apr 1;132(7):e152571. doi: 10.1172/JCI152571.Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.kib.ki.se/35113812/In brief: Currently, there is no disease-specific therapy for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) where most children, of all forms of OI, with significant fracture history, are managed by bisphosphonates...

ey0015.11-12 | Hungry fat cells | ESPEYB15

11.12 Asprosin is a centrally acting orexigenic hormone

C Duerrschmid , Y He , C Wang , C Li , JC Bournat , C Romere , PK Saha , ME Lee , KJ Phillips , M Jain , P Jia , Z Zhao , M Farias , Q Wu , DM Milewicz , VR Sutton , DD Moore , NF Butte , MJ Krashes , Y Xu , AR Chopra

To read the full abstract: Nat Med. 2017 Dec; 23(12): 1444–1453This study highlights the importance of asprosin in the regulation of appetite. This peptide hormone was first described by Romere et al. in 2016 (1), who reported 2 patients with neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) due to truncating heterozygous mutations in the fibrillin-gene (FBN1). The FBN1 gene encodes profibrillin wh...

ey0020.3-8 | Advances in Clinical Practice | ESPEYB20

3.8. Nosology of genetic skeletal disorders: 2023 revision

S Unger , CR Ferreira , GR Mortier , H Ali , DR Bertola , A Calder , DH Cohn , V Cormier-Daire , KM Girisha , C Hall , D Krakow , O Makitie , S Mundlos , G Nishimura , SP Robertson , R Savarirayan , D Sillence , M Simon , VR Sutton , ML Warman , A Superti-Furga

In Brief: The 11th edition of the ‘Nosology’ is significantly expanded, now covering 771 conditions linked to 552 genes. In a major shift from previous editions, it has adopted a dyadic naming system that defines disorders based on both their phenotypic and genetic features. It continues to be a vital tool for diagnosing and communicating about genetic skeletal disorders.Commentary: The first Nosology of genetic skeletal disorders was published...