The fibrillinopathies: New insights with focus on the paradigm of opposing phenotypes for both FBN1 and FBN2

S Peeters, P De Kinderen, JAN Meester… - Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Different pathogenic variants in the fibrillin‐1 gene (FBN1) cause Marfan syndrome and
acromelic dysplasias. Whereas the musculoskeletal features of Marfan syndrome involve tall …

EMILIN1 deficiency causes arterial tortuosity with osteopenia and connects impaired elastogenesis with defective collagen fibrillogenesis

CS Adamo, A Beyens, A Schiavinato, DR Keene… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Summary EMILIN1 (elastin-microfibril-interface-located-protein-1) is a structural component
of the elastic fiber network and localizes to the interface between the fibrillin microfibril …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital contractural arachnodactyly

B Callewaert - 2022 - europepmc.org
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) appears to comprise a broad phenotypic
spectrum. Classic CCA is characterized by arachnodactyly; flexion contractures of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Embryonic lethal genetic variants and chromosomally normal pregnancy loss

J Kline, B Vardarajan, A Abhyankar, S Kytömaa… - Fertility and sterility, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To examine whether rare damaging genetic variants are associated with
chromosomally normal pregnancy loss and estimate the magnitude of the association …

A Genomic approach to delineating the occurrence of scoliosis in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

X Latypova, SG Creadore, N Dahan-Oliel… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) describes a group of conditions characterized by
the presence of non-progressive congenital contractures in multiple body areas. Scoliosis …

[HTML][HTML] Missense variants of FBN2 associated with congenital arachnodactyly in three Chinese families

Y Sui, Y Lu, M Lin, X Chen, X Ni, H Li… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is a rare autosomal dominant
disorder caused by pathogenic variants of Fibrillin-2 (FBN2) gene. This study aimed to …

FBN2 pathogenic variants in congenital contractural arachnodactyly with severe cardiovascular manifestations

S Yang, Z Li - Connective Tissue Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is an extremely rare autosomal
dominant connective tissue genetic disorder caused by pathogenic variants in FBN2. CCA is …

Severe congenital contractural arachnodactyly caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in FBN2

K Kloth, A Neu, I Rau, W Hülsemann, K Kutsche… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Fibrillin-2, encoded by FBN2, plays an important role in the early process of elastic
fiber assembly. To date, heterozygous pathogenic variants in FBN2 have been shown to …

A Study of Polish Family with Scoliosis and Limb Contractures Expands the MYH3 Disease Spectrum

J Frasuńska, A Pollak, P Turczyn… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
A disease associated with malfunction of the MYH3 gene is characterised by scoliosis,
contractures of the V fingers, knees and elbows, dysplasia of the calf muscles, foot deformity …

Identification of Novel FBN2 Variants in a Cohort of Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly

L Sun, Y Huang, S Zhao, W Zhong, J Shi, Y Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of
connective tissue characterized by crumpled ears, arachnodactyly, camptodactyly, large …