Genetic basis and therapies for vascular anomalies

A Queisser, E Seront, LM Boon, M Vikkula - Circulation research, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Vascular and lymphatic malformations represent a challenge for clinicians. The identification
of inherited and somatic mutations in important signaling pathways, including the PI3K …

Genetic causes of vascular malformations

P Brouillard, M Vikkula - Human molecular genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Vascular malformations are localized defects of vascular development. They usually affect a
limited number of vessels in a restricted area of the body. Although most malformations are …

Topical review: pathophysiology of Sturge-Weber syndrome

AM Comi - Journal of Child Neurology, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous disorder classically presenting with a facial
port-wine stain, vascular eye abnormalities, and an ipsilateral occipital leptomeningeal …

Genome-wide analyses identify common variants associated with macular telangiectasia type 2

TS Scerri, A Quaglieri, C Cai, J Zernant, N Matsunami… - Nature Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis type 2 (macular telangiectasia type 2; MacTel) is
a rare neurovascular degenerative retinal disease. To identify genetic susceptibility loci for …

Vascular malformations: localized defects in vascular morphogenesis

P Brouillard, M Vikkula - Clinical genetics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular anomalies are localized defects of the vasculature, and usually affect a limited
number of vessels in a restricted area of the body. They are subdivided into vascular …

Mutations of the β myosin heavy chain gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: critical functional sites determine prognosis

A Woo, H Rakowski, JC Liew, MS Zhao, CC Liew… - Heart, 2003 - heart.bmj.com
Objectives: To assess patients with different types of mutations of the β myosin heavy chain
(β MHC) gene causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and to determine the prognosis …

Vascular anomalies: from genetics toward models for therapeutic trials

M Uebelhoer, LM Boon… - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Vascular anomalies are localized abnormalities that occur during vascular development.
Several causative genes have been identified not only for inherited but also for some …

Genetic syndromes with vascular malformations–update on molecular background and diagnostics

A Ustaszewski, J Janowska-Głowacka… - Archives of medical …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vascular malformations are present in a great variety of congenital syndromes, either as the
predominant or additional feature. They pose a major challenge to the clinician: due to …

Vascular anomalies

E Christison-Lagay, SJ Fishman - Pediatric Surgery, 2009 - Springer
Most vascular anomalies involve the skin, the largest, most visible organ of the body, and
therefore are noted at birth. For centuries, vascular birthmarks were referred to by vernacular …

Phenotypic variability in a family with capillary malformations caused by a mutation in the RASA1 gene

RS de Wijn, CEU Oduber, CC Breugem… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Hereditary capillary malformations are known to be caused by mutations in the RASA1
gene. The associated phenotype is still subject of debate. The purpose of this study was to …