Putting a finger on shortened digits
Apr 3, 2005, 13:44, Reviewed by: Dr.
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The mice have disrupted Shh expression � a factor that helps skeletal formation. The result is that the mice have symptoms similar to human brachydactyly type A1. This is because the misexpression of Shh disrupts other factors with normally regulate joint development as well as the growth and patterning of the digits
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By Journal of Clinical Investigation,
Brachydactyly is a group of inherited disorders of the hands that are characterized by shortened fingers and abnormal joint formation.
In a paper appearing in the April 1 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Stefan Mundlos and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics describe the analysis of a mouse model with limb mutations called short digits (Dsh).
The mice have disrupted Shh expression � a factor that helps skeletal formation. The result is that the mice have symptoms similar to human brachydactyly type A1. This is because the misexpression of Shh disrupts other factors with normally regulate joint development as well as the growth and patterning of the digits
Luis de la Fuente and Jill Helms write, in an accompanying commentary, that this study shows "that removal or expansion of one of the factors that contributes to the establishment of a boundary can cause a multitude of processes, including those that shape and control development of the skeleton, then go awry." The developmental pathology associated with Shh misexpression extends our understanding of the developmental pathology of digit development and thus of human brachydactyly. 
- TITLE: An inversion involving the mouse Shh locus results in brachydactyly through dysregulation of Shh expression
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TITLE: An inversion involving the mouse Shh locus results in brachydactyly through dysregulation of Shh expression
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Stefan Mundlos
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.
Phone: +49-30-8413-1267; Fax: +49-30-8413-1385; E-mail: [email protected]
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=23675
ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY:
TITLE: The fickle finger of fate
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Jill A. Helms
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Phone: (650) 736-0919; Fax: (650) 736-4374; E-mail: [email protected]
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=24840
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