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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.

Joe D Velchev, Lut Van Laer, Ilse Luyckx, Harry Dietz, Bart Loeys

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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5 authors.

Joe D VelchevCenter for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Lut Van LaerCenter for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Ilse LuyckxCenter for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Harry DietzHarry Dietz, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Bart LoeysCenter for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. bart.loeys@uantwerpen.be.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loeys-Dietz syndrome is an autosomal dominant aortic aneurysm syndrome characterized by multisystemic involvement. The most typical clinical triad includes hypertelorism, bifid uvula or cleft palate and aortic aneurysm with tortuosity. Natural history is significant for aortic dissection at smaller aortic diameter and arterial aneurysms throughout the arterial tree. The genetic cause is heterogeneous and includes mutations in genes encoding for components of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) signalling pathway: TGFBR1, TGFBR2, SMAD2, SMAD3, TGFB2 and TGFB3. Despite the loss of function nature of these mutations, the patient-derived aortic tissues show evidence of increased (rather than decreased) TGFβ signalling. These insights offer new options for therapeutic interventions.

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Aortic DissectionLoeys-Dietz SyndromeHumansMutationReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaAcetabular protrusionAmblyopiaAneurysm- osteoarthritis syndromeAortic aneurysm with tortuosityAortic dissectionArachnodactylyBifid uvula/cleft palateBlue scleraeCervical spine malformationCraniosynostosisCutis laxaDilatation of aortic rootDystrophic scarsEasy bruisingFamilial thoracic aortic aneurysmHypertelorismIncreased TGFβ signallingJoint laxityLoeys-Dietz syndromeMutations in ACTA2Mutations in SKIMutations in TGFBR1MYH11 and MYLKMyopiaOsteoporosisOverlap with Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos syndromePectus excavatum or pectus carinatumPeripartal uterine rupturePes planusRetrognathiaScoliosisShprintzen-Goldberg syndromeSMAD3 or TGFB2SpondylolisthesisSpontaneous bowel ruptureStrabismusTalipes equinovarusTGFBR2Translucent skin

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