Mutation in MMP2 gene may result in scleroderma-like skin thickening

Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan;75(1):e1. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208182. Epub 2015 Sep 29.

Authors

B Bader-Meunier¹, L Bonafé², S Fraitag³, S Breton³, C Bodemer¹, G Baujat¹

Affiliations

¹ Hopital Necker Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France et Imagine Institute, INSERM U1163, Paris, France Imagine Institute, INSERM U1163, Paris, France.
² Centre des Maladies Moleculaires (CMM), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Vaudois (CHUV), Switzerland.
³ Hopital Necker Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France et Imagine Institute, INSERM U1163, Paris, France.

PMID: 26420579
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208182

No abstract available

Keywords: Fibroblasts; Gene Polymorphism; Systemic Sclerosis.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / genetics*
Female
Gene Duplication*
Growth Differentiation Factor 6 / genetics*
Hand Deformities, Congenital / genetics*
Humans
Joint Diseases / congenital*
Male
Ossification, Heterotopic / genetics*
Scleroderma, Systemic / genetics*
Syndecan-2 / genetics*

Substances

Growth Differentiation Factor 6
Syndecan-2