Context-dependent TGFβ family signalling in cell fate regulation

L Richardson, SG Wilcockson, L Guglielmi… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family are a large group of evolutionarily conserved
cytokines whose signalling modulates cell fate decision-making across varying cellular …

Sex-biased TGFβ signalling in pulmonary arterial hypertension

M Wits, C Becher, F de Man… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare cardiovascular disorder leading to
pulmonary hypertension and, often fatal, right heart failure. Sex differences in PAH are …

The context-dependent, combinatorial logic of BMP signaling

HE Klumpe, MA Langley, JM Linton, CJ Su, YE Antebi… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Cell-cell communication systems typically comprise families of ligand and receptor variants
that function together in combinations. Pathway activation depends on the complex way in …

Anti-ACVR1 antibodies exacerbate heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) by activating FOP-mutant ACVR1

S Aykul, L Huang, L Wang, NM Das… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder whose most
debilitating pathology is progressive and cumulative heterotopic ossification (HO) of skeletal …

Primary cilia mediate skeletogenic BMP and Hedgehog signaling in heterotopic ossification

K He, H Jiang, W Li, S Toutounchi, Y Huang… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Heterotopic ossification (HO), defined as the formation of extraskeletal bone in muscle and
soft tissues, is a diverse pathological process caused by either genetic mutations or inciting …

Therapeutic targets in diffuse midline gliomas—an emerging landscape

E Hayden, H Holliday, R Lehmann, A Khan, M Tsoli… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) remain one of the most devastating
childhood brain tumour types, for which there is currently no known cure. In this review we …

How Activin A Became a Therapeutic Target in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

D Srinivasan, M Arostegui, EJ Goebel, KN Hart, S Aykul… - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by
episodic yet cumulative heterotopic ossification (HO) of skeletal muscles, tendons …

Recent advances in ALK2 inhibitors

L Rooney, C Jones - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Activin receptor-like kinase-2 (ALK2) is a type I bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor
which has a role in biological processes that control the development of bone, heart, brain …

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva emerges from obscurity

FS Kaplan, EM Shore, RJ Pignolo - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2024 - cell.com
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a disorder of congenital skeletal malformations
and progressive extraskeletal ossification, is the most severe form of heterotopic ossification …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary perspectives on heterotopic ossification

CD Hwang, CA Pagani, JH Nunez, M Cherief, Q Qin… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of ectopic bone that is primarily genetically
driven (fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva [FOP]) or acquired in the setting of trauma …