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focal dermal hypoplasia

Disease ID:1272
Name:focal dermal hypoplasia
Associated with:1 target
Description
FDH is an X-linked dominant disorder. It is characterised by patchy hypoplastic skin and digital, ocular, and dental malformations.
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OMIM: 305600

Targets

porcupine O-acyltransferase
Comments:  Mutations in the PORCN gene have been identified as the cause of FDH.
References:  1-4

Ligands

No ligand related data available for focal dermal hypoplasia

References

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1. Bornholdt D, Oeffner F, König A, Happle R, Alanay Y, Ascherman J, Benke PJ, Boente Mdel C, van der Burgt I, Chassaing N et al.. (2009) PORCN mutations in focal dermal hypoplasia: coping with lethality. Hum Mutat, 30 (5): E618-28. [PMID:19309688]

2. Froyen G, Govaerts K, Van Esch H, Verbeeck J, Tuomi ML, Heikkilä H, Torniainen S, Devriendt K, Fryns JP, Marynen P et al.. (2009) Novel PORCN mutations in focal dermal hypoplasia. Clin Genet, 76 (6): 535-43. [PMID:19863546]

3. Leoyklang P, Suphapeetiporn K, Wananukul S, Shotelersuk V. (2008) Three novel mutations in the PORCN gene underlying focal dermal hypoplasia. Clin Genet, 73 (4): 373-9. [PMID:18325042]

4. Wang X, Reid Sutton V, Omar Peraza-Llanes J, Yu Z, Rosetta R, Kou YC, Eble TN, Patel A, Thaller C, Fang P et al.. (2007) Mutations in X-linked PORCN, a putative regulator of Wnt signaling, cause focal dermal hypoplasia. Nat Genet, 39 (7): 836-8. [PMID:17546030]