| Literature DB >> 1055406 |
F M Pope, G R Martin, J R Lichtenstein, R Penttinen, B Gerson, D W Rowe, V A McKusick.
Abstract
One of the genetically distinct collagens (type III) normally found in skin, aorta, and intestine is missing from the tissues of patients with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. While skin fibroblasts from other individuals synthesize both types I and III collagen. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome IV cells synthesize only type I. These results suggest that the fragile skin, blood vessels, and intestines of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome IV patients result from an absence of type III collagen.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1055406 PMCID: PMC432523 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.4.1314
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205