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SUBMITTER: Merchant A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2659521 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Merchant Anand A Smielewska Magda M Patel Nimit N Akunowicz Jennifer D JD Saria Elizabeth A EA Delaney John D JD Leach Robin J RJ Seton Margaret M Hansen Marc F MF
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 20090301 3
Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a focal disorder of bone remodeling that leads to overgrowth of affected bone, with rare progression to osteosarcoma. Extensive studies of familial PDB showed that a majority of cases harbor germline mutations in the Sequestosome1 gene (SQSTM1). In contrast, little is known about the mutational status of SQSTM1 in sporadic PDB. We hypothesized that somatic SQSTM1 mutations might occur in the affected tissues of sporadic PDB and pagetic osteosarcoma. We used laser ...[more]