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SUBMITTER: Wei S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013531 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Shu S Li Ye Y Polster Sean P SP Weber Christopher R CR Awad Issam A IA Shen Le L
International journal of molecular sciences 20200120 2
Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a disease characterized by mulberry shaped clusters of dilated microvessels, primarily in the central nervous system. Such lesions can cause seizures, headaches, and stroke from brain bleeding. Loss-of-function germline and somatic mutations of a group of genes, called <i>CCM</i> genes, have been attributed to disease pathogenesis. In this review, we discuss the impact of <i>CCM</i> gene encoded proteins on cellular signaling, barrier function of endothel ...[more]