Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase α (PI3Kα) prevents heterotopic ossification

Abstract Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the pathological formation of ectopic endochondral bone within soft tissues. HO occurs following mechanical trauma, burns, or congenitally in patients suffering from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). FOP patients carry a conserved mutation in ACVR...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Valer, Cristina Sánchez‐de‐Diego, Beatriz Gámez, Yuji Mishina, José Luis Rosa, Francesc Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2019-09-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201910567