An overgrowth disorder associated with excessive production of cGMP due to a gain-of-function mutation of the natriuretic peptide receptor 2 gene.

We describe a three-generation family with tall stature, scoliosis and macrodactyly of the great toes and a heterozygous p.Val883Met mutation in Npr2, the gene that encodes the CNP receptor NPR2 (natriuretic peptide receptor 2). When expressed in HEK293A cells, the mutant Npr2 cDNA generated intrace...

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Main Authors: Kohji Miura, Noriyuki Namba, Makoto Fujiwara, Yasuhisa Ohata, Hidekazu Ishida, Taichi Kitaoka, Takuo Kubota, Haruhiko Hirai, Chikahisa Higuchi, Noriyuki Tsumaki, Hideki Yoshikawa, Norio Sakai, Toshimi Michigami, Keiichi Ozono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411678?pdf=render