2015
ENPP1-Fc prevents mortality and vascular calcifications in rodent model of generalized arterial calcification of infancy
Albright RA, Stabach P, Cao W, Kavanagh D, Mullen I, Braddock AA, Covo MS, Tehan M, Yang G, Cheng Z, Bouchard K, Yu ZX, Thorn S, Wang X, Folta-Stogniew EJ, Negrete A, Sinusas AJ, Shiloach J, Zubal G, Madri JA, De La Cruz EM, Braddock DT. ENPP1-Fc prevents mortality and vascular calcifications in rodent model of generalized arterial calcification of infancy. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 10006. PMID: 26624227, PMCID: PMC4686714, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseVascular calcificationArterial calcificationOrphan diseaseCommon diseaseSequelae of diseaseEctopic vascular calcificationInternal elastic laminaPrevent mortalityRenal failureCardiac failureKidney diseaseSubcutaneous administrationRodent modelsAnimal modelsEctopic calcificationVascular wallLarge arteriesElastic laminaDiseaseCalcificationCalciphylaxisDecreased concentrationSclerosisArtery
1996
The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution