Missense mutations interfere with VEGFR-3 signalling in primary lymphoedema
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 25 (2) , 153-159
- https://doi.org/10.1038/75997
Abstract
Primary lymphoedema is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder that leads to a disabling and disfiguring swelling of the extremities and, when untreated, tends to worsen with time. Here we link primary human lymphoedema to the FLT4 locus, encoding vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3), in several families. All disease-associated alleles analysed had missense mutations and encoded proteins with an inactive tyrosine kinase, preventing downstream gene activation. Our study establishes that VEGFR-3 is important for normal lymphatic vascular function and that mutations interfering with VEGFR-3 signal transduction are a cause of primary lymphoedema.Keywords
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