Mutations in ENPP1 are associated with 'idiopathic' infantile arterial calcification

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Title:	Mutations in ENPP1 are associated with 'idiopathic' infantile arterial calcification
Creators Name:	Rutsch, F., Ruf, N., Vaingankar, S., Toliat, M.R., Suk, A., Hoehne, W., Schauer, G., Lehmann, M., Roscioli, T., Schnabel, D., Epplen, J.T., Knisely, A., Superti-Furga, A., McGill, J., Filippone, M., Sinaiko, A.R., Vallance, H., Hinrichs, B., Smith, W., Ferre, M., Terkeltaub, R. and Nuernberg, P.
Abstract:	Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC; OMIM 208000) is characterized by calcification of the internal elastic lamina of muscular arteries and stenosis due to myointimal proliferation. We analyzed affected individuals from 11 unrelated kindreds and found that IIAC was associated with mutations that inactivated ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase I (ENPP1). This cell surface enzyme generates inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), a solute that regulates cell differentiation and serves as an essential physiologic inhibitor of calcification.
Keywords:	Arteries, Calcinosis, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Phenotype, Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases, Pyrophosphatases
Source:	Nature Genetics
ISSN:	1061-4036
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Page Range:	379-381
Date:	1 January 2003
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