Endothelial cell clonal expansion in the development of cerebral cavernous malformations

Cerebral cavernous malformation is a vascular disease characterized by capillary-venous cavernomas in the central nervous system. Here the authors show that cavernomas display benign tumor characteristics and originate from the clonal expansion of mutated endothelial progenitors which can attract su...

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Main Authors: Matteo Malinverno, Claudio Maderna, Abdallah Abu Taha, Monica Corada, Fabrizio Orsenigo, Mariaelena Valentino, Federica Pisati, Carmela Fusco, Paolo Graziano, Monica Giannotta, Qing Cissy Yu, Yi Arial Zeng, Maria Grazia Lampugnani, Peetra U. Magnusson, Elisabetta Dejana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10707-x
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Summary:Cerebral cavernous malformation is a vascular disease characterized by capillary-venous cavernomas in the central nervous system. Here the authors show that cavernomas display benign tumor characteristics and originate from the clonal expansion of mutated endothelial progenitors which can attract surrounding wild-type cells, inducing their mesenchymal transition and leading to growth of the cavernoma.
ISSN:2041-1723