REST Final-Exon-Truncating Mutations Cause Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis

Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is the most common genetic form of gingival fibromatosis that develops as a slowly progressive, benign, localized or generalized enlargement of keratinized gingiva. HGF is a genetically heterogeneous disorder and can be transmitted either as an autosomal-dominant or autosomal-recessive trait or appear sporadically. To date, four loci (2p22.1, 2p23.3 –p22.3, 5q13–q22, and 11p15) have been mapped to autosomes and one gene (SOS1) has been associated with the HGF trait observed to segregate in a dominant inheritance pattern.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - July 6, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Yavuz Bayram, Janson J. White, Nursel Elcioglu, Megan T. Cho, Neda Zadeh, Asuman Gedikbasi, Sukru Palanduz, Sukru Ozturk, Kivanc Cefle, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Zeynep Coban Akdemir, Davut Pehlivan, Amber Begtrup, Claudia M.B. Carvalho, Ingrid Sophie Paine, Ali Tags: Report Source Type: research