homeostasis/metabolism
• skeletal muscle exhibits pinch injury-induced heterotopic ossification
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skeleton
• spontaneous heterotopic ossification is seen infrequently in some 2-week-old mice and is present in all 4-week-old mice and extensive in all surviving mice by 6 weeks of age
• heterotopic ossification is seen in the musculature, tendons, and ligaments at diverse locations
• skeletal elements resulting from spontaneous heterotopic ossification are derived almost exclusively from recombined cells
• all mice treated with an anti-activin A mAb prior to onset of heterotopic ossification for 4 weeks survive to 6 weeks of age and 8 of 9 mice show no evidence of heterotopic ossification and no spontaneous heterotopic ossification is not seen in treated 16-week-old mice
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva | DOID:13374 |
OMIM:135100 |
J:257905 |