弹性假性黄瘤(Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, PXE)是一种常染色体隐性遗传病,是遗传性异位矿化疾病的原型,其特征是皮肤、眼睛和心血管系统中羟基磷灰石钙沉积,表现为变异性(Li et al., 2016;Li and Uitto, 2013;Neldner, 1988)。PXE的典型形式是晚发和缓慢进展,主要的临床问题涉及视力丧失和心血管并发症的发展(Neldner, 1988)。PXE的典型形式是由编码atp结合盒亚家族C成员6 (ABCC6)的ABCC6基因的功能缺失突变引起的,ABCC6是一种主要在肝脏和肾脏表达的跨膜外排转运蛋白。关于PXE的代谢假说认为,主要在肝脏中缺乏功能性ABCC6活性,导致循环因子缺乏,而在正常钙和磷酸盐稳态下,循环因子是防止异位矿化所必需的生理因素(Li et al., 2016)(图1)。然而,ABCC6从细胞内环境转运到细胞外空间的因子尚未确定。
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Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings (JIDSP) publishes peer-reviewed, invited papers relevant to all aspects of cutaneous biology and skin disease. Papers in the JIDSP are often initially presented at a scientific meeting. Potential topics include biochemistry, biophysics, carcinogenesis, cellular growth and regulation, clinical research, development, epidemiology and other population-based research, extracellular matrix, genetics, immunology, melanocyte biology, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, pathology, pharmacology and percutaneous absorption, photobiology, physiology, and skin structure.