Code
01P16611
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Genetics
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Molecular and cell biology
- Molecular and cell biology
Keywords
arterial tortuosity syndrome
cell lines
zebrafish
Project description
The arterial tortuosity syndrome (ATS) is a recessive inherited disorder, mainly characterized by tortuosity of the arteries and caused by mutations in the SLC2A10 gene. We aim to further study the pathogenetic mechanisms in the ATS zebrafish model, that we have established previously. Finally, we will attempt to validate the zebrafish findings in a human model system using cell lines.