Publications by authors named "Carla Veiga"

Introduction: Recently, You, Hoover-Fong, and colleagues described a disease caused by a deficiency of the telomere maintenance 2 gene () function. The clinical spectrum includes early-onset global delay, dysmorphic facial features, auditory disorder, and reduced vision.

Materials And Methods: We report two siblings, diagnosed with You-Hoover-Fong syndrome at the age of 28 and 14 months.

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The glycoprotein 130 (gp130) dependent family of cytokines comprises interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-11, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), cardiotrophin-like cytokine (CLC), ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) and oncostatin M (OSM). These cytokines share the membrane gp130 as a common signal transducer. Recently, it was demonstrated that IL-6 promotes, whereas LIF inhibits fetal lung branching.

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