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Welcome to the Skeletal Dysplasia Community at WikiPathways

This community was initiated by Prof. Andreas Zankl at the University of Sydney. Our goal is to create Wikipathways diagrams for all known skeletal dysplasia genes. Skeletal dysplasias are rare genetic disorders affecting the development and normal function of the skeleton. They are typically caused by genetic variants in a single gene, causing abnormal function of that particular gene. As such, skeletal dysplasias allow us to study the effect of abnormal function of a particular gene on skeletal development. Skeletal dysplasias occur as spontanous mutations in humans, but also in cats, dogs, mice and other animals. In addition, mouse models that carry mutations found in human patients have been created to study the functional consequences of these mutations in more detail. There are 461 different skeletal dysplasias and pathogenic variants in 437 different genes have been identified in 425 of these 461 disorders (PMID:31633310). We thus know the genetic basis for over 90% of all skeletal dysplasias. However, we are only beginning to understand what these genes do, how they interact and how mutations in these genes lead to the extreme skeletal phenotypes that we observe in patients with skeletal dysplasias. By curating the world’s knowledge about these genes and the disorders they cause, we hope to arrive at a systems level understanding of skeletal biology, seen through the lens of skeletal dysplasias. The pathway diagrams listed below cover over 100 skeletal dysplasia genes, about 25% of the total number of known skeletal dysplasia genes. Please help us cover the rest!

Contact

Andreas Zankl and Ritchie Lee .

Community Pathways

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This community helps to curate 13 pathways:

How to Contribute

You are invited to test and curate existing pathways as well as to create new ones. All suggestions and contributions are welcome. Contact Prof. Andreas Zankl if you interested in adding pathways to the Skeletal Dysplasia Portal.

Community Members

Andreas Zankl and Ritchie Lee .

Authors of Community Pathways

Andreas Zankl , Ritchie Lee , Kristina Hanspers , Egon Willighagen , Eric Weitz , Denise Slenter , Friederike Ehrhart , and Alex Pico .