To start, as described previously this disease is an x-linked disorder which means there is more than likely going to be a gene that causes the disorder. EFNB1 is the gene that encodes the transmembrane protein, ephrin-B1 and research has traced CFND to the activities of EFNB1. As a review from this week’s textbook reading, the ephrin family signaling proteins acts as a ligand and binds to and activates the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). The Eph family plays an important role in cell migration and when activated by ephrin, it is known to help motor neurons get to their target. However, with this disease a mechanism called cellular interference occurs between the Eph-epherin complex resulting in the manifestation of the disease as we know it. Ephrin-B1 encoded by EFNB1 participates in bi-directional cell signaling. It acts as both a ligand and receptor promoting the forward signaling and reverse signaling in the eph bearing and ephrin bearing cell respectively. In patients that have the heterozygous form of the disease, it is expected that two daughter cells that express the EFNB1 gene will produce a mosaic pattern causing two cell populations to encode ephrin-B1. Wieland et al. contributed that the cellular interference of the mosaic reflections of two cellular populations results in the developmental morphogenesis deformities and other symptoms that present with this
To start, as described previously this disease is an x-linked disorder which means there is more than likely going to be a gene that causes the disorder. EFNB1 is the gene that encodes the transmembrane protein, ephrin-B1 and research has traced CFND to the activities of EFNB1. As a review from this week’s textbook reading, the ephrin family signaling proteins acts as a ligand and binds to and activates the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). The Eph family plays an important role in cell migration and when activated by ephrin, it is known to help motor neurons get to their target. However, with this disease a mechanism called cellular interference occurs between the Eph-epherin complex resulting in the manifestation of the disease as we know it. Ephrin-B1 encoded by EFNB1 participates in bi-directional cell signaling. It acts as both a ligand and receptor promoting the forward signaling and reverse signaling in the eph bearing and ephrin bearing cell respectively. In patients that have the heterozygous form of the disease, it is expected that two daughter cells that express the EFNB1 gene will produce a mosaic pattern causing two cell populations to encode ephrin-B1. Wieland et al. contributed that the cellular interference of the mosaic reflections of two cellular populations results in the developmental morphogenesis deformities and other symptoms that present with this