Dwarfism Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Dwarfism, including details on genetics, diet, mental and motor development.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. Phosphorylation of GSK-3beta by cGMP-dependent protein kinase II promotes hypertrophic differentiation of murine chondrocytes.
   J Clin Invest, 118(7): 2506-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Overexpression of Bone Sialoprotein Leads to an Uncoupling of Bone Formation and Bone Resorption in Mice.
   J Bone Miner Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Effect of Ames dwarfism and caloric restriction on spontaneous DNA mutation frequency in different mouse tissues.
   Mech Ageing Dev, 129(9): 528-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Loss-of-function mutations in the Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G-protein alpha subunit enhance the developmental defects of brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis mutants.
   Plant Cell Physiol, 49(7): 1013-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Strict sun protection results in minimal skin changes in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum and a novel c.2009delG mutation in XPD (ERCC2).
   Exp Dermatol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclor 1254) do not uniformly produce agonist actions on thyroid hormone responses in the developing rat brain.
   Endocrinology, 149(8): 4001-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Expanding the phenotype of alopecia-contractures-dwarfism mental retardation syndrome (ACD syndrome): description of an additional case and review of the literature.
   Eur J Pediatr, 167(9): 1057-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A novel dwarfism with gonadal dysfunction due to loss-of-function allele of the collagen receptor gene, Ddr2, in the mouse.
   Mol Endocrinol, 22(8): 1866-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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