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Cherubism

A fibro-osseous hereditary disease of the jaws. The swollen jaws and raised eyes give a cherubic appearance; multiple radiolucencies are evident upon radiographic examination.
Networked: 68 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 5 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1. Nasal Obstruction
2. Inflammation
3. Mental Retardation (Idiocy)
4. Osteoporosis
5. Osteitis

Experts

1. Rottapel, Robert: 6 articles (04/2015 - 04/2007)
2. Ueki, Yasuyoshi: 6 articles (02/2015 - 01/2007)
3. Yoshitaka, Teruhito: 4 articles (02/2015 - 01/2014)
4. Kittaka, Mizuho: 4 articles (02/2015 - 01/2014)
5. Mukai, Tomoyuki: 4 articles (02/2015 - 01/2014)
6. Ishida, Shu: 4 articles (02/2015 - 01/2014)
7. Reichenberger, Ernst J: 3 articles (12/2014 - 01/2014)
8. Olsen, Bjorn R: 3 articles (09/2014 - 01/2007)
9. Sada, Kiyonao: 3 articles (09/2011 - 11/2004)
10. Levine, Michael A: 3 articles (11/2010 - 07/2006)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Cherubism:
1. Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (Tumor Necrosis Factor)IBA
2. Calcitonin (Calcitonin, Eel)FDA LinkGeneric
3. Arginine (L-Arginine)FDA Link
4. Adenosine Triphosphatases (ATPase)IBA
07/01/2003 - "Immunohistochemical study with a panel of antibodies including vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase), carbonic anhydrase II (CA II), Cathepsin K, matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9), CD68, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and enzyme histochemical staining for tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) were applied on a total number of 53 cases of giant cell-containing lesions including CGCG (n = 34), PGCG (n = 6), cherubism (n = 7), and ABC (n = 6). "
06/01/2005 - "The 20 genes with at least a 3-fold change, annotated with known phenotypic associations in the current gene databank (phenotype association, fold change) were aspartoacylase (Canavan disease, 9.96), growth hormone receptor (Laron dwarfism, idiopathic short stature, 8.25), lipoprotein lipase (familial chylomicronemia syndrome, lipoprotein lipase deficiency, 8.00), vitamin D (1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3) receptor (involutional osteoporosis, vitamin D resistant rickets, 7.94), intercellular adhesion molecule 1 human rhinovirus receptor (cerebral malaria susceptibility, 7.16), peroxisomal membrane protein 3 35-kDa (Refsum disease, infantile form, Zellweger syndrome-3, 6.00), Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2 (Bardet-Biedl syndrome, 5.87), ribosomal protein S19 (Diamond Blackfan anemia, 5.85), apolipoprotein C-III (hypertriglyceridemia, 5.44), argininosuccinate lyase (argininosuccinicaciduria, 5.22), myosin VA (Griscelli syndrome-type pigmentary dilution with mental retardation, 4.92), lysozyme (renal amyloidosis, 4.17), SAM domain, SH3 domain and nuclear localisation signals 1 (Cherubism, 4.12 ), von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (hemangioblastoma, cerebellar, somatic, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, 3.94), early-onset breast cancer 1 (BRCA1, papillary serous carcinoma of the peritoneum, 3.73), UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (inclusion body myopathy, autosomal recessive, sialuria, 3.53), apolipoprotein A-I (amyloidosis, 3 or more types, hypoalphalipoproteinemia, 3.29), midline 1 Opitz/BBB syndrome (Opitz G syndrome, type I, 3.28), ATPase, Na+/K+ transporting, alpha 2 (+) polypeptide (familial hemiplegic migraine, 3.05). "
5. Cathepsin KIBA
6. Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases (V-Type ATPase)IBA
7. Carbonic Anhydrase IIIBA
8. Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA)IBA
9. Glutamine (L-Glutamine)FDA Link
10. AntibodiesIBA

Therapies and Procedures

1. Hypnosis (Mesmerism)
2. Curettage
3. Transplants (Transplant)
4. Orthognathic Surgery
5. Oral Medicine