Journal article
Paraspinal muscle ladybird homeobox 1 (LBX1) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional study
Abstract
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the leading cause of spinal deformity in adolescents globally. Recent evidence from genome-wide association studies has implicated variants in or near the ladybird homeobox 1 (LBX1) gene, encoding the ladybird homeobox 1 transcription factor, in AIS development. This gene plays a critical role in guiding embryonic neurogenesis and myogenesis and is vital in muscle mass determination. …
Authors
Jennings W; Hou M; Perterson D; Missiuna P; Thabane L; Tarnopolsky M; Samaan MC
Journal
The Spine Journal, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 1911–1916
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.spinee.2019.06.014
ISSN
1529-9430