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An inherited blistering skin disease where epithelium detaches below basal membrane (defective anchor fibrils) |
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Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa |
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A progressive muscular weakness that's found only in males resulting in the absence of the protein dystrophin that binds laminin to external laminin and actin filaments inside the cell |
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Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy |
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Cause of food poisoning. It attracts zonula occludens in intestines & causes massive movement of fluid into lumen |
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Causes gastric ulcers that target ZO-1 & ZO-2 & JAM of zonula occludens in the stomach |
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Causes diarrhea in intestines by attracting ZO-1 & ZO-2 of zonula occludens |
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Cholera Toxin
(can overcome with opium) |
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Common dust mites that causes asthma attachs and breaks down the zonula occludens junction in respiratory tract |
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Skin disease caused by autoantibodies produced against desmosomal proteins and causes blistering of skin |
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This particular toxin binds to serine residue and prevents access of acetylcholinesterase to bind |
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Whooping cough by virus bordetella Pertussis and modifies the Giαsubunit, inactivating it |
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This deformity results when an insulin mediated receptor IRS-1 & IRS-2 is missing |
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A genetic defect caused by hyperelasticity of the skin and hypermobility of joints and deficiency in collagen type III |
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Caused by a mutation of fibrillin gene |
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Marfan Syndrome
(result in aortic or arterial rupture) |
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Effect when microfibrillar network is affected by solar radiation resulting in decreased skin elasticity and appearance of deep wrinkles of photoaged skin |
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Fibrillin microfilaments and chronic sun exposure |
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This particular pathogen secretes hyaluronidase, an enzyme that chops hyaluronic acid into smaller pieces thus converting the ground substance from a gel state to a liquid state |
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Effect caused by a mutation on the parathyroid hormone receptor causing abnormal Gsαprotein and makes insufficient coupling to adenylate cyclase |
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism
(can be reversed by giving the patient more PTH) |
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Effect that causes a mutation on the thyroid stimulating hormone and causes a Gsα mutation. This causes an accumulation of cAMP because GTP cant be hydrolysed |
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Disease that is caused by not enough cells migrating into the caudal region (lateral mesoderm) of the primitive streak causing vertebrae malformation |
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A tumor that arises from remnants of the primitive streak effecting the bone hair and nerve |
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Disease in newborn infants with an anterior abdominal wall defect caused by insufficient fusing of lateral folding |
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Problems during grasturalation caused by alcohol intake from the mother. A cycloptic child due to lack of formation of midline |
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Primitive streak cells failing to disappear at the end of the 3rd or 4th week |
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neural tube defects that fail to close in cranial region |
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transition of organs from one side of the body to the next |
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reduce function of the THYMUS, thyroid, parathyroids and persistent truncus arteriosus & aortic abnormalities |
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Due to multiple tumor and pigment disturbances |
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neural crest cells fail to migrate to the circumpharyngeal region resulting in an absent enteric system and no peristalsis |
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splitting of the vertebral arches that may or may not involve the underlying neural tissue |
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Lack of fusion of the vertebral arches in the lumbosacral region marked by a patch of hair over affected region NOT involving neural tissue |
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Characterized by water on the brain due to excess quantity of CSF |
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Cause of neural tissue or meninges protruding through the opening of the vertebral arches and skin |
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most severe form where neural tube fails to close resulting in a spina bifida exposing neural tissue that become necrotic |
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Disease similar to spina bifida cystica except the spinal cord protrudes more dorsally resulting in a double brain |
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Spina Bifida with meningocele |
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-where only fluid-filled meninges protrude through the defect |
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A small portion of Rathke's pouch persists in the roof of the pharynx |
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A type of hypophyseal defect that may cause hydrocephalus and pituitary dysfunctions |
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Caused by unsuccessful nerve regeneration when the axon cannot find schwann cell |
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failure of cephalic part of neural tube to close |
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hereditary defects of absence of dynein causing cilia to be immotile |
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Act on tight junctions and cause it to become permeable |
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Neural tube closure defect extends caudally into spinal cord, causing a large defect in spine |
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partial paralysis of one side of the body |
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half of vision loss in both eyes |
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sensorineural hearing loss |
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cleaves the 5' cap at ribosome and elF4G so that it can no longer function as a bridge between the methyl cap and 40 s subunit |
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Causes sunburn and skin cancer due to the absence of pyrimidine dimer
(caused by a defect in genome-wide excision repair) |
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Causes early aging, poor growth due to a defect in transcription-coupled excision repair |
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hereditary nonpolyposis Colon cancer which is caused by a defect of post-replication mismatch repair
(autosomal dominant) |
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A mutation on the ATM protein kinase a signal protein required for the repair of DNA double-strand breakage
-immunodeficiency/ionizing radiation/disrupts both strands |
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Causes a deficiency in Vitamine C thats needed for hydroxyproline in collagen
(causes degeneration of teeth and C.T) |
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Caused by prion particules resulting in loss of motor control and paralysis |
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Caused by amyloid plaque aggregating |
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A sex-linded disease resulting in increased height giving a XXO |
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Caused by cervical sympathetic chain caused by whiplash, drooping of eyelids, flushed face and lack of sweat |
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A drug that inhibit peptide bonds in humans |
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dense, heavy marble bones occur when osteoclast lack ruffled borders & bone reabsorption is defective or overgrowth, thickening and hardening of bones |
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increased activity of osteoclast, intense reabsorption of bone, elevation of blood Ca, phosphate and abnormal deposits of Ca in kidney and arterial wall |
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Calcium deficiencies in children. Bone matrix doesn't calcify normally and epiphyseal plate becomes distorted |
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Calcium deficiencies in adults. A decrease in the amount of Ca unit of bone matrix |
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found in immobilized patients and in postmenopausal women; due to bone absorption exceeds bone formation causing the bones to thin |
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Osteoporosis
(not due to Ca) |
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Autoimmune neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness which is caused by antibodies that block acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction |
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