Asadi S and Aranian MR, J Hematol Hemother 5: 008 Journal of Hematology & Hemotherapy Review Article The Role of Genetics Mutations in Genes ACVR1, BMPR1A, BMPR1B, BMPR2, BMP4 in Stone Man Syndrome Asadi S* and Aranian MR Division of Medical Genetics and Molecular Pathology Research, Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital, Iran Abstract *Corresponding author: Shahin Asadi, Division of Medical Genetics and Molecular Pathology Research, Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital, Iran, Tel: +98 Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a severely dis- 9379923364; E-mail:
[email protected] abling heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by con- genital malformations of the great toes and progressive heterotopic Received Date: February 7, 2020 ossification that forms qualitatively normal bone in characteristic ex- Accepted Date: February 17, 2020 traskeletal sites. Classic FOP is caused by a recurrent activating mu- tation (617G>A; R206H) in the gene ACVR1 (ALK2) encoding Activin Published Date: February 24, 2020 A receptor type I/Activin-like kinase 2, a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor. Atypical FOP patients also have heterozygous Citation: Asadi S, Aranian MR (2020) The Role of Genetics Mutations in Genes ACVR1, BMPR1A, BMPR1B, BMPR2, BMP4 in Stone Man Syndrome. J Hematol ACVR1 missense mutations in conserved amino acids. Hemother 5: 008. Keywords: ACVR1; BMPR1A; BMPR1B; BMPR2; BMP4; Genetics Copyright: © 2020 Asadi S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the mutations, Stone man syndrome terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source Overview of Stone Man Syndrome are credited.