Members of DISCO are dedicated to uncovering risk factors and potential pathogenic mechanisms of scoliosis. Based on these findings, they aim to develop more effective clinical diagnostic strategies and intervention methods.

Carol Wise教授来北京协和医院访问交流

Dr. Carol Wise, the director of molecular genetics and basic research at Scottish Rite Hospital, Texas, USA, visited Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) on April 10th 2018.

TBX6基因多态性与先天性脊柱侧凸相关

The single SNP analysis showed allele frequency of rs2289292 (exon 8, the only tagging SNP) and rs3809624 (5’untranslated region) demonstrated significant difference between CS cases and controls (P = 0.017 and P = 0.033),which suggests genetic variants of TBX6 gene is associated with CS.