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ArticleClinical oral investigations2018

Possible effect of SNAIL family transcriptional repressor 1 polymorphisms in non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate.

Francesca Cura, Annalisa Palmieri, Ambra Girardi, Francesco Carinci, Paolo Giovanni Morselli, Nayereh Nouri, Furio Pezzetti, Luca Scapoli, Marcella Martinelli

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  1. Association analysis between forkhead box E1 gene and non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in Han Chinese population.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2025
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Francesca CuraDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Annalisa PalmieriDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Ambra GirardiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Francesco CarinciDepartment of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Paolo Giovanni MorselliDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Nayereh NouriDepartment of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medical School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Furio PezzettiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Luca ScapoliDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Marcella MartinelliDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro, 8, 40126, Bologna, Italy. marcella.martinelli@unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-7890
University of Bologna · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Ferrara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOrofacial development is a complex process subjected to failure impairing. Indeed, the cleft of the lip and/or of the palate is among the most frequent inborn malformations. The JARID2 gene has been suggested to be involved in non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (nsCL/P) etiology. JARID2 interacts with the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) in regulating the expression patterns of developmental genes by modifying the chromatin state. MATERIALS AND

methodsGenes coding for the PRC2 components, as well as other genes active in cell differentiation and embryonic development, were selected for a family-based association study to verify their involvement in nsCL/P. A total of 632 families from Italy and Asia participated to the study.

resultsEvidence of allelic association was found with polymorphisms of SNAI1; in particular, the rs16995010-G allele was undertransmitted to the nsCL/P cases [P = 0.004, odds ratio = 0.69 (95% C.I. 0.54-0.89)]. However, the adjusted significance value corrected for all the performed tests was P = 0.051.

conclusionsThe findings emerging by the present study suggest for the first time an involvement of SNAI1 in the nsCL/P onset. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Interestingly, SNAI1 is known to promote epithelial to mesenchymal transition by repressing E-cadherin expression, but it needs an intact PRC2 to act this function. Alterations of this process could contribute to the complex etiology of nsCL/P.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAllelesAsiaCleft LipCleft PalateFemaleGenotypeHumansItalyLinkage DisequilibriumMaleSnail Family Transcription FactorsSNAI1 protein, humanSnail Family Transcription FactorsAssociation studyEpithelial to mesenchymal transitionNon-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palatePolycomb repressive complex 2PolymorphismSNAI1

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