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ReviewBirth defects research2020

Genetics and signaling mechanisms of orofacial clefts.

Kurt Reynolds, Shuwen Zhang, Bo Sun, Michael A Garland, Yu Ji, Chengji J Zhou

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Review in Birth defects research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. MLL4 regulates postnatal palate growth and midpalatal suture development.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kurt ReynoldsDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3315-8157
Shuwen ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Bo SunDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Michael A GarlandDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Yu JiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Chengji J ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8592-4680
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California · US

Funding

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of orofacial cleftsR01DE026737 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
Surface ectodermal mechanism and maternal intervention of neural tube defectsR01NS102261 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Wnt Signaling in Craniofacial Developmental DisordersR01DE021696 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021696NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026737NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102261Shriners Hospitals for Children 85105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Craniofacial development involves several complex tissue movements including several fusion processes to form the frontonasal and maxillary structures, including the upper lip and palate. Each of these movements are controlled by many different factors that are tightly regulated by several integral morphogenetic signaling pathways. Subject to both genetic and environmental influences, interruption at nearly any stage can disrupt lip, nasal, or palate fusion and result in a cleft. Here, we discuss many of the genetic risk factors that may contribute to the presentation of orofacial clefts in patients, and several of the key signaling pathways and underlying cellular mechanisms that control lip and palate formation, as identified primarily through investigating equivalent processes in animal models, are examined.

Indexed as

Cleft LipCleft PalateAnimalsHumansMorphogenesisSignal TransductionBmp/Tgfb signalingcleft lip/palateFgf signalinghuman geneticsmouse modelsretinoic acid signalingShh signalingsignaling crosstalksyndromic/non-syndromicWnt signaling

Identifiers

PMID32666711
PMCPMC7883771
OpenAlexW3042496866

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