ArticleGenetic epidemiology2021
FAT4 identified as a potential modifier of orofacial cleft laterality.
Article in Genetic epidemiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genetic heterogeneity and homogeneity among orofacial cleft subtypes: genome-wide association studies in the cleft collective.Human molecular genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Trio-based GWAS reveals loci associated with different forms of isolated cleft lip.HGG advances · 2026Article
- Research on the role and mechanism of FAT4 in the development and progression of tumor and non-tumor diseases.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Trio-based GWAS reveals novel loci associated with different forms of isolated cleft lip.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Cleft lip Sidedness and the Association with Additional Congenital Malformations.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Cleft Laterality Dental Arch Relationship Outcomes for Children with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate in New Zealand.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Sidedness in Unilateral Orofacial Clefts: A Systematic Scoping Review.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Gene expression patterns of the developing human face at single cell resolution reveal cell type contributions to normal facial variation and disease risk.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Rare variant modifier analysis identifies variants in SEC24D associated with orofacial cleft subtypes.Human genetics · 2023Article
- Rare genetic variants inmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Decoding the Human Face: Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Genetics of Craniofacial Morphology.Annual review of genomics and human genetics · 2022Review
- Genome-wide association study of multiethnic nonsyndromic orofacial cleft families identifies novel loci specific to family and phenotypic subtypes.Genetic epidemiology · 2022Article
- Congenital Heart Diseases, Associated Malformations, and Syndromes in Thai Children with Orofacial Clefts: A 10-Year Retrospective Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
Orofacial clefts (OFCs) are common (1 in 700 births) congenital malformations that include a cleft lip (CL) and cleft lip and palate (CLP). These OFC subtypes are also heterogeneous themselves, with the CL occurring on the left, right, or both sides of the upper lip. Unilateral CL and CLP have a 2:1 bias towards left-sided clefts, suggesting a nonrandom process. Here, we performed a study of left- and right-sided clefts within the CL and CLP subtypes to better understand the genetic factors controlling cleft laterality. We conducted genome-wide modifier analyses by comparing cases that had right unilateral CL (RCL; N = 130), left unilateral CL (LCL; N = 216), right unilateral CLP (RCLP; N = 416), or left unilateral CLP (LCLP; N = 638), and identified a candidate region on 4q28, 400 kb downstream from FAT4, that approached genome-wide significance for LCL versus RCL (p = 8.4 × 10
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