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ReviewCells2026

MAP3K1 Integrates Genetic and Environmental Signals in Eyelid Morphogenesis.

Bo Xiao, Winston Kao, Ying Xia

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Review in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Bo XiaoDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 160 Panzeca Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA.
Winston KaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0527, USA.
Ying XiaDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 160 Panzeca Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9532-9527

Funding

Gene-environment interactions in epithelial morphogenesisR01HD098106 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI XIA, YING · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Regulation and Biological Functions of MAP3K1R21HD118374 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI YING XIA · 2026 to 2026
$451k
Signaling mechanisms of gene-environment interactions in female reproductiveR21ES033342 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI XIA, YING · 2022 to 2023
$446k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD098106NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD118374NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES033342NIH HHS 1R01HD098106-05NIH HHS 1R21ES033342-02A1NIH HHS 1R21HD118374-02A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental disorders often arise from complex interactions between genetic variation and environmental factors, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying gene-gene (G × G) and gene-environment (G × E) interactions remain poorly understood. Mouse embryonic eyelid closure provides a genetically tractable in vivo model for investigating these mechanisms. Eyelid closure requires coordinated epithelial migration and cytoskeletal remodeling orchestrated by interconnected signaling pathways. Among these pathways, MAP3K1 functions as a critical signaling hub that integrates inputs from S1PR-RHOA-ROCK and other upstream regulators to activate JNK and promote eyelid closure. Genetic studies show that multiple components within the GPCR-RHOA-ROCK-MAP3K1-JNK network cooperate to maintain developmental robustness. Reducing the activity of pathway components dose-dependently impairs eyelid closure and produces the characteristic eye-open-at-birth (EOB) phenotype. Environmental factors also converge on this network. Although exposure to dioxin does not impair eyelid closure in wild-type embryos, it induces EOB in embryos harboring otherwise phenotypically silent mutations in the MAP3K1 network, such as

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EyelidsGene-Environment InteractionMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1MorphogenesisAnimalsHumansMiceSignal TransductionMap3k1 protein, mouseMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)dioxinembryonic eyelid closuregene-environment interactionsgenetic crosstalkMAP3K1 signaling network

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PMID42738802
PMCPMC13565432

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