Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences

MJ Dixon, ML Marazita, TH Beaty… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP) are common birth defects of complex aetiology. CLP can
occur in isolation or as part of a broad range of chromosomal, Mendelian or teratogenic …

Non-syndromic cleft palate: an overview on human genetic and environmental risk factors

M Martinelli, A Palmieri, F Carinci… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The epithelial and mesenchymal cells involved in early embryonic facial development are
guided by complex regulatory mechanisms. Any factor perturbing the growth, approach and …

Genetic control of individual differences in gene-specific methylation in human brain

D Zhang, L Cheng, JA Badner, C Chen, Q Chen… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
We have observed extensive interindividual differences in DNA methylation of 8590 CpG
sites of 6229 genes in 153 human adult cerebellum samples, enriched in CpG island" …

Genetics of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts

F Rahimov, A Jugessur… - The Cleft palate …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
With an average worldwide prevalence of approximately 1.2/1000 live births, orofacial clefts
are the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans. Like other complex disorders …

Disruption of an AP-2α binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

F Rahimov, ML Marazita, A Visel, ME Cooper… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Previously we have shown that nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) is
strongly associated with SNPs in IRF6 (interferon regulatory factor 6). Here, we use …

Abnormal skin, limb and craniofacial morphogenesis in mice deficient for interferon regulatory factor 6 (Irf6)

CR Ingraham, A Kinoshita, S Kondo, B Yang, S Sajan… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Transcription factor paralogs may share a common role in staged or overlap** expression
in specific tissues, as in the Hox family. In other cases, family members have distinct roles in …

Addressing the challenges of cleft lip and palate research in India

P Mossey, J Little - Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
The Indian sub-continent remains one of the most populous areas of the world with an
estimated population of 1.1 billion in India alone. This yields an estimated 24.5 million births …

p63-associated disorders

T Rinne, HG Brunner, H van Bokhoven - Cell cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Heterozygous mutations in the transcription factor gene p63 are causative for several
syndromes, with ectodermal dysplasia, orofacial clefting and limb malformations as the key …

A cohort study of recurrence patterns among more than 54 000 relatives of oral cleft cases in Denmark: support for the multifactorial threshold model of inheritance

D Grosen, C Chevrier, A Skytthe, C Bille… - Journal of medical …, 2010 - jmg.bmj.com
Objectives To determine if the anatomical severity of oral clefting affects familial recurrence
in a large population based sample. To provide reliable recurrence risk estimates for oral …

Genetics and signaling mechanisms of orofacial clefts

K Reynolds, S Zhang, B Sun, MA Garland… - Birth defects …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Craniofacial development involves several complex tissue movements including several
fusion processes to form the frontonasal and maxillary structures, including the upper lip and …