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Modulation of lipid metabolic defects rescues cleft palate in Tgfbr2 mutant mice.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Iwata Junichi, Suzuki Akiko, Pelikan Richard C, Ho Thach-Vu, Sanchez-Lara Pedro A, Chai Yang
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Mutations in transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) receptor type II (TGFBR2) cause Loeys-Dietz syndrome, characterized by craniofacial and cardiovascular abnormalities. Mice with a deletion of Tgfbr2 in cranial neural crest cells (Tgfbr2(fl/fl);Wnt1-Cre mice) develop cleft palate as the result o...
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