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SPECC1L deficiency results in increased adherens junction stability and reduced cranial neural crest cell delamination.
Scientific reports - 20 Jan 2016
Wilson Nathan R, Olm-Shipman Adam J, Acevedo Diana S, Palaniyandi Kanagaraj, Hall Everett G, Kosa Edina, Stumpff Kelly M, Smith Guerin J, Pitstick Lenore, Liao Eric C, Bjork Bryan C, Czirok Andras, Saadi Irfan
Abstract excerpt
Cranial neural crest cells (CNCCs) delaminate from embryonic neural folds and migrate to pharyngeal arches, which give rise to most mid-facial structures. CNCC dysfunction plays a prominent role in the etiology of orofacial clefts, a frequent birth malformation. Heterozygous mutations in SPECC1L have been identified in patients with atypical and syndromic clefts. Here, we report that in SPECC1L-knockdown cultured...
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