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WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 17-32出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.161
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- National Institutes of Health [R56DE023530, R01DE019638, R01DE021708, R01DE018234]
- University of Zurich
- University of Alberta
- Swiss National Science Foundation
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is the most common developmental defect of the forebrain characterized by inadequate or absent midline division of the forebrain into cerebral hemispheres, with concomitant midline facial defects in the majority of cases. Understanding the pathogenesis of HPE requires knowledge of the relationship between the developing brain and the facial structures during embryogenesis. A number of signaling pathways control and coordinate the development of the brain and face, including Sonic hedgehog, Bone morphogenetic protein, Fibroblast growth factor, and Nodal signaling. Mutations in these pathways have been identified in animal models of HPE and human patients. Because of incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity of HPE, patients carrying defined mutations may not manifest the disease at all, or have a spectrum of defects. It is currently unknown what drives manifestation of HPE in genetically at-risk individuals, but it has been speculated that other gene mutations and environmental factors may combine as cumulative insults. HPE can be diagnosed in utero by a high-resolution prenatal ultrasound or a fetal magnetic resonance imaging, sometimes in combination with molecular testing from chorionic villi or amniotic fluid sampling. Currently, there are no effective preventive methods for HPE. Better understanding of the mechanisms of gene-environment interactions in HPE would provide avenues for such interventions. WIREs Dev Biol 2015, 4:17-32. doi: 10.1002/wdev.161 For further resources related to this article, please visit the . Conflict of interest: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.
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