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CLINICAL GENETICS
卷 60, 期 3, 页码 165-172出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.600301.x
关键词
apical ectodermal ridge; congenital abnormalities; Dactylaplasia; ectrodactyly; EEC syndrome; limb development; limb malformations; p63; split hand/foot malformation
Congenital malformations of the extremities are conspicuous and have been described through the ages. Over the past decade, a wealth of knowledge has been generated regarding the genetic regulation of limb development and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Recent studies have identified several of the signaling molecules, growth factors, and transcriptional regulators involved in the initiation and maintenance of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) as well as the molecular markers defining the three axes of the developing limb. Studies of abnormal murine phenotypes have uncovered the role played by genes such as p63 and Dactylin in the maintenance of AER activity. These phenotypes resemble human malformations and in this review we describe the underlying mechanisms and clinical associations of split hand/foot malformation and ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip/palate syndrome, which have both been associated with mutations in the p63 gene.
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