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SUBMITTER: Choi SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2788748 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Sun J SJ Marazita Mary L ML Hart P Suzanne PS Sulima Pawel P PP Field L Leigh LL McHenry Toby Goldstein TG Govil Manika M Cooper Margaret E ME Letra Ariadne A Menezes Renato R Narayanan Somnya S Mansilla Maria Adela MA Granjeiro José M JM Vieira Alexandre R AR Lidral Andrew C AC Murray Jeffrey C JC Hart Thomas C TC
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20081217 6
Human linkage and association studies suggest a gene(s) for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) on chromosome 4q31-q32 at or near the platelet-derived growth factor-C (PDGF-C) locus. The mouse Pdgfc(-/-) knockout shows that PDGF-C is essential for palatogenesis. To evaluate the role of PDGF-C in human clefting, we performed sequence analysis and SNP genotyping using 1048 multiplex CL/P families and 1000 case-control samples from multiple geographic origins. No coding regio ...[more]