supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81870747,82170916,81900984,and 82001030);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(PKU2022XGK001);Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality(7182184);Xi'an“Science and Technology+”Action Plan-Medical Research Project(20YXYJ0010[1]);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(xzy012020110).
Orofacial clefts (OFCs) are the most common congenital craniofacial disorders, of which the etiology is closely related to rare coding variants. Filamin B (FLNB) is an actin-binding protein implicated in bone formatio...
Polydactyly is a malformation during the development of the human limb,which is characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes.It is considered to be one of the most common inherited h...
We are grateful to all the patients and healthy controls for their generous participation in this study.This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81771909,61701323,and 62171300);the Discipline Construction Foundation of Beijing Stomatological Hospital(19-09-24);the Capital Medical University Research and Development Fund(PYZ19081);Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support(XML201714).
Cleft lip and/or palate(CLP)are the most common craniofacial malformations in humans.Speech problems often persist even after cleft repair,such that follow-up articulation training is usually required.However,the neur...
Objective:Transcription factor GATA4 has significant roles in embryonic heart development.Mutations of GATA4 appear to be responsible for a wide variety of congenital heart defects(CHD).Despite the high prevalence of ...
supported by the grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Major Project No.81830028,Youths Program Nos.81900950 and 81900951).
KCNQ4 gene mutation can lead to deafness non-syndromic autosomal dominant 2A,which is a type of autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss.Deafness non-syndromic autosomal dominant 2A patients with KCNQ4 gene mutat...
The study was supported by NIH R01 IA143810;the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology,Thomas Jefferson University Institutional funds.
Objective:Well-defined germ-line mutations in thePTCH1 gene are associated with syndromic multiple basal cell carcinomas(BCCs).Here,we used whole exome sequencing(WES)to identify the role of patched-1 in patients with...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China grant(Grant no.81570037);the MDT Program of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital(Grant no.2017-1-015).
Background Congenital blepharoptosis(CBP)may be part of a large spectrum of birth defects presenting with other ocular or systemic conditions.Therefore,the aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of congenit...
Supported by Health Research Board Ireland;Science Foundation Ireland;Fighting Blindness Ireland;Medical Research Charities Group Ireland。
AIM:To compare whether aphakic contact lenses or secondary iris-claw intraocular lenses are superior in the refractive management post-pars plana vitreolensectomy in a pedigree with an FBN1 mutation causing non-syndro...
Project supported by the National Basic Research Priorities Program of China(Nos.2014CB541702 and 2014CB541704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.8147068 5?yand 81600817);the Zhejiang Provincial Public Welfare Technology Applied Research Project(No.2016C33148),China
Non-syndromic hearing loss(NSHL)is a common defect in humans.Variants of MARVELD2 at the DFNB49 locus have been shown to cause bilateral,moderate to profound NSHL.However,the role of MARVELD2 in NSHL susceptibility in...
supported by the open project of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health,China;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81860370);Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.7182184);interdisciplinary medicine Seed Fund of Peking University(Grant No.BMU2017MB006),China;supported by the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(Grant No.BX201600150),China
The isolated type of orofacial cleft, termed non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate(NSCL/P), is the second most common birth defect in China, with Asians having the highest incidence in the world. NSCL/P...