2022
Zebrafish models of Alx-linked frontonasal dysplasia reveal a role for Alx1 and Alx3 in the anterior segment and vasculature of the developing eye
Yoon B, Yeung P, Santistevan N, Bluhm L, Kawasaki K, Kueper J, Dubielzig R, Vanoudenhove J, Cotney J, Liao E, Grinblat Y. Zebrafish models of Alx-linked frontonasal dysplasia reveal a role for Alx1 and Alx3 in the anterior segment and vasculature of the developing eye. Biology Open 2022, 11: bio059189. PMID: 35142342, PMCID: PMC9167625, DOI: 10.1242/bio.059189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsALX geneAnterior neurocraniumZebrafish modelGenetic mechanismsNovel roleAnterior segment formationHomeobox transcription factorCranial neural crestOxidative stress responseParalogous genesConserved roleAnterior segment defectsAbsence of eyesEthanol toxicityTranscription factorsTranscriptomic analysisLineage labelingAlx1Midfacial morphogenesisKey regulatorNeural crestStress responseSegment formationMutantsVascular development
2017
Precocious Phenotypic Transcription‐Factor Expression During Early Development
VanOudenhove J, Medina R, Ghule P, Lian J, Stein J, Zaidi S, Stein G. Precocious Phenotypic Transcription‐Factor Expression During Early Development. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2017, 118: 953-958. PMID: 27591551, PMCID: PMC5336526, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhenotypic transcription factorsTranscription factorsPrecocious expressionRUNX1 transcription factorTranscriptional controlLineage identityGene expressionNovel roleBiological importanceMesenchymal transitionEarly differentiationMesenchymal differentiationTransient upregulationDetailed mechanistic studiesExpressionDifferentiationMechanistic studiesRUNX1RoleUpregulationFurther studies