Neural tube closure: cellular, molecular and biomechanical mechanisms

E Nikolopoulou, GL Galea, A Rolo… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Neural tube closure has been studied for many decades, across a range of vertebrates, as a
paradigm of embryonic morphogenesis. Neurulation is of particular interest in view of the …

Neural tube defects

NDE Greene, AJ Copp - Annual review of neuroscience, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Neural tube defects (NTDs), including spina bifida and anencephaly, are severe birth
defects of the central nervous system that originate during embryonic development when the …

Neural tube defects—disorders of neurulation and related embryonic processes

AJ Copp, NDE Greene - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe congenital malformations affecting 1 in every 1000
pregnancies.'Open'NTDs result from failure of primary neurulation as seen in anencephaly …

Genetics of human neural tube defects

NDE Greene, P Stanier, AJ Copp - Human molecular genetics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are common, severe congenital malformations whose causation
involves multiple genes and environmental factors. Although more than 200 genes are …

An update to the list of mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and advances toward a complete genetic perspective of neural tube closure

MJ Harris, DM Juriloff - Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The number of mouse mutants and strains with neural tube defects (NTDs) now exceeds
240, including 205 representing specific genes, 30 for unidentified genes, and 9 …

Development of the vertebrate central nervous system: formation of the neural tube

NDE Greene, AJ Copp - Prenatal Diagnosis: Published in …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The developmental process of neurulation involves a series of coordinated morphological
events, which result in conversion of the flat neural plate into the neural tube, the primordium …

Genetics of cleft lip and/or cleft palate: association with other common anomalies

N Setó-Salvia, P Stanier - European journal of medical genetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) collectively are well known as being amongst the most
common birth defects but we still have difficulty explaining why the majority of cases occur …

Mechanisms of tissue fusion during development

HJ Ray, L Niswander - Development, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Tissue fusion events during embryonic development are crucial for the correct formation and
function of many organs and tissues, including the heart, neural tube, eyes, face and body …

[HTML][HTML] Local protease signaling contributes to neural tube closure in the mouse embryo

E Camerer, A Barker, DN Duong, R Ganesan… - Developmental cell, 2010 - cell.com
We report an unexpected role for protease signaling in neural tube closure and the
formation of the central nervous system. Mouse embryos lacking protease-activated …

Inositol, neural tube closure and the prevention of neural tube defects

NDE Greene, KY Leung, AJ Copp - Birth defects research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Susceptibility to neural tube defects (NTDs), such as anencephaly and spina bifida is
influenced by genetic and environmental factors including maternal nutrition. Maternal …