Cranial suture regeneration mitigates skull and neurocognitive defects in craniosynostosis

M Yu, L Ma, Y Yuan, X Ye, A Montagne, J He, TV Ho… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Craniosynostosis results from premature fusion of the cranial suture (s), which contain
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are crucial for calvarial expansion in coordination with …

The clinical manifestations, molecular mechanisms and treatment of craniosynostosis

E Stanton, M Urata, JF Chen… - Disease Models & …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Craniosynostosis is a major congenital craniofacial disorder characterized by the premature
fusion of cranial suture (s). Patients with severe craniosynostosis often have impairments in …

Skeletal stem and progenitor cells maintain cranial suture patency and prevent craniosynostosis

S Menon, A Salhotra, S Shailendra, R Tevlin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cranial sutures are major growth centers for the calvarial vault, and their premature fusion
leads to a pathologic condition called craniosynostosis. This study investigates whether …

Altered bone growth dynamics prefigure craniosynostosis in a zebrafish model of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome

CS Teng, M Ting, DJT Farmer, M Brockop, RE Maxson… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Cranial sutures separate the skull bones and house stem cells for bone growth and repair. In
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, mutations in TCF12 or TWIST1 ablate a specific suture, the …

Understanding craniosynostosis as a growth disorder

K Flaherty, N Singh… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Craniosynostosis is a condition of complex etiology that always involves the premature
fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures and includes various anomalies of the soft and hard …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling mechanisms implicated in cranial sutures pathophysiology: Craniosynostosis

MA Katsianou, C Adamopoulos, H Vastardis… - BBA clinical, 2016 - Elsevier
Normal extension and skull expansion is a synchronized process that prevails along the
osteogenic intersections of the cranial sutures. Cranial sutures operate as bone growth sites …

The developing mouse coronal suture at single-cell resolution

DJT Farmer, H Mlcochova, Y Zhou, N Koelling… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Sutures separate the flat bones of the skull and enable coordinated growth of the brain and
overlying cranium. The coronal suture is most commonly fused in monogenic …

Skull progenitor cell-driven meningeal lymphatic restoration improves neurocognitive functions in craniosynostosis

L Ma, Q Chang, F Pei, M Liu, W Zhang, YK Hong… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The meninges lie in the interface between the skull and brain, harboring lymphatic
vasculature and skull progenitor cells (SPCs). How the skull and brain communicate …

Clinical genetics of craniosynostosis

AOM Wilkie, D Johnson, SA Wall - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Strategies to optimize clinical genetic diagnostic pathways by combining both targeted and
next-generation sequencing are discussed. In addition to improved genetic counseling …

The balance of WNT and FGF signaling influences mesenchymal stem cell fate during skeletal development

T Maruyama, AJ Mirando, CX Deng, W Hsu - Science signaling, 2010 - science.org
Craniosynostosis, a developmental disorder resulting from premature closure of the gaps
(sutures) between skull bones, can be caused by excessive intramembranous ossification, a …