Lee A Niswander
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Niswander L, Niswander L
Dev Biol
. 2025 Feb;
521:149-152.
PMID: 39999909
This article, and indeed the foundation for much of the study of limb development, starts from the observations by then graduate student John Saunders. In 1948, Dr. Saunders published his...
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Engelhardt D, Engelhardt D, Petersen J, Petersen J, Martyr C, Martyr C, et al.
Dev Biol
. 2025 Jan;
520:62-74.
PMID: 39755226
Folic acid (FA) supplementation is a potent tool to reduce devastating birth defects known as neural tube defects (NTDs). Though effective, questions remain how FA achieves its protective effect and...
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Zhang J, Li H, Niswander L
Nat Commun
. 2024 Jun;
15(1):5136.
PMID: 38879605
Coordination of neuronal differentiation with expansion of the neuroepithelial/neural progenitor cell (NEPC/NPC) pool is essential in early brain development. Our in vitro and in vivo studies identify independent and opposing...
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Li B, Brusman L, Dahlka J, Niswander L
Development
. 2022 Aug;
149(17).
PMID: 35950911
Coordinated migration of the mesoderm is essential for accurate organization of the body plan during embryogenesis. However, little is known about how mesoderm migration influences posterior neural tube closure in...
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Terhune E, Cuevas M, Monley A, Wethey C, Chen X, Cattell M, et al.
Hum Mutat
. 2020 Dec;
42(4):392-407.
PMID: 33382518
Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a spinal disorder affecting up to 3% of otherwise healthy children. IS has a strong familial genetic component and is believed to be genetically complex due...
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Li B, Niswander L
Front Cell Dev Biol
. 2020 Dec;
8:599890.
PMID: 33324648
Wnt signaling pathway plays indispensable roles in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. However, the regulatory mechanisms involved in Wnt ligand trafficking within and secretion from the signal sending cells...
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Brown H, Murray S, Northrup H, Au K, Niswander L
Development
. 2020 Nov;
147(22).
PMID: 33214242
Disruptions in neural tube (NT) closure result in neural tube defects (NTDs). To understand the molecular processes required for mammalian NT closure, we investigated the role of , a sorting...
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Pezoa S, Artinger K, Niswander L
Dev Biol
. 2020 May;
464(1):24-34.
PMID: 32446700
Development of the craniofacial structures requires the precise differentiation of cranial neural crest cells into osteoblasts or chondrocytes. Here, we explore the epigenetic and non-epigenetic mechanisms that are required for...
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Sen R, Pezoa S, Shull L, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Niswander L, Artinger K
J Dev Biol
. 2018 Nov;
6(4).
PMID: 30424580
Cranial neural crest cells undergo cellular growth, patterning, and differentiation within the branchial arches to form cartilage and bone, resulting in a precise pattern of skeletal elements forming the craniofacial...
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Baschal E, Terhune E, Wethey C, Baschal R, Robinson K, Cuevas M, et al.
G3 (Bethesda)
. 2018 Jun;
8(8):2663-2672.
PMID: 29930198
Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a structural lateral spinal curvature of ≥10° that affects up to 3% of otherwise healthy children and can lead to life-long problems in severe cases. It...