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Abstract
This review summarizes our recent findings regarding the Notch signaling pathway in regulating normal eyelid morphogenesis and its role in the pathogenesis of human congenital blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES). We used genetic and molecular biological approaches to investigate the mechanism by which Notch1 activation controls expression of FoxL2, which in turn activates smooth muscle actin gene expression in periocular mesenchyma to control eyelid levator smooth muscle formation.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23084143 PMCID: PMC3495103 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2012.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ocul Surf ISSN: 1542-0124 Impact factor: 5.033