Expression of the CTCFL Gene during Mouse Embryogenesis Causes Growth Retardation, Postnatal Lethality, and Dysregulation of the Transforming Growth Factor β Pathway
Sati L, Zeiss C, Yekkala K, Demir R, McGrath J. Expression of the CTCFL Gene during Mouse Embryogenesis Causes Growth Retardation, Postnatal Lethality, and Dysregulation of the Transforming Growth Factor β Pathway. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2015, 35: 3436-3445. PMID: 26169830, PMCID: PMC4561735, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00381-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrowth factor β pathwayHuman vascular malformationsTestis-expressed genesΒ pathwayParalog of CTCFEmbryonic stem cellsTransforming Growth Factor-β PathwayPrior mouse modelsMouse embryogenesisBioinformatics analysisCancer-testis antigensDownstream targetsES cellsPostnatal lethalityCTCFLEmbryogenesis resultsTGFB pathwayGenesStem cellsVascular defectsPathwayExpressionTransgenic miceEye malformationsPhenotype