Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Genome-wide analyses of non-syndromic cleft lip with palate identify 14 novel loci and genetic heterogeneity

  • Yanqin Yu,
  • Xianbo Zuo,
  • Miao He,
  • Jinping Gao,
  • Yuchuan Fu,
  • Chuanqi Qin,
  • Liuyan Meng,
  • Wenjun Wang,
  • Yaling Song,
  • Yong Cheng,
  • Fusheng Zhou,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Xiaodong Zheng,
  • Xinhuan Wang,
  • Bo Liang,
  • Zhengwei Zhu,
  • Xiazhou Fu,
  • Yujun Sheng,
  • Jiebing Hao,
  • Zhongyin Liu,
  • Hansong Yan,
  • Elisabeth Mangold,
  • Ingo Ruczinski,
  • Jianjun Liu,
  • Mary L. Marazita,
  • Kerstin U. Ludwig,
  • Terri H. Beaty,
  • Xuejun Zhang,
  • Liangdan Sun,
  • Zhuan Bian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14364
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Non-syndromic cleft lip with palate is a common birth defect of unknown aetiology. Here, the authors discover 14 new genes associated with this condition, and show genetic heterogeneity in this and other non-syndromic orofacial clefting disorders.