Decoding the Timing Behind Premature Suture Fusion in Craniosynostosis (IMAGE)

Editorial Office of West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University

Decoding the Timing Behind Premature Suture Fusion in Craniosynostosis

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Study identifies a critical postnatal window in which excessive FGFR2 signaling activates the P38–retinoic acid pathway, disrupting GLI1+ progenitor cells and promoting premature coronal suture fusion in mice.

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alaspoorwho from Openverse Image source: https://openverse.org/image/b04d80d9-c8e5-494e-a353-bf513f9a2f7f?q=brain&p=33

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