Figure 1: Gli1+ cells are restricted to the suture mesenchyme of craniofacial bones and are undifferentiated cells. Figure 2: Gli1+ cells in the suture mesenchyme contribute to adult craniofacial bone ...
Scientists have identified two genetic risk factors for the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis, a birth defect in which the bony plates of an infant's skull prematurely fuse.