Paper #16: HIF-1α critical to Somitogenesis and interacts with the Notch pathway leading to vertebral malformations.

Yao, Angela; Farley, Frances; Schipani, Ernestina · Spine Deform · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

HIF-1α is critical to somitogenesis. Lack of HIF-1α disrupts the Notch signaling pathway which leads to vertebral malformations seen in congenital scoliosis.