Identification and functional characterization of pathogenic <i>FOXI3</i> variants in craniofacial microsomia

Xin Chen; Ying Chen; Chenlong Li; Run Yang; Yiyuan Chen; Tianyu Zhang; Yaying Zhu; Jing Ma

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.02.010

Volume 52 Issue 5

May 2025

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Identification and functional characterization of pathogenic FOXI3 variants in craniofacial microsomia

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.02.010

1. ENT Institute, Department of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;
2. ENT Institute, Department of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;
3. NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine (Fudan University), Shanghai 200031, China;
4. ENT Institute, Department of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;
5. ENT Institute, Department of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;
6. Institute of Medical Genetics & Genomics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

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We sincerely thank all the family members for their participation and support in this study. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82271889, 82172105), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2701000), and Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (23ZR1409400, 24ZR1409400).

Received Date: 2024-12-04
Accepted Date: 2025-02-24
Rev Recd Date: 2025-02-21

Available Online: 2025-07-11

Publish Date: 2025-03-01

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