Retinoid signaling promotes frontonasal identity while repressing maxillary identity during craniofacial development
Lin Xu, Yanran Wu, Maiko Omi, Takayuki Tsujimoto, Yujie Dang, Qi Wang, Xiuping Nie, Daisuke Motooka, Haruka Ohara, Toshihiro Inubushi, Masaya Yamaguchi, Lisa L. Sandell, Paul A. Trainor, Takashi Yamashiro, Hiroshi Kurosaka
This study shows retinoid signaling specifies frontonasal identity and represses maxillary identity in cranial neural crest cells during facial development in mice.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology