DESCRIPTION:

Human craniofacial tissues were collected from the Joint MRC/Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology (HDBR). Donations of tissue to HDBR are made under-informed ethical consent with Research Tissue Bank ethical approval by women undergoing termination of pregnancy. Gene expression profiles were generated from multiple biological replicates of primary craniofacial (CF) tissue from Carnegie Stages (CS) of the embryonic period, CS13, CS14, CS17, CS17, and CS22. Here the differential expression comparison between CS17 and CS22 is shown. Gene expressions values with log to the base 2, FC are presented with P-Adj <0.05. UBERON:0015789, cranial or facial muscle.

LABEL:

Differential gene expression between CS17 and CS22 - Log2FC

SCORE TYPE:

Effect

THRESHOLD:

<= 0.5

GENES IN THRESHOLD:

0

DATE ADDED:

2024-02-20

DATE UPDATED:

2024-10-22

SPECIES:

AUTHORS:

Tara N Yankee, Sungryong Oh, Emma Wentworth Winchester, Andrea Wilderman, Kelsey Robinson, Tia Gordon, Jill A Rosenfeld, Jennifer VanOudenhove, Daryl A Scott, Elizabeth J Leslie, Justin Cotney

TITLE:

Integrative analysis of transcriptome dynamics during human craniofacial development identifies candidate disease genes.

JOURNAL:

Nature communications Aug 2023, Vol 14, pp. 4623

ABSTRACT:

Craniofacial disorders arise in early pregnancy and are one of the most common congenital defects. To fully understand how craniofacial disorders arise, it is essential to characterize gene expression during the patterning of the craniofacial region. To address this, we performed bulk and single-cell RNA-seq on human craniofacial tissue from 4-8 weeks post conception. Comparisons to dozens of other human tissues revealed 239 genes most strongly expressed during craniofacial development. Craniofacial-biased developmental enhancers were enriched +/- 400 kb surrounding these craniofacial-biased genes. Gene co-expression analysis revealed that regulatory hubs are enriched for known disease causing genes and are resistant to mutation in the normal healthy population. Combining transcriptomic and epigenomic data we identified 539 genes likely to contribute to craniofacial disorders. While most have not been previously implicated in craniofacial disorders, we demonstrate this set of genes has increased levels of de novo mutations in orofacial clefting patients warranting further study. PUBMED: 37532691
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