Seq #157 Friday, 8 March 2002

9:00 AM-11:00 AM San Diego Convention Center Room 16B (Mezzanine Level), Oral Session
Suture Development and Craniosynostosis
Chairpersons: L.A. OPPERMAN and J.L. BORKE
 
1665  9:00 AM The role of sutures in frontofacial growth: Evidence from the metopic suture
L. COBAIN, S. NABIPOUR, and G. RICHARDS, University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA
1666  9:15 AM NELL-1, a CBFA-1 Modulated Gene, Simulates Human Craniosynostosis
X. ZHANG, Y.P. MIAO, H.-F. LEE, C. SOO, and K. TING, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1667  9:30 AM Negative Transcriptional Regulation of Connexin 43 by Tbx2 in Osteoblast-like Cells and Developing Rat Coronal Sutures
J.L. BORKE1, J.C. YU1, C.M. ISALES1, R.J. BOLLAG1, M.F. ORELLANA1, and J.-R. CHEN2, 1Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA, 2National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
1668  9:45 AM Msx2 is required for downregulation of M-Twist in sagittal sutures
Y.-L. YEA, W. WANG, and M.A. IGNELZI, Jr., University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, USA
1669  10:00 AM Elevated TGF-b1, TGF-b2, TGF-b3 and Msx2 expression are associated with morphogenesis of facial sutures and active bone growth from these sites
K. ADAB1, J.R. SAYNE2, D.S. CARLSON2, and L.A. OPPERMAN2, 1Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA, 2Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Dallas, USA
1670  10:15 AM Inhibition of Postoperative Resynostosis With Anti-TGF-b 2 Antibody in Craniosynostotic Rabbits
M.P. MOONEY1, H.W. LOSKEN1, A. MOURSI2, R. MITCHELL1, P. WINNARD2, O. OZERDEM1, J. BRADLEY1, K. AZARI1, O. ACARTURK1, T. CHANG1, L.A. OPPERMAN3, E. STELNICKI4, M.I. SIEGEL1, and . 5, 1University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2Ohio State University, USA, 3Baylor College of Dentistry, USA, 4Cleveland Clinic, Miami FL, USA, 5USA
1671  10:30 AM Desert hedgehog is upregulated by FGF2 in mouse calvaria
A. YAVARI1, W. WANG1, and M.A. IGNELZI, Jr.2, 1University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, USA, 2University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, USA
1672  10:45 AM Continuous versus single dose FGF2 treatment of rat calvarial osteoblasts
D. MORGAN, P.L. WINNARD, and A.M. MOURSI, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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