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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert E. Maxson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. A significant portion of their research addresses topics related to craniofacial disorders and treatments, cleft lip and palate research, connective tissue disorders, and dental development and anomalies. Their work also extends into trauma and emergency care studies, including abdominal trauma and injuries.

Maxson's recent publications include several studies published between 2021 and 2024. These are:

  • The developing mouse coronal suture at single-cell resolution, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Embryonic requirements for Tcf12 in the development of the mouse coronal suture, 2021, Development
  • Augmentation of BMP Signaling in Cranial Neural Crest Cells Leads to Premature Cranial Sutures Fusion through Endochondral Ossification in Mice, 2022, JBMR Plus
  • The developing mouse coronal suture at single-cell resolution, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Reverse shock index multiplied by the motor component of the Glasgow Coma Scale predicts mortality and need for intervention in pediatric trauma patients, 2024, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Their frequent co-authors include D'Juan T. Farmer, J. Gage Crump, Camilla Teng, Hana Mlčochová, and Yan Zhou. Maxson has contributed consistently to journals such as Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, JBMR Plus, and The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care.

The major topics Maxson has focused on are:

  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Abdominal Trauma and Injuries

Maxson's recognized achievements include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013. This recognition reflects their engagement within the scientific community focused on advancing understanding in genetics and molecular biology, particularly as it relates to developmental biology and medical applications.

Best Publications

  • Tissue origins and interactions in the mammalian skull vault.

    Xiaobing Jiang;Sachiko Iseki;Robert E. Maxson;Henry M. Sucov

  • Germline Competent Embryonic Stem Cells Derived from Rat Blastocysts

    Ping Li;Chang Tong;Ruty Mehrian-Shai;Li Jia

  • Msx2 deficiency in mice causes pleiotropic defects in bone growth and ectodermal organ formation.

    Ichiro Satokata;Liang Ma;Hayato Ohshima;Marianna Bei

  • Cyclic dermal BMP signalling regulates stem cell activation during hair regeneration

    Maksim V. Plikus;Julie Ann Mayer;Damon de la Cruz;Ruth E. Baker

  • A mutation in the homeodomain of the human MSX2 gene in a family affected with autosomal dominant craniosynostosis

    Ethylin Wang Jabs;Ulrich Müller;Xiang Li;Liang Ma

  • Recent advances in craniofacial morphogenesis.

    Yang Chai;Robert E. Maxson

  • Integration of FGF and TWIST in calvarial bone and suture development.

    David P. C. Rice;Thomas Åberg;Yan-Shun Chan;Zequn Tang

  • Generation of a prostate epithelial cell-specific Cre transgenic mouse model for tissue-specific gene ablation.

    Xiantuo Wu;Jian Wu;Jiapeng Huang;William C. Powell

  • Expression and Organization of Histone Genes

    Robert Maxson;Ronald Cohn;Larry Kedes;Timothy Mohun

  • Conditional inactivation of Fgf4 reveals complexity of signalling during limb bud development

    Xin Sun;Mark Lewandoski;Erik N. Meyers;Yi-Hsin Liu

  • Functional haploinsufficiency of the human homeobox gene MSX2 causes defects in skull ossification.

    Andrew O.M. Wilkie;Zequn Tang;Navaratnam Elanko;Sinead Walsh

  • Premature suture closure and ectopic cranial bone in mice expressing Msx2 transgenes in the developing skull.

    Yi Hsin Liu;Ramendra Kundu;Lanying Wu;Wen Luo

  • Conditional deletion of MSX homeobox genes in the uterus inhibits blastocyst implantation by altering uterine receptivity

    Takiko Daikoku;Jeeyeon Cha;Xiaofei Sun;Susanne Tranguch

  • Mesenchymal origin of hepatic stellate cells, submesothelial cells, and perivascular mesenchymal cells during mouse liver development

    Kinji Asahina;Shirley Y. Tsai;Peng Li;Mamoru Ishii

  • Regulation of Msx-1, Msx-2, Bmp-2 and Bmp-4 during foetal and postnatal mammary gland development

    D.J. Phippard;S.J. Weber-Hall;P.T. Sharpe;M.S. Naylor

  • Targeted Disruption in Murine Cells Reveals Variable Requirement for Smad4 in Transforming Growth Factor β-related Signaling

    Christian Sirard;Sammy Kim;Christine Mirtsos;Paul Tadich

  • The Molecular Basis of Boston-Type Craniosynostosis: The Pro148→His Mutation in the N-Terminal Arm of the MSX2 Homeodomain Stabilizes DNA Binding without Altering Nucleotide Sequence Preferences

    Liang Ma;Serge Golden;Linda Wu;Rob Maxson

  • Cell mixing at a neural crest-mesoderm boundary and deficient ephrin-Eph signaling in the pathogenesis of craniosynostosis

    Amy E. Merrill;Elena G. Bochukova;Sean M. Brugger;Mamoru Ishii

  • Orphons: Dispersed genetic elements derived from tandem repetitive genes of eucaryotes

    Geoffrey Childs;Rob Maxson;Ronald H. Cohn;Larry Kedes

  • Mutations in TCF12 , encoding a basic helix-loop-helix partner of TWIST1, are a frequent cause of coronal craniosynostosis

    Vikram P Sharma;Aimée L Fenwick;Mia S Brockop;Mia S Brockop;Simon J McGowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry M. Sucov
Henry M. Sucov Medical University of South Carolina
Malcolm L. Snead
Malcolm L. Snead University of Southern California
Larry Kedes
Larry Kedes University of Southern California
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cheng-Ming Chuong
Cheng-Ming Chuong University of Southern California
Richard L. Maas
Richard L. Maas Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yang Chai
Yang Chai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ting-Xin Jiang
Ting-Xin Jiang University of Southern California
Randall B. Widelitz
Randall B. Widelitz University of Southern California
Andrew O.M. Wilkie
Andrew O.M. Wilkie University of Oxford

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