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Vesa Kaartinen is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these areas, their work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Rheumatology, and Oral Surgery.

Their research addresses several topics, notably:

  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases

Vesa Kaartinen has published frequently in various journals and publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bone Research
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Vesa Kaartinen include:

  • Functional redundancy of type I and type II receptors in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth by myostatin and activin A, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The induction and function of the anti-inflammatory fate of TH17 cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A unique form of collective epithelial migration is crucial for tissue fusion in the secondary palate and can overcome loss of epithelial apoptosis, 2022, Development
  • Control of craniofacial development by the collagen receptor, discoidin domain receptor 2, 2023, eLife
  • Hedgehog signalling controls sinoatrial node development and atrioventricular cushion formation, 2021, Open Biology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Vesa Kaartinen include:

  • Renny T. Franceschi
  • Fatma F. Mohamed
  • Ghazi-Abdullah Saroya
  • Christopher Panaretos
  • Greggory Myers

Best Publications

  • Abnormal lung development and cleft palate in mice lacking TGF-beta 3 indicates defects of epithelial-mesenchymal interaction.

    Vesa Kaartinen;Jan Willem Voncken;Charles Shuler;David Warburton

  • A Poised Chromatin Platform for TGF-β Access to Master Regulators

    Qiaoran Xi;Zhanxin Wang;Alexia Ileana Zaromytidou;Xiang H.F. Zhang

  • BCR/ABL P210 and P190 cause distinct leukemia in transgenic mice

    Jan Willem Voncken;Vesa Kaartinen;Paul K. Pattengale;Wilfred T.V. Germeraad

  • ALK5- and TGFBR2-independent role of ALK1 in the pathogenesis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2

    Sung Ok Park;Young Jae Lee;Tsugio Seki;Kwon-Ho Hong

  • Craniofacial defects in mice lacking BMP type I receptor Alk2 in neural crest cells.

    Marek Dudas;Somyoth Sridurongrit;Andre Nagy;Kenji Okazaki

  • Increased neutrophil respiratory burst in bcr-null mutants

    Jan Willem Voncken;Hermien van Schaick;Vesa Kaartinen;Kathleen Deemer

  • Abr and Bcr are multifunctional regulators of the Rho GTP-binding protein family

    T H Chuang;X Xu;X Xu;V Kaartinen;N Heisterkamp

  • Transforming growth factor‐β3 regulates transdifferentiation of medial edge epithelium during palatal fusion and associated degradation of the basement membrane

    Vesa Kaartinen;Xiao Mei Cui;Nora Heisterkamp;John Groffen

  • Cardiac outflow tract defects in mice lacking ALK2 in neural crest cells

    Vesa Kaartinen;Marek Dudas;Andre Nagy;Somyoth Sridurongrit

  • TGF-β3-induced Palatogenesis Requires Matrix Metalloproteinases

    Laurence Blavier;Alisa Lazaryev;John Groffen;Nora Heisterkamp

  • Fibrillin controls TGF-beta activation.

    Vesa Kaartinen;David Warburton

  • Modulation of morphogenesis by noncanonical Wnt signaling requires ATF/CREB family–mediated transcriptional activation of TGFβ2

    Wenlai Zhou;Lizhu Lin;Arindam Majumdar;Xue Li

  • Atrioventricular cushion transformation is mediated by ALK2 in the developing mouse heart.

    Jikui Wang;Somyoth Sridurongrit;Somyoth Sridurongrit;Marek Dudas;Marek Dudas;Penny Thomas;Penny Thomas

  • Signaling via the Tgf-beta type I receptor Alk5 in heart development.

    Somyoth Sridurongrit;Jonas Larsson;Robert Schwartz;Pilar Ruiz-Lozano

  • Activin-dependent signaling in fibro/adipogenic progenitors causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

    John B. Lees-Shepard;Masakazu Yamamoto;Arpita A. Biswas;Sean J. Stoessel

  • Epithelial and ectomesenchymal role of the type I TGF-beta receptor ALK5 during facial morphogenesis and palatal fusion.

    Marek Dudas;Jieun Kim;Wai Yee Li;Andre Nagy

  • Cellular interactions of CRKL, and SH2-SH3 adaptor protein

    J ten Hoeve;V Kaartinen;Thoas Fioretos;L Haataja

  • Palatal fusion - where do the midline cells go? A review on cleft palate, a major human birth defect.

    Marek Dudas;Wai Yee Li;Jieun Kim;Alex Yang

  • Formation and Differentiation of Multiple Mesenchymal Lineages during Lung Development Is Regulated by β-catenin Signaling

    Stijn P. De Langhe;Gianni Carraro;Denise Tefft;Changgong Li

  • Functional Redundancy of TGF-beta Family Type I Receptors and Receptor-Smads in Mediating Anti-Müllerian Hormone-Induced Müllerian Duct Regression in the Mouse

    G. D Orvis;S. P Jamin;S. P Jamin;K. M Kwan;K. M Kwan;Y Mishina

Frequent Co-Authors

John Groffen
John Groffen Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Nora Heisterkamp
Nora Heisterkamp Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Yuji Mishina
Yuji Mishina University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Warburton
David Warburton University of Southern California
Ernst Wagner
Ernst Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kurt Miller
Kurt Miller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Saverio Bellusci
Saverio Bellusci University of Giessen
Parviz Minoo
Parviz Minoo Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Chu-Xia Deng
Chu-Xia Deng University of Macau

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