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Cleft palate susceptibility linked to histocompatibility-2 (H-2) in the mouse

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Data have been obtained indicating that cortisone-induced cleft palate in the mouse is linked to theH-2 a complex. Cortisone (2.5 mg) was administered to pregnant females on days 11 through 14 of pregnancy. On day 17 of pregnancy, the fetuses were inspected for cleft palates. Sham experiments were done by injecting sterile saline instead of cortisone. The inbred strains, A/J and C57BL/6, and the congenic strains C57BL/10ScSn and B10.A were tested for susceptibility to cleft palate. The clefting frequency was also observed in hybrids of the congenic strains. The A/J and B10.A strains showed a characteristic high susceptibility to cleft palate (i.e., 99% and 81% incidence of cleft palate, respectively) after teratogenic treatment. The C57BL/6 and C57BL/ 10ScSn demonstrated a significant resistance to the teratogen (i.e., 25% and 21 % incidence of clefting, respectively). The teratogenic treatment of congenic hybrids indicated that maternal influences significantly affected the incidence of cleft palate formation. The maternal influence appeared to depend upon the specificH-2 haplotype of the mother.

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  1. The Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Andrus Gerontology Center, USA

    Joseph J. Bonner & Harold C. Slavkin

  2. Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 90007, Los Angeles, California

    Joseph J. Bonner & Harold C. Slavkin

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Bonner, J.J., Slavkin, H.C. Cleft palate susceptibility linked to histocompatibility-2 (H-2) in the mouse. Immunogenetics 2, 213–218 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01572289

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