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Philippa H. Francis-West
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 8
Citations - 1500
Philippa H. Francis-West is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mesenchyme & Apical ectodermal ridge. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1453 citations.
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Local inhibitory action of BMPs and their relationships with activators in feather formation: implications for periodic patterning.
Han Sung Jung,Philippa H. Francis-West,Randall B. Widelitz,Ting-Xin Jiang,Sheree A. Ting-Berreth,Cheryll Tickle,Lewis Wolpert,Cheng-Ming Chuong +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the feather tract is initiated by a continuous stripe of Shh, Fgf-4, and Ptc expression in the epithelium, which then segregates into discrete feather primordia that are more strongly Shh and FgF-4 positive.
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Mechanisms of GDF-5 action during skeletal development.
Philippa H. Francis-West,A. Abdelfattah,Ping Chen,C. Allen,J. Parish,Raj K. Ladher,S. Allen,S. MacPherson,Frank P. Luyten,Charles W. Archer +9 more
TL;DR: The data show that levels of GDF-5 expression/activity are important in controlling the size of skeletal elements and provides a possible explanation for the variation in the severity of skeletal defects resulting from mutations in G DF-5.
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Overexpression of BMP-2 and BMP-4 alters the size and shape of developing skeletal elements in the chick limb
Delphine Duprez,Esther Bell,Michael K. Richardson,Charles W. Archer,Lewis Wolpert,Paul M. Brickell,Philippa H. Francis-West +6 more
TL;DR: Insight is provided into how BMP-2 and B MP-4 may model and control the growth of skeletal elements during normal embryonic development, suggesting roles for both molecules in recruiting non-chondrogenic precursors to chondrogenics fate.
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Activation of Fgf-4 and HoxD gene expression by BMP-2 expressing cells in the developing chick limb.
TL;DR: Results suggest that BMP-2 may be involved primarily in maintenance of the ridge, and in the link between patterning and outgrowth of the limb bud.
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Expression patterns of the bone morphogenetic protein genes Bmp-4 and Bmp-2 in the developing chick face suggest a role in outgrowth of the primordia
TL;DR: The expression of the BMP‐4 and Bmp‐2 genes in the epithelium and distal mesenchyme of the facial primordia suggests that BMP'4 andBMP‐2 may be involved in the endothelial‐mesenchymal interactions that control outgrowth of thesePrimordia.