Publications

Yu K, Herr AB, Waksman G, Ornitz DM (2000). Loss of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 ligand-binding specificity in Apert syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97(26): 14536-41. PMC18954


Yu K, Ornitz DM (2001). Uncoupling fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 ligand binding specificity leads to Apert syndrome-like phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98(7): 3641-3. PMC33332


Yu K, Xu J, Liu Z, Sosic D, Shao J, Olson EN, Towler DA, Ornitz DM (2003). Conditional inactivation of FGF receptor 2 reveals an essential role for FGF signaling in the regulation of osteoblast function and bone growth. Development 130(13): 3063-74. PMID: 12756187


Hung IH, Yu K, Lavine KJ, Ornitz DM (2007). FGF9 regulates early hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation and skeletal vascularization in the developing stylopod. Dev Biol 307(2): 300-13. PMC2267922  


Yu K, Ornitz DM (2008). FGF signaling regulates mesenchymal differentiation and skeletal patterning along the limb bud proximodistal axis. Development 135(3): 483-91. PMID: 18094024


Snyder-Warwick AK, Perlyn CA, Pan J, Yu K, Zhang L, Ornitz DM (2010). Analysis of a gain-of-function FGFR2 Crouzon mutation provides evidence of loss of function activity in the etiology of cleft palate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(6): 2515-20. PMCID: PMC2823872


Yu K, Ornitz DM (2011). Histomorphological study of palatal shelf elevation during murine secondary palate formation. Dev Dyn 240(7): 1737-44. PMC3275090


Yu K, Karuppaiah K, Ornitz DM (2015). Mesenchymal fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling regulates palatal shelf elevation during secondary palate formation. Dev Dyn 244(11): 1427-38. PMC4619180


Karuppaiah K, Yu K, Lim J, Chen J, Smith C, Long F, Ornitz DM (2016). FGF signaling in the osteoprogenitor lineage non-autonomously regulates postnatal chondrocyte proliferation and skeletal growth. Development 143(10): 1811-22. PMC4874483


Yu K, Deng M, Naluai-Cecchini T, Glass IA, Cox TC (2017). Differences in oral structure and tissue interactions during mouse vs. human palatogenesis: Implications for the translation of findings from mice. Front. Physiol. 8:154. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00154