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In the developing stomach, BARX1 induces the mesenchymal expression of secreted Wnt antagonists (sFRP1 and sFRP2) that dampen endodermal Wnt activity, thereby permitting stomach‐specific epithelial differentiation and preventing transformation toward an intestinal phenotype."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "1"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Similar mechanisms extend to the regulation of foregut patterning—including proper tracheo–esophageal septation—as adjacent mesodermal regions express BARX1 to guide gut histodifferentiation."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "3"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " In craniofacial and odontogenic development, BARX1 expression in the mesenchyme is critical; for example, perturbations in upstream regulators such as ISL1 alter BARX1 levels and disrupt molar tooth formation."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "4"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " In addition, BARX1 has been implicated in skeletal differentiation, where its transcription is directly repressed by an AP2α–YAP complex, thereby alleviating the inhibitory effect on RUNX2 activity and modulating osteogenic potential."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "5"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Its expression is further refined by epigenetic mechanisms; for instance, miR-7a and miR-203 target the BARX1 3′UTR to suppress its expression during gastrointestinal development."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "6"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Genetic association studies have also revealed that variants in or near BARX1 confer an increased risk for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "7"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ", while additional studies indicate that neural crest–derived regulatory networks, via factors such as GATA4, directly modulate BARX1 expression to influence craniofacial morphogenesis."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "8"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Moreover, BARX1 is involved in intestinal rotation and stomach myogenesis by promoting a proliferation program within myogenic progenitors and by influencing intermediary transcription factors."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "9"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Collectively, these findings underscore that BARX1 functions as a key mesenchymal determinant whose tightly regulated expression is essential for the correct patterning and differentiation of the gastrointestinal tract as well as several craniofacial structures.\n "}]}, {"type": "rg", "children": [{"type": "r", "ref": 1, "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "Byeong-Moo Kim, Georg Buchner, Isabelle Miletich, et al. 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