Table 2 Mouse models of congenital tooth deficiency

From: Tooth number abnormality: from bench to bedside

Pathway

Mouse model

Phenotype

Reference

Wnt

Wnt7b-expressing

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

99

Fgf8CreER; Ctnnb1f/f

Tooth germ development arrested at the placode–bud transition stage

41

Osr2-creKI; Ctnnb1ex3f

Tooth germ development arrests at the cap stage

133

Osr2-IresCre; Catnbf/f

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

150

Lef1−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

37,38,39,40

Dkk1-expressing

Molar tooth germ development arrested at the lamina–early bud stage

Incisor tooth germ development arrested at the placode stage

89

K14-Dkk1 transgenic mice

Molar tooth germ development arrested at the lamina–early bud stage

134

Wnt1-Cre; Rspo3fl/−; Rspo2+/+

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

135

K14-Cre; Apccko/cko

Incisor agenesis

198

Shh

Gli2−/−; Gli3+/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the placode stage

138

Gas1−/−; Shh+/−

Premaxillary incisor agenesis

104

K14-Shh

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

199

BMP

Wnt1Cre; Bmp4f/f

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

110,141

Osr2−/−Wnt1Cre; Bmp4f/f

Supernumerary tooth germ development arrested at the placode–bud transition stage

141

Bmp4ncko/ncko Inhba−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

110

Inhba−/−

Tooth germ development arrest at the bud stage

110

K14-Cre43; Bmpr1acl/cl

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

140

Wnt1-Cre; Smad4fl/fl

Tooth germ development arrested at the lamina stage

142

K14Cre; pMes-Nog

Tooth germ development arrested at the lamina/early–bud stage

139

FGF

Fgf3−/−; Fgf10−/−

Tooth germ development arrested prior to bud stage

154

Fgfr2(IIIb)−/−

Tooth germ development arrest at the bud stage

152

K14-Cre; Fgfr2fl/fl

Retarded tooth formation

153

Eda

K14–Edar (Intermediate)

Third molar agenesis

200

Pax9+/−Eda−/−

Incisor and third molar agenesis

162

TF

P63−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the dental lamina stage

36

Krt14-Cre; Pitx2flox/flox

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

33

Msx1−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

143,144

Msx1−/− Msx2−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the dental lamina–early bud stage

145

PAX9−/−

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

159

Pax9lacZ/lacZ

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

163

Pax9neo/lacZ

Tooth germ development arrested at the bell stage

163

Pitx2Cre; Sox2F/F

Tooth germ development halted at the late bud-bell stage

32

Others

Gpr177 K14cre; Osr2−/−

Supernumerary tooth germ development arrested at the lamina/early bud stage

54

Gpr177 K14cre

Tooth germ development arrested at the early cap stage

54

Wnt1-Cre; Alk5fl/fl

Tooth germ development delayed

201

K14Cre; Ctnna1cKO

Tooth germ development arrested at the bud stage

202

EL/Sea

Third molar agenesis

203

K14-follistatin−/+

Third molar agenesis

204

K5-GR

Second and third molar agenesis

205

Pitx2-Cre; Irf6 F/F

Third molar agenesis

197

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