Mechanisms involved in valvuloseptal endocardial cushion formation in early cardiogenesis: Roles of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-127

  Nakajima, Yuji ^a   Yamagishi, Toshiyuki ^a   Hokari, Shigeru ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP; Cardiogenesis; Cushion formation; TGF

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART; MESODERM; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034141204     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000201)258:2<119::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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