Cell biology of cardiac cushion development

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 287-335

  Person, Anthony D ^a   Klewer, Scott E ^a   Runyan, Raymond B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Cell invasion; erbB3; Extracellular matrix; Notch; Transforming growth factor ; Wnt; Catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FIBRILLIN 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBULIN; GELATINASE A; HYALURONIC ACID; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROFIBROMIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLASMIN; PROTEIN FOG2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SECRETION; ENDOCARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; MIGRATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECTS; ENDOCARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 16844380290     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(05)43005-3     Document Type: Article

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