The role of Wnt signalling in cardiac development and tissue remodelling in the mature heart

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-209

  Brade, Thomas ^a   Männer, Jörg ^b   Kühl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Cardiac morphogenesis; Cardiac remodelling; Cardiac specification; Frizzled; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROTEIN WNT 10A; PROTEIN WNT 10B; PROTEIN WNT 14; PROTEIN WNT 2B; PROTEIN WNT 5B; PROTEIN WNT 7A; PROTEIN WNT 8; PROTEIN WNT 8C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HUMAN; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; VERTEBRATES; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33749435799     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.06.025     Document Type: Review

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