Myocardial Pitx2 differentially regulates the left atrial identity and ventricular asymmetric remodeling programs

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 813-822

  Tessari, Alessandra ^a   Pietrobon, Mara ^a   Notte, Antonella ^b   Cifelli, Giuseppe ^b   Gage, Philip J ^c   Schneider, Michael D ^d   Lembo, Giuseppe ^b   Campione, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMP10; Cardiomyocyte maturation; Conditional transgenic mouse; Heart development; Pitx2

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RNA, MESSENGER; SINOATRIAL NODE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 42049098616     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.163188     Document Type: Article

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