Growth plasticity of the embryonic and fetal heart

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1288-1298

  Drenckhahn, Jörg Detlef ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac growth; Cardiomyocyte proliferation; Fetal programming; Heart development; Heart regeneration

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PRELOAD; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SIZE; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; LITTER SIZE; MORPHOGENESIS; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 73149112832     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900065     Document Type: Review

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