The cardiac pacemaker and conduction system develops from embryonic myocardium that retains its primitive phenotype

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-15

  Bakker, Martijn L ^a   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AV node; conduction system; development; gene expression; heart; sinus node

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR A; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS NODE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77955230192     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181e775d3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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