Thyroid hormone drives fetal cardiomyocyte maturation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 397-408

  Chattergoon, Natasha N ^a   Giraud, George D ^a,b,c   Louey, Samantha ^a,b   Stork, Philip ^a   Fowden, Abigail L ^d   Thornburg, Kent L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

p21; Proliferation; Sheep fetus

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CYCLIN D1; LIOTHYRONINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P21; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERTROPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84855387076     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-179895     Document Type: Article

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