Signaling during epicardium and coronary vessel development

Circulation Research

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1429-1442

  Perez Pomares, Jose Marsía ^a,b   De La Pompa, Jose Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac repair; Coronary vessels; Differentiation; Epicardium; Signaling

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPICARDIUM; FIBROBLAST; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856115740     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.245589     Document Type: Article

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