Zebrafish models in cardiac development and congenital heart birth defects

Differentiation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  Tu, Shu ^a   Chi, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular mechanisms; High resolution in vivo imaging; Model organism

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BRG1 PROTEIN; CONNECTIN; EPHRIN B2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SYNDECAN 2; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VERSICAN; WNT PROTEIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BIRTH DEFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; ORGANOGENESIS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863106462     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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