Partitioning the heart: Mechanisms of cardiac septation and valve development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3277-3299

  Lin, Chien Jung ^a   Lin, Chieh Yu ^a   Chen, Chen Hao ^a   Zhou, Bin ^b   Chang, Ching Pin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac septation; Congenital heart disease; Heart development; Signaling; Transcription; Valve development

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SMAD PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

AORTA VALVE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CARDIAC SEPTATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84865236011     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.063495     Document Type: Review

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