A molecular and genetic outline of cardiac morphogenesis

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 588-615

  Rana, M S ^a   Christoffels, V M ^a   Moorman, A F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial pole; Cardiac progenitor cells; Heart development; Second heart field; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CRE RECOMBINASE; EOMESODERMIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GATA PROTEIN; HAND PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PATCHED; RETINOIC ACID; RHO KINASE; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS VENOSUS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84874691430     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12061     Document Type: Review

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