Wnt signaling in the heart fields: Variations on a common theme

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 294-306

  Ruiz Villalba, Adrián ^a   Hoppler, Stefan ^b   van den Hoff, Maurice J B ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac growth; Cardiomyocyte differentiation; Cardiovascular development; Epicardial develompent; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; CARDIAC STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL STIMULATION; FIRST HEART FIELD; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; NONCANONICAL WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND HEART FIELD; THIRD HEART FIELD; VERTEBRATE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEART; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84957969419     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24372     Document Type: Review

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