Wnt/β-catenin signaling enables developmental transitions during valvulogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1041-1054

  Bosada, Fernanda M ^a   Devasthali, Vidusha ^a   Jones, Kimberly A ^a   Stankunas, Kryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular canal; Axin2; Chordae tendineae; Cushion mesenchyme; EMT; Heart valves; Lef1; Mitral valve; Outflow tract; Spongiosa; Tenascin; Versican; Wnt Catenin signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; AXIN; AXIN2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VALVULOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART VALVE; METABOLISM; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXIN PROTEIN; BODY PATTERNING; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART VALVES; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84960976755     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.130575     Document Type: Article

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