Hippo/Yap Signaling in Cardiac Development and Regeneration

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Xiao, Yang ^a,b   Leach, John ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Martin, James F ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Cardiac regeneration; Hippo Yap signaling

Indexed keywords

HIPPO PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YAP PROTEIN;

CARDIAC REGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; REGENERATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84962662548     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-016-0461-y     Document Type: Review

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