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Hyperplastic conotruncal endocardial cushions and transposition of great arteries in perlecan-null mice.
Circulation research - 26 Jul 2002
Costell Mercedes, Carmona Rita, Gustafsson Erika, González-Iriarte Mauricio, Fässler Reinhard, Muñoz-Chápuli Ramón
Abstract excerpt
Perlecan is a heparan-sulfate proteoglycan abundantly expressed in pericellular matrices and basement membranes during development. Inactivation of the perlecan gene in mice is lethal at two developmental stages: around E10 and around birth. We report a high incidence of malformations of the cardiac outflow tract in perlecan-deficient embryos. Complete transposition of great arteries was diagnosed in 11 out of 15...
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