Article
Tetralogy of fallot and other congenital heart defects in Hey2 mutant mice.
Current biology : CB - 17 Sept 2002
Donovan Jena, Kordylewska Anna, Jan Yuh Nung, Utset Manuel F
Abstract excerpt
Congenital malformations of the heart and circulatory system are the most common type of human birth defect. Recent studies have implicated the Notch signaling pathway in human cardiac development by demonstrating abnormalities of the JAG1 gene as the basis for Alagille syndrome and some cases of isolated tetralogy of Fallot or pulmonic stenosis. How the Notch pathway acts in cardiac development remains unknown,...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Gene Targeting
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Jagged-1 Protein
- Lac Operon
- Membrane Proteins
