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Bmp2 is essential for cardiac cushion epithelial-mesenchymal transition and myocardial patterning.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 2005
Ma Lijiang, Lu Mei-Fang, Schwartz Robert J, Martin James F
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac cushion development provides a valuable system to investigate epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), a fundamental process in development and tumor progression. In the atrioventricular (AV) canal, endocardial cells lining the heart respond to a myocardial-derived signal, undergo EMT, and contribute to cushion mesenchyme. Here, we inactivated bone morphogenetic protein 2 (Bmp2) in the AV myocardium of...
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