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Xapelin and Xmsr are required for cardiovascular development in Xenopus laevis.
Developmental biology - 1 Oct 2006
Inui Masafumi, Fukui Akimasa, Ito Yuzuru, Asashima Makoto
Abstract excerpt
The cardiovascular development is the elaborate process, and despite the extensive studies, the mechanisms underlying endothelial, hematopoietic, and cardiac developments, as well as the interrelation between these processes, are not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrated that Xenopus apelin and Xmsr play pivotal roles in cardiovascular development. Apelin is a recently identified ligand for an orphan...
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