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Outflow tract cushions perform a critical valve-like function in the early embryonic heart requiring BMPRIA-mediated signaling in cardiac neural crest.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Nov 2009
Nomura-Kitabayashi Aya, Phoon Colin K L, Kishigami Satoshi, Rosenthal Julie, Yamauchi Yasutaka, Abe Kuniya, Yamamura Ken-ichi, Samtani Rajeev, Lo Cecilia W, Mishina Yuji
Abstract excerpt
Neural crest-specific ablation of BMP type IA receptor (BMPRIA) causes embryonic lethality by embryonic day (E) 12.5, and this was previously postulated to arise from a myocardial defect related to signaling by a small population of cardiac neural crest cells (cNCC) in the epicardium. However, as BMP signaling via cNCC is also required for proper development of the outflow tract cushions, precursors to the...
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