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Common variation in ISL1 confers genetic susceptibility for human congenital heart disease.
PloS one - 26 May 2010
Stevens Kristen N, Hakonarson Hakon, Kim Cecilia E, Doevendans Pieter A, Koeleman Bobby P C, Mital Seema, Raue Jennifer, Glessner Joseph T, Coles John G, Moreno Victor, Granger Anne, Gruber Stephen B, Gruber Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth abnormality and the etiology is unknown in the overwhelming majority of cases. ISLET1 (ISL1) is a transcription factor that marks cardiac progenitor cells and generates diverse multipotent cardiovascular cell lineages. The fundamental role o...
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