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The FGF-BMP signaling axis regulates outflow tract valve primordium formation by promoting cushion neural crest cell differentiation.
Circulation research - 12 Nov 2010
Zhang Jue, Chang Julia Y F, Huang Yanqing, Lin Xiang, Luo Yongde, Schwartz Robert J, Martin James F, Wang Fen
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RATIONALE: Heart valves develop from precursor structures called cardiac cushions, an endothelial-lined cardiac jelly that resides in the inner side of the heart tube. The cushions are then invaded by cells from different sources, undergo a series of complicated and poorly understood remodeling processes, and give rise to valves. Disruption of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling axis impairs...
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