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Bmp signaling represses Vegfa to promote outflow tract cushion development.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 2013
Bai Yan, Wang Jun, Morikawa Yuka, Bonilla-Claudio Margarita, Klysik Elzbieta, Martin James F
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a devastating anomaly that affects ∼1% of live births. Defects of the outflow tract (OFT) make up a large percentage of human CHD. We investigated Bmp signaling in mouse OFT development by conditionally deleting both Bmp4 and Bmp7 in the second heart field (SHF). SHF Bmp4/7 deficiency resulted in defective epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and reduced cardiac neural...
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