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Rare GATA5 sequence variants identified in individuals with bicuspid aortic valve.
Pediatric research - 1 Aug 2014
Bonachea Elizabeth M, Chang Sheng-Wei, Zender Gloria, LaHaye Stephanie, Fitzgerald-Butt Sara, McBride Kim L, Garg Vidu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common type of congenital heart disease (CHD) and has a proposed genetic etiology. BAV is categorized by cusp fusion, with right-left (R-L) cusp fusion being associated with additional CHD, and right-noncoronary cusp (R-NC) fusion being associated with aortic valve dysfunction. Loss of murine Gata5, which encodes a cardiac transcription factor, results in a...
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