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Vangl2-regulated polarisation of second heart field-derived cells is required for outflow tract lengthening during cardiac development.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Ramsbottom Simon A, Sharma Vipul, Rhee Hong Jun, Eley Lorraine, Phillips Helen M, Rigby Hannah F, Dean Charlotte, Chaudhry Bill, Henderson Deborah J
Abstract excerpt
Planar cell polarity (PCP) is the mechanism by which cells orient themselves in the plane of an epithelium or during directed cell migration, and is regulated by a highly conserved signalling pathway. Mutations in the PCP gene Vangl2, as well as in other key components of the pathway, cause a spectrum of cardiac outflow tract defects. However, it is unclear why cells within the mesodermal heart tissue require PCP...
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