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Variants in the Regulatory Region of WNT5A Reduced Risk of Cardiac Conotruncal Malformations in the Chinese Population.
Scientific reports - 17 Aug 2015
Li Peiqiang, Li Haijie, Zheng Yufang, Qiao Bin, Duan Wenyuan, Huang Lijuan, Liu Weiqi, Wang Hongyan
Abstract excerpt
WNT5A is one of the most highly investigated non-canonical Wnt ligands and is involved in the embryonic heart development, especially in formation of the cardiac conotruncal region by regulating the migration and differentiation of cardiac neural crest (CNC) and second heart field (SHF) cells. No study to date has comprehensively characterized the WNT5A regulatory variants in patients with congenital heart...
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