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Cardiac, mandibular and thymic phenotypical association indicates that cranial neural crest underlies bicuspid aortic valve formation in hamsters.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Martínez-Vargas Jessica, Ventura Jacint, Machuca Ángela, Muñoz-Muñoz Francesc, Fernández María Carmen, Soto-Navarrete María Teresa, Durán Ana Carmen, Fernández Borja
Abstract excerpt
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most prevalent human congenital cardiac malformation. It may appear isolated, associated with other cardiovascular malformations, or forming part of syndromes. Cranial neural crest (NC) defects are supposed to be the cause of the spectrum of disorders associated with syndromic BAV. Experimental studies with an inbred hamster model of isolated BAV showed that alterations in the...
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