Building and Repairing the Heart: What Can We Learn from Embryonic Development?

Mammalian heart formation is a complex morphogenetic event that depends on the correct temporal and spatial contribution of distinct cell sources. During cardiac formation, cellular specification, differentiation, and rearrangement are tightly regulated by an intricate signaling network. Over the la...

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Main Authors: Ana G. Freire, Tatiana P. Resende, Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/679168