| Literature DB >> 17010937 |
Daisuke Nanba1, Yumi Kinugasa, Chie Morimoto, Michiko Koizumi, Hisako Yamamura, Katsuhito Takahashi, Nobuyuki Takakura, Eisuke Mekada, Koji Hashimoto, Shigeki Higashiyama.
Abstract
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and ErbB family molecules play a role in heart development and function. To investigate the role of EGF family member, heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) in heart development, smooth muscle and endothelial cell lineage-specific HB-EGF knockout mice were generated using the Cre/loxP system in combination with the SM22alpha or TIE2 promoter. HB-EGF knockout mice displayed enlarged heart valves, and over half of these mice died during the first postnatal week, while survivors showed cardiac hypertrophy. These results suggest that expression of HB-EGF in smooth muscle and/or endothelial cell lineages is essential for proper heart development and function in mice.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17010937 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.060
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575