| Literature DB >> 17161634 |
Toru Oka1, Jian Xu, Jeffery D Molkentin.
Abstract
A finite number of transcription factors constitute a combinatorial code that orchestrates cardiac development and the specification and differentiation of myocytes. Many, if not all of these same transcription factors are re-employed in the adult heart in response to disease stimuli that promote hypertrophic enlargement and/or dilated cardiomyopathy, as part of the so-called "fetal gene program". This review will discuss the transcription factors that regulate the hypertrophic growth response of the adult heart, with a special emphasis on those regulators that participate in cardiac development.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17161634 PMCID: PMC1855184 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.11.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Cell Dev Biol ISSN: 1084-9521 Impact factor: 7.727