The formation and function of the cardiac conduction system
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- Jan Hendrik van Weerd
- Department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Vincent M. Christoffels
- Department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
Description
<jats:p>The cardiac conduction system (CCS) consists of distinctive components that initiate and conduct the electrical impulse required for the coordinated contraction of the cardiac chambers. CCS development involves complex regulatory networks that act in stage-, tissue- and dose-dependent manners, and recent findings indicate that the activity of these networks is sensitive to common genetic variants associated with cardiac arrhythmias. Here, we review how these findings have provided novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms and transcriptional networks underlying CCS formation and function.</jats:p>
Journal
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- Development
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Development 143 (2), 197-210, 2016-01-15
The Company of Biologists
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1363388844901217152
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- ISSN
- 14779129
- 09501991
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- Data Source
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- Crossref