The T-box gene family: emerging roles in development, stem cells and cancer

VE Papaioannou - Development, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The T-box family of transcription factors exhibits widespread involvement throughout
development in all metazoans. T-box proteins are characterized by a DNA-binding motif …

Coordinating tissue interactions: Notch signaling in cardiac development and disease

JL de la Pompa, JA Epstein - Developmental cell, 2012 - cell.com
The Notch pathway is a crucial cell-fate regulator in the developing heart. Attention in the
past centered on Notch function in cardiomyocytes. However, recent advances demonstrate …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome

K Zhang, JD Hocker, M Miller, X Hou, J Chiou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Current catalogs of regulatory sequences in the human genome are still incomplete and lack
cell type resolution. To profile the activity of gene regulatory elements in diverse cell types …

Genome-wide association analyses identify new Brugada syndrome risk loci and highlight a new mechanism of sodium channel regulation in disease susceptibility

J Barc, R Tadros, C Glinge, DY Chiang, M Jouni… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in
young adults. With the exception of SCN5A, encoding the cardiac sodium channel NaV1. 5 …

Complex interdependence regulates heterotypic transcription factor distribution and coordinates cardiogenesis

L Luna-Zurita, CU Stirnimann, S Glatt, BL Kaynak… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are thought to function with partners to achieve specificity and
precise quantitative outputs. In the developing heart, heterotypic TF interactions, such as …

Antagonistic activities of Sox2 and brachyury control the fate choice of neuro-mesodermal progenitors

F Koch, M Scholze, L Wittler, D Schifferl, S Sudheer… - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
The spinal cord and mesodermal tissues of the trunk such as the vertebral column and
skeletal musculature derive from neuro-mesodermal progenitors (NMPs). Sox2, Brachyury …

Cardiogenic genes expressed in cardiac fibroblasts contribute to heart development and repair

MB Furtado, MW Costa, EA Pranoto… - Circulation …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Cardiac fibroblasts are critical to proper heart function through multiple
interactions with the myocardial compartment, but appreciation of their contribution has …

A promoter interaction map for cardiovascular disease genetics

LE Montefiori, DR Sobreira, NJ Sakabe, I Aneas… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Over 500 genetic loci have been associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs);
however, most loci are located in gene-distal non-coding regions and their target genes are …

Overview of high throughput sequencing technologies to elucidate molecular pathways in cardiovascular diseases

JM Churko, GL Mantalas, MP Snyder, JC Wu - Circulation research, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
High throughput sequencing technologies have become essential in studies on genomics,
epigenomics, and transcriptomics. Although sequencing information has traditionally been …

Evidence for mechanisms underlying the functional benefits of a myocardial matrix hydrogel for post-MI treatment

JW Wassenaar, R Gaetani, JJ Garcia… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: There is increasing need for better therapies to prevent the development of
heart failure after myocardial infarction (MI). An injectable hydrogel derived from …