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 …

The formation and function of the cardiac conduction system

JH van Weerd, VM Christoffels - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
The cardiac conduction system (CCS) consists of distinctive components that initiate and
conduct the electrical impulse required for the coordinated contraction of the cardiac …

Targeting myeloid derived suppressor cells reverts immune suppression and sensitizes BRAF-mutant papillary thyroid cancer to MAPK inhibitors

P Zhang, H Guan, S Yuan, H Cheng, J Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
MAPK signaling inhibitor (MAPKi) therapies show limited efficacy for advanced thyroid
cancers despite constitutive activation of the signaling correlates with disease recurrence …

Signaling and transcriptional networks in heart development and regeneration

BG Bruneau - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The mammalian heart is the first functional organ, the first indicator of life. Its normal
formation and function are essential for fetal life. Defects in heart formation lead to …

Cardiac electrophysiology in mice: a matter of size

S Kaese, S Verheule - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, mouse models have become a popular instrument for studying cardiac
arrhythmias. This review assesses in which respects a mouse heart is a miniature human …

Identification and functional characterization of cardiac pacemaker cells in zebrafish

F Tessadori, JH van Weerd, SB Burkhard, AO Verkerk… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
In the mammalian heart a conduction system of nodes and conducting cells generates and
transduces the electrical signals evoking myocardial contractions. Specialized pacemaker …

Genetic variation in T-box binding element functionally affects SCN5A/SCN10A enhancer

M Van den Boogaard, LYE Wong… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The contraction pattern of the heart relies on the activation and conduction of the electrical
impulse. Perturbations of cardiac conduction have been associated with congenital and …

Transcriptional regulation of the cardiac conduction system

VWW van Eif, HD Devalla, GJJ Boink… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The rate and rhythm of heart muscle contractions are coordinated by the cardiac conduction
system (CCS), a generic term for a collection of different specialized muscular tissues within …

T-box transcription factor TBX3 reprogrammes mature cardiac myocytes into pacemaker-like cells

ML Bakker, GJJ Boink, BJ Boukens… - Cardiovascular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aim Treatment of disorders of the sinus node or the atrioventricular node requires insights
into the molecular mechanisms of development and homoeostasis of these pacemaker …

TBX5 drives Scn5a expression to regulate cardiac conduction system function

DE Arnolds, F Liu, JP Fahrenbach… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cardiac conduction system (CCS) disease, which results in disrupted conduction and
impaired cardiac rhythm, is common with significant morbidity and mortality. Current …