Gremlin enhances the determined path to cardiomyogenesis.

<h4>Background</h4>The critical event in heart formation is commitment of mesodermal cells to a cardiomyogenic fate, and cardiac fate determination is regulated by a series of cytokines. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and fibroblast growth factors have been shown to be involved in th...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Kami, Ichiro Shiojima, Hatsune Makino, Kenji Matsumoto, Yoriko Takahashi, Ryuga Ishii, Atsuhiko T Naito, Masashi Toyoda, Hirohisa Saito, Masatoshi Watanabe, Issei Komuro, Akihiro Umezawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18545679/pdf/?tool=EBI