Cilia and coordination of signaling networks during heart development.
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SUBMITTER: Koefoed K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4049888 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Cilia and coordination of signaling networks during heart development.
Koefoed Karen K Veland Iben Rønn IR Pedersen Lotte Bang LB Larsen Lars Allan LA Christensen Søren Tvorup ST
Organogenesis 20131217 1
Primary cilia are unique sensory organelles that coordinate a wide variety of different signaling pathways to control cellular processes during development and in tissue homeostasis. Defects in function or assembly of these antenna-like structures are therefore associated with a broad range of developmental disorders and diseases called ciliopathies. Recent studies have indicated a major role of different populations of cilia, including nodal and cardiac primary cilia, in coordinating heart deve ...[more]
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