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SUBMITTER: Brown K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744947 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Kemar K Legros Stephanie S Ortega Francis A FA Dai Yunkai Y Doss Michael Xavier MX Christini David J DJ Robinson Richard B RB Foley Ann C AC
PloS one 20171227 12
In vivo, cardiomyocytes comprise a heterogeneous population of contractile cells defined by unique electrophysiologies, molecular markers and morphologies. The mechanisms directing myocardial cells to specific sub-lineages remain poorly understood. Here we report that overexpression of TGFβ-Activated Kinase (TAK1/Map3k7) in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells faithfully directs myocardial differentiation of embryoid body (EB)-derived cardiac cells toward the sinoatrial node (SAN) lineage. Most cardi ...[more]