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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The Hedgehog signaling pathway is critical for a significant number of developmental patterning events. In this study, we focus on the defects in pharyngeal arch and cardiovascular patterning present in Sonic hedgehog (Shh) null mouse embryos. Our data indicate that, in the absence of Shh, there is general failure of the pharyngeal arch development leading to cardiac and craniofacial defects. The cardiac phenotype results from arch artery and outflow tract patterning defects, as well as abnormal development of migratory neural crest cells (NCCs). The constellation of cardiovascular defects resembles a severe form of the human birth defect syndrome tetralogy of Fallot with complete pulmonary artery atresia. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for Shh in NCC survival and proliferation at later stages of development. Our data suggest that SHH signaling does not act directly on NCCs as a survival factor, but rather acts to restrict the domains that NCCs can populate during early stages (e8.5-10.5) of cardiovascular and craniofacial development.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Branchial Region, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Endoderm, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Neural Crest, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15936751-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Sonic hedgehog is required for cardiac outflow tract and neural crest cell development.
pubmed:affiliation
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27695, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural