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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
A population of ventrally emigrating neural tube cells has been shown to migrate along the vagus nerve and contribute to the development of the gastrointestinal tract. Since the vagus also goes to the heart, we sought to determine if these cells migrated into the heart. Neural tube cells were tagged with replication-deficient retroviral vectors containing the LacZ gene, to permanently label their progeny. The virus was microinjected into the lumen of the caudal hindbrain of chick embryos on day 2. Embryos were later processed for the detection of LacZ positive cells. Labeled cells were initially confined to the neural tube. Later, they migrated in association with the vagus nerve into the heart, where they were located in the myocardium. Labeled cells were identified as cardiac muscle cells of non-neural crest origin, with specific markers. It is concluded that some cardiac muscle cells differentiate from the neural tube cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
601-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Ventrally emigrating neural tube cells differentiate into heart muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 30912, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.