An Injury-Responsive Gata4 Program Shapes the Zebrafish Cardiac Ventricle
Gupta V, Gemberling M, Karra R, Rosenfeld GE, Evans T, Poss KD. An Injury-Responsive Gata4 Program Shapes the Zebrafish Cardiac Ventricle. Current Biology 2013, 23: 1221-1227. PMID: 23791730, PMCID: PMC3759223, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular wallCortical layersNormal cardiac functionHeart regenerationHeart failureCardiac damageCardiac functionCardiac ventriclesExpression of GATA4Cellular mechanismsBiomechanical stressCardiomyocytesTransgenic inhibitionGATA4 activityMuscleVentricleZebrafish heart regenerationAdultsDynamic cellular mechanismsClonal analysisOrganismal growthDevelopmental programClonal plasticityJuvenile zebrafishGATA4