Common variation in ISL1 confers genetic susceptibility for human congenital heart disease.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth abnormality and the etiology is unknown in the overwhelming majority of cases. ISLET1 (ISL1) is a transcription factor that marks cardiac progenitor cells and generates diverse multipotent cardiovascular cell lineages. The fundamental role of I...

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Main Authors: Kristen N Stevens, Hakon Hakonarson, Cecilia E Kim, Pieter A Doevendans, Bobby P C Koeleman, Seema Mital, Jennifer Raue, Joseph T Glessner, John G Coles, Victor Moreno, Anne Granger, Stephen B Gruber, Peter J Gruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20520780/pdf/?tool=EBI