Characterization of SMAD3 Gene Variants for Possible Roles in Ventricular Septal Defects and Other Congenital Heart Diseases.

Nodal/TGF signaling pathway has an important effect at early stages of differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in directing them to develop into different embryonic lineages. SMAD3 is a key intracellular messenger regulating factor in the Nodal/TGF signaling pathway, playing important roles in...

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Main Authors: Fei-Feng Li, Jing Zhou, Dan-Dan Zhao, Peng Yan, Xia Li, Ying Han, Xian-Shu Li, Gui-Yu Wang, Kai-Jiang Yu, Shu-Lin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482402?pdf=render