Mechanical Regulation of Cardiac Development

Mechanical forces are an essential contributor to and unavoidable component of cardiac formation, both inducing and orchestrating local and global molecular and cellular changes. Experimental animal studies have contributed substantially to understanding the mechanobiology of heart development. More...

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Main Authors: Stephanie E Lindsey, Jonathan T Butcher, Huseyin Cagatay Yalcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00318/full