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Genetic and epigenetic regulation of cardiomyocytes in development, regeneration and disease

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Cui, Miao, Wang, Zhaoning, Bassel-Duby, Rhonda, Olson, Eric N.·2018·Development

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Embryonic and postnatal life depend on the uninterrupted function of cardiac muscle cells. These cells, termed cardiomyocytes, display many fascinating behaviors, including complex morphogenic movements, interactions with other cell types of the heart, persistent contractility and quiescence after birth. Each of these behaviors depends on complex interactions between both cardiac-restricted and widely expressed transcription factors, as well as on epigenetic modifications. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the genetic and epigenetic control of cardiomyocyte differentiation and proliferation during heart development, regeneration and disease. We focus on those regulators that are required for both heart development and disease, and highlight the regenerative principles that might be manipulated to restore function to the injured adult heart.

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  • The heart begins to beat and pump blood on embryonic day 8 in mice, 10 in rats and 22 in humans.

    “The heart begins to beat and pump blood, its primary function, on embryonic day 8 in mice, 10 in rats and 22 in humans [35].”

    From Recent Experimental Studies of Maternal Obesity, Diabetes during Pregnancy and the Developmental Origins of Cardiovascular Disease (2022) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Introduction states that a beating heart tube has formed by embryonic day 8 in mice, supporting the mouse heartbeat timing. It does not give the claimed day 10 timing for rats or day 22 timing for humans, or explicitly date the onset of blood pumping to those days. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Cardiogenesis begins on embryonic day 6.5 in mice, 8.5 in rats and 18-19 in humans.

    “Cardiogenesis begins on embryonic day 6.5 in mice, 8.5 in rats and 18–19 in humans.”

    From Recent Experimental Studies of Maternal Obesity, Diabetes during Pregnancy and the Developmental Origins of Cardiovascular Disease (2022) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Introduction states that cardiogenesis begins around embryonic day 6.5 in mice. It does not give a starting day for rats or humans; the cited paper therefore supports only the mouse part of the claim. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Cui, M., Wang, Z., Bassel-Duby, R., & Olson, E. N.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, and Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Molecular Biology , , 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390 , USA
Venue
Development
Published
2018-12-15
Volume
145
Issue
24
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2906576036
Cited by
92
References
155
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5
FWCI
0.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (AR-067294)
  • Fondation Leducq
  • Welch Foundation (1-0025)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Keywords
cardiomyocytes, heart development, cardiac regeneration, heart disease, epigenetic regulation, transcription factors, cardiomyocyte differentiation, cardiomyocyte proliferation, cardiac morphogenesis
MeSH terms
Animals, Heart, Heart Diseases, Humans, Regeneration, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Myocytes, Cardiac, Epigenesis, Genetic

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