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Retinoic Acid Signaling and Heart Development

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The Biochemistry of Retinoid Signaling III

Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry ((SCBI,volume 95))

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As the first organ to form and function in all vertebrates, the heart is crucial to development. Tightly-regulated levels of retinoic acid (RA) are critical for the establishment of the regulatory networks that drive normal cardiac development. Thus, the heart is an ideal organ to investigate RA signaling, with much work remaining to be done in this area. Herein, we highlight the role of RA signaling in vertebrate heart development and provide an overview of the field’s inception, its current state, and in what directions it might progress so that it may yield fruitful insight for therapeutic applications within the domain of regenerative medicine.

Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable – Wizard of Oz.

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Abbreviations

ALPM:

Anterior Lateral Plate Mesoderm

A-P:

Anterior-Posterior

ASD:

Atrial Septal Defect

AVSD:

Atrioventricular Septal Defect

ATRA:

All-trans Retinoic Acid

CHD:

Congenital Heart Disease

CM:

Cardiomyocytes

DGS:

DiGeorge syndrome

DORV:

Double Outlet Right Ventricle

EMT:

Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

FHF:

First Heart Field

KO:

Knock Out

OFT:

Outflow Tract

PTA:

Persistent Truncus Arteriosus

RA:

Retinoic Acid

RAR:

Retinoid Acid Receptor

RARE:

Retinoic Acid Response Elements

RXR:

Retinoid X Receptor

SHF:

Second Heart Field

TGA:

Transposition of the great arteries

VA:

Vitamin A

VAD:

Vitamin A Deficiency

VSD:

Ventricular Septal Defect

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Perl, E., Waxman, J.S. (2020). Retinoic Acid Signaling and Heart Development. In: Asson-Batres, M., Rochette-Egly, C. (eds) The Biochemistry of Retinoid Signaling III. Subcellular Biochemistry, vol 95. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42282-0_5

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