Structure and function of the hearts of lizards and snakes

B Jensen, AFM Moorman, T Wang - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
With approximately 7000 species, snakes and lizards, collectively known as squamates, are
by far the most species‐rich group of reptiles. It was from reptile‐like ancestors that …

Control of cardiac jelly dynamics by NOTCH1 and NRG1 defines the building plan for trabeculation

G del Monte-Nieto, M Ramialison, AAS Adam, B Wu… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
In vertebrate hearts, the ventricular trabecular myocardium develops as a sponge-like
network of cardiomyocytes that is critical for contraction and conduction, ventricular …

An interactive three-dimensional digital atlas and quantitative database of human development

BS de Bakker, KH de Jong, J Hagoort, K de Bree… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The basic human body plan, the arrangement of organs in the body, is laid
down during embryonic development. Insight into the formation of this plan informs …

Sequential Notch activation regulates ventricular chamber development

G D'Amato, G Luxán, G del Monte-Nieto… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Ventricular chambers are essential for the rhythmic contraction and relaxation occurring in
every heartbeat throughout life. Congenital abnormalities in ventricular chamber formation …

Protocols for generating surfaces and measuring 3D organelle morphology using amira

E Garza-Lopez, Z Vue, P Katti, K Neikirk, M Biete… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
High-resolution 3D images of organelles are of paramount importance in cellular biology.
Although light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have provided the …

[HTML][HTML] Growth of the developing mouse heart: an interactive qualitative and quantitative 3D atlas

BA de Boer, G van den Berg, PAJ de Boer… - Developmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Analysis of experiments aimed at understanding the genetic mechanisms of differentiation
and growth of the heart, calls for detailed insights into cardiac growth and proliferation rate of …

A caudal proliferating growth center contributes to both poles of the forming heart tube

G van den Berg, R Abu-Issa, BA de Boer… - Circulation …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Recent studies have shown that the primary heart tube continues to grow by addition of cells
from the coelomic wall. This growth occurs concomitantly with embryonic folding and …

Formation of the building plan of the human heart: morphogenesis, growth, and differentiation

A Sizarov, J Ya, BA de Boer, WH Lamers… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
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The growth pattern of the human intestine and its mesentery

JHM Soffers, JPJM Hikspoors, HK Mekonen… - BMC developmental …, 2015 - Springer
Background It remains unclear to what extent midgut rotation determines human intestinal
topography and pathology. We reinvestigated the midgut during its looping and herniation …

The BMP antagonist follistatin-like 1 is required for skeletal and lung organogenesis

M Sylva, VSW Li, AAA Buffing, JH van Es… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Follistatin-like 1 (Fstl1) is a secreted protein of the BMP inhibitor class. During development,
expression of Fstl1 is already found in cleavage stage embryos and becomes gradually …