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ReviewMolecular and cellular biochemistry2018

Regulation of cardiac myocyte cell death and differentiation by myocardin.

Joseph W Gordon

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Review in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph W GordonDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, 715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. joseph.gordon@umanitoba.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-2168
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocardin is a cardiac- and smooth muscle-enriched transcriptional co-activator that was originally described as an interacting partner of the serum response factor. Shortly after myocardin's discovery, a wealth of published literature described the role of myocardin as a regulator of smooth muscle differentiation and phenotype modulation, while gene-targeting studies confirmed the essential role of myocardin in vascular development. More recently, myocardin has been implicated as an important regulator of cardiac myocyte differentiation in studies demonstrating direct programming of fibroblasts towards the cardiac lineage. This function of myocardin has been attributed to its physical interaction with cardiac-enriched transcription factors such as MEF2C, GATA4, and TBX5. Moreover, conditional knockout models have revealed a critical role for myocardin during cardiac chamber maturation, and a surprising function for myocardin in the regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation, cell death, and possibly mitochondrial function. This review summarizes the literature surrounding the cardiac-specific roles of myocardin during development and post-natal cardiac remodeling. In addition, we take a bioinformatics and computational approach to discuss known and predicted interactions and biological functions of myocardin, which suggests areas for future research.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DeathCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationFibroblastsHumansMitochondria, HeartMyocardinMyocytes, CardiacNuclear ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsMyocardinNuclear ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsCardiac developmentHeartHeart diseaseMyocardin

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PMID28631251
OpenAlexW2630164044

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