ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2020
The Role of Transcription Factor 21 in Epicardial Cell Differentiation and the Development of Coronary Heart Disease.
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- Association Between CYP2D7 and TCF20 Polymorphisms and Coronary Heart Disease.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2024Article
- Non-coding variants impact cis-regulatory coordination in a cell type-specific manner.Genome biology · 2024Article
- Transcription factor Tcf21 modulates urinary bladder size and differentiation.Development, growth & differentiation · 2024Article
- Spatiotemporal signaling underlies progressive vascular rarefaction in myocardial infarction.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Novel Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms Governing Embryonic Epicardium Formation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Review
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- Cre-loxP-mediated genetic lineage tracing: Unraveling cell fate and origin in the developing heart.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Sustained correction of hippocampal neurogenic and cognitive deficits after a brief treatment by Nutlin-3 in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Molecular Determinants during Cardiogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Identification of enhancer regulatory elements that direct epicardial gene expression during zebrafish heart regeneration.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
- CDH18 is a fetal epicardial biomarker regulating differentiation towards vascular smooth muscle cells.NPJ Regenerative medicine · 2022Article
- Epicardium-Derived Tbx18Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Transcription factor 21 (TCF21) is specific for mesoderm and is expressed in the embryos' mesenchymal derived tissues, such as the epicardium. It plays a vital role in regulating cell differentiation and cell fate specificity through epithelial-mesenchymal transformation during cardiac development. For instance, TCF21 could promote cardiac fibroblast development and inhibit vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) differentiation of epicardial cells. Recent large-scale genome-wide association studies have identified a mass of loci associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). There is mounting evidence that TCF21 polymorphism might confer genetic susceptibility to CHD. However, the molecular mechanisms of TCF21 in heart development and CHD remain fundamentally problematic. In this review, we are committed to providing a detailed introduction of the biological roles of TCF21 in epicardial fate determination and the development of CHD.
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