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Prevention of congenital heart anomalies: the secret kept by embryonic stem cells

AoS. Prevention of congenital heart anomalies

CITED2 is a transcriptional modulator involved in the regulation of the expression of many other genes in vertebrates. At very early stages of embryo development, CITED2 is particularly important for heart formation, a process also termed cardiogenesis.