Genetic and epigenetic regulation of cardiomyocytes in development, regeneration and disease.
Miao CuiZhaoning WangRhonda Bassel-DubyEric N OlsonPublished in: Development (Cambridge, England) (2018)
Embryonic and postnatal life depend on the uninterrupted function of cardiac muscle cells. These cells, termed cardiomyocytes, display many fascinating behaviors, including complex morphogenic movements, interactions with other cell types of the heart, persistent contractility and quiescence after birth. Each of these behaviors depends on complex interactions between both cardiac-restricted and widely expressed transcription factors, as well as on epigenetic modifications. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the genetic and epigenetic control of cardiomyocyte differentiation and proliferation during heart development, regeneration and disease. We focus on those regulators that are required for both heart development and disease, and highlight the regenerative principles that might be manipulated to restore function to the injured adult heart.
Keyphrases
- stem cells
- induced apoptosis
- heart failure
- transcription factor
- cell cycle arrest
- dna methylation
- atrial fibrillation
- gene expression
- left ventricular
- genome wide
- signaling pathway
- cell therapy
- mesenchymal stem cells
- preterm infants
- single cell
- oxidative stress
- cell death
- pregnant women
- young adults
- dna binding
- venous thromboembolism
- wound healing