title: Fate map of early avian cardiac progenitor cells.
abstract: Cardiogenic fate maps are used to address questions on commitment, differentiation, morphogenesis and organogenesis of the heart. Recently, the accuracy of classical cardiogenic fate maps has been questioned, raising concerns about the conclusions drawn in studies based on these maps. We present accurate fate maps of the heart-forming region (HFR) in avian embryos and show that the putative cardiogenic molecular markers Bmp2 and Nkx2.5 do not govern the boundaries of the HFR as suggested in the literature. Moreover, this paper presents the first fate map of the HFR at stage 4 and addresses a void in the literature concerning rostrocaudal patterning of heart cells between stages 4 and 8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Redkar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Litvin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D019521:Body Patterning; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002642:Chick Embryo; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology*; D000072576:Homeobox Protein Nkx-2.5; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008648:Mesoderm; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D000072576:Homeobox Protein Nkx-2.5; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C095552:NKX2-5 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D029867:Xenopus Proteins