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Editorial
. 2009 Aug 28;105(5):406-7.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.205203.

Look who's talking: FGFs and BMPs in the proepicardium

Eric C Svensson
Editorial

Look who's talking: FGFs and BMPs in the proepicardium

Eric C Svensson. Circ Res. .
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Figure 1. Crosstalk between FGF and BMP Signaling Pathways during Proepicardial Differentiation
Proepicardial cells, likely a heterogeneous population (as indicated by shading), differentiate down the cardiomyocyte lineage in response to BMP signaling or down a non-cardiomyocyte cardiac lineage in response to FGF signaling. Further, the FGF signaling pathway is dominant over the BMP pathway as FGF signaling through ERK can block BMP-induced cardiomyocyte differentiation.
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