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SWI / SNF in cardiac progenitor cell differentiation
Author(s) -
Lei Ienglam,
Liu Liu,
Sham Mai Har,
Wang Zhong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.24570
Subject(s) - research center , medical school , medicine , library science , gerontology , medical education , pathology , computer science
Cardiogenesis requires proper specification, proliferation, and differentiation of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). The differentiation of CPCs to specific cardiac cell types is likely guided by a comprehensive network comprised of cardiac transcription factors and epigenetic complexes. In this review, we describe how the ATP‐dependent chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complexes work synergistically with transcription and epigenetic factors to direct specific cardiac gene expression during CPC differentiation. Furthermore, we discuss how SWI/SNF may prime chromatin for cardiac gene expression at a genome‐wide level. A detailed understanding of SWI/SNF‐mediated CPC differentiation will provide important insight into the etiology of cardica defects and help design novel therapies for heart disease. J. Cell. Biochem. 114: 2437–2445, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.