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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 510-525Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.03.010
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- National Institutes of Health
- Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
- Leducq Foundation
- Robert A. Welch Foundation
- American Heart Association: Jon Holden DeHaan Foundation
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The heart, more than any other organ, requires precise functionality on a second-to-second basis throughout the lifespan of the organism. Even subtle perturbations in cardiac structure or function have catastrophic consequences, resulting in lethal forms of congenital and adult heart disease. Such intolerance of the heart to variability necessitates especially robust regulatory mechanisms to govern cardiac gene expression. Recent studies have revealed central roles for microRNAs (miRNAs) as governors of gene expression during cardiovascular development and disease. The integration of miRNAs into the genetic circuitry of the heart provides a rich and robust array of regulatory interactions to control cardiac gene expression. miRNA regulatory networks also offer opportunities for therapeutically modulating cardiac function through the manipulation of pathogenic and protective miRNAs. We discuss the roles of miRNAs as regulators of cardiac form and function, unresolved questions in the field, and issues for the future.
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