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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 105, 期 6, 页码 1955-1959出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709663105
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL075215, R01 HL61475, R01 HL061475] Funding Source: Medline
The Notch ligand Jagged1 (Jag1) is essential for vascular remodeling and has been linked to congenital heart disease in humans, but its precise role in various cell types of the cardiovascular system has not been extensively investigated. We show that endothelial-specific deletion of Jag1 results in embryonic lethality and cardiovascular defects, recapitulating the Jag1 null phenotype. These embryos show striking deficits in vascular smooth muscle, whereas endothelial Notch activation and arterial-venous differentiation appear normal. Endothelial Jag1 mutant embryos are phenotypically distinct from embryos in which Notch signaling is inhibited in endothelium. Together, these results imply that the primary role of endothelial Jag1 is to potentiate the development of neighboring vascular smooth muscle.
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