Signal regulation and heart development

Author: Wu Xiushan
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: In the 1990s, significant breakthroughs were achieved internationally in the study of genes and signaling pathways that regulate heart development. Subsequently, research in this field has advanced rapidly, with a dramatic increase in the number of publications. In contrast, research on heart development in China has only just begun, and there is a severe lack of resources, making it urgent to have a specialized book introducing heart development and its molecular mechanisms. The editor-in-chief of this book had the privilege of experiencing and participating in the rapid development of international research on the molecular mechanisms of heart development during his postdoctoral studies at the University of Michigan in the early 1990s. Combining his own research achievements over the past decade in Europe, America, and China, the editor has compiled the regulatory genes and signaling pathways related to heart development into this book, aiming to systematically introduce the molecular mechanisms of heart development. University teachers, students, and researchers in the fields of developmental biology, neurobiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and others, as well as medical professionals engaged in heart treatment and related research, will find the essential basic research materials they urgently need in this book, which can then serve as a key to solving practical challenges in their work.