Protein Information

Name Nkx2.5
Synonyms AMCD2B; CSX 1; CSX1; NKX2.5; NKX2E; DA2B; FSSV; Slow skeletal muscle troponin T…

Compound Information

Name SMA
CAS sodium 2-chloroacetate

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
19395679 Hu B, Wu YM, Wu Z, Phan SH: Nkx2.5/Csx represses myofibroblast differentiation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2010 Feb;42(2):218-26. Epub 2009 Apr 24.

Consistent with the mutagenesis studies, ectopically induced expression of Nkx2.5 inhibited alpha-SMA gene expression.
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19246878 Zhang X, Zhang CS, Liu YC, Yang XQ, Xiong SH, Wen Y, Jiang EP, Li R, Zhang ZY, Liu F, Ye Y: Isolation, culture and characterization of cardiac progenitor cells derived from human embryonic heart tubes. Cells Tissues Organs. 2009;190(4):194-208. Epub 2009 Feb 23.


To provide more evidence for embryonic heart-derived stem/progenitor cells, Nkx2.5+ human cardiac progenitorcells (hCPCs) were isolated and cloned from human heart tubes.
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