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Min Min Lu

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1 Postnatal isl1+ cardioblasts enter fully differentiated cardiomyocyte lineages. Nature 2005 9.44
2 Ataxin-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions are associated with increased risk for ALS. Nature 2010 5.26
3 Interconversion between intestinal stem cell populations in distinct niches. Science 2011 4.23
4 Myocardin is a critical serum response factor cofactor in the transcriptional program regulating smooth muscle cell differentiation. Mol Cell Biol 2003 3.69
5 PlexinD1 and semaphorin signaling are required in endothelial cells for cardiovascular development. Dev Cell 2004 3.24
6 Smooth muscle cells, but not myocytes, of host origin in transplanted human hearts. Circulation 2002 2.93
7 Wnt7b regulates mesenchymal proliferation and vascular development in the lung. Development 2002 2.88
8 Cardiac hypertrophy and histone deacetylase-dependent transcriptional repression mediated by the atypical homeodomain protein Hop. J Clin Invest 2003 2.76
9 Wnt/beta-catenin signaling acts upstream of N-myc, BMP4, and FGF signaling to regulate proximal-distal patterning in the lung. Dev Biol 2005 2.73
10 Wnt2/2b and beta-catenin signaling are necessary and sufficient to specify lung progenitors in the foregut. Dev Cell 2009 2.72
11 Nf1 has an essential role in endothelial cells. Nat Genet 2002 2.63
12 Endothelial expression of the Notch ligand Jagged1 is required for vascular smooth muscle development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 2.55
13 Hop is an unusual homeobox gene that modulates cardiac development. Cell 2002 2.52
14 Foxp2 and Foxp1 cooperatively regulate lung and esophagus development. Development 2007 2.44
15 Pax3 functions at a nodal point in melanocyte stem cell differentiation. Nature 2005 2.37
16 Foxp1 regulates cardiac outflow tract, endocardial cushion morphogenesis and myocyte proliferation and maturation. Development 2004 2.27
17 Wnt/beta-catenin signaling promotes expansion of Isl-1-positive cardiac progenitor cells through regulation of FGF signaling. J Clin Invest 2007 2.12
18 Impaired notch signaling promotes de novo squamous cell carcinoma formation. Cancer Res 2006 2.02
19 Cardiac outflow tract defects in mice lacking ALK2 in neural crest cells. Development 2004 1.99
20 Histone-deacetylase inhibition reverses atrial arrhythmia inducibility and fibrosis in cardiac hypertrophy independent of angiotensin. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008 1.90
21 Wnt signaling regulates smooth muscle precursor development in the mouse lung via a tenascin C/PDGFR pathway. J Clin Invest 2009 1.83
22 GATA6 regulates differentiation of distal lung epithelium. Development 2002 1.82
23 Wnt7b activates canonical signaling in epithelial and vascular smooth muscle cells through interactions with Fzd1, Fzd10, and LRP5. Mol Cell Biol 2005 1.79
24 Myocardin-related transcription factor B is required in cardiac neural crest for smooth muscle differentiation and cardiovascular development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 1.70
25 Wnt/β-catenin signaling accelerates mouse lung tumorigenesis by imposing an embryonic distal progenitor phenotype on lung epithelium. J Clin Invest 2011 1.67
26 Myocardial Notch signaling reprograms cardiomyocytes to a conduction-like phenotype. Circulation 2012 1.66
27 Myocardin regulates expression of contractile genes in smooth muscle cells and is required for closure of the ductus arteriosus in mice. J Clin Invest 2008 1.63
28 Hop functions downstream of Nkx2.1 and GATA6 to mediate HDAC-dependent negative regulation of pulmonary gene expression. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2006 1.55
29 Murine Jagged1/Notch signaling in the second heart field orchestrates Fgf8 expression and tissue-tissue interactions during outflow tract development. J Clin Invest 2009 1.50
30 Transgenic overexpression of Hdac3 in the heart produces increased postnatal cardiac myocyte proliferation but does not induce hypertrophy. J Biol Chem 2008 1.48
31 GATA-6 regulates semaphorin 3C and is required in cardiac neural crest for cardiovascular morphogenesis. J Clin Invest 2006 1.47
32 Identification of minimal enhancer elements sufficient for Pax3 expression in neural crest and implication of Tead2 as a regulator of Pax3. Development 2004 1.46
33 Cre-mediated excision of Fgf8 in the Tbx1 expression domain reveals a critical role for Fgf8 in cardiovascular development in the mouse. Dev Biol 2004 1.46
34 Coordination of heart and lung co-development by a multipotent cardiopulmonary progenitor. Nature 2013 1.42
35 Cardiomyocyte cyclooxygenase-2 influences cardiac rhythm and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.41
36 GATA and Nkx factors synergistically regulate tissue-specific gene expression and development in vivo. Development 2007 1.39
37 Tie2Cre-mediated inactivation of plexinD1 results in congenital heart, vascular and skeletal defects. Dev Biol 2008 1.29
38 Notch signaling regulates murine atrioventricular conduction and the formation of accessory pathways. J Clin Invest 2011 1.28
39 C1qRp defines a new human stem cell population with hematopoietic and hepatic potential. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.26
40 Cre reporter mouse expressing a nuclear localized fusion of GFP and beta-galactosidase reveals new derivatives of Pax3-expressing precursors. Genesis 2008 1.23
41 Molecular markers of cardiac endocardial cushion development. Dev Dyn 2003 1.22
42 Site-specific atherogenic gene expression correlates with subsequent variable lesion development in coronary and peripheral vasculature. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008 1.21
43 Melanocyte-like cells in the heart and pulmonary veins contribute to atrial arrhythmia triggers. J Clin Invest 2009 1.19
44 Regulation of lung endoderm progenitor cell behavior by miR302/367. Development 2011 1.14
45 Gata4 and Gata5 cooperatively regulate cardiac myocyte proliferation in mice. J Biol Chem 2009 1.12
46 Advanced cardiac morphogenesis does not require heart tube fusion. Science 2004 1.11
47 The neurofibromin GAP-related domain rescues endothelial but not neural crest development in Nf1 mice. J Clin Invest 2006 1.10
48 LMCD1/Dyxin is a novel transcriptional cofactor that restricts GATA6 function by inhibiting DNA binding. Mol Cell Biol 2005 1.08
49 Foxp1/4 control epithelial cell fate during lung development and regeneration through regulation of anterior gradient 2. Development 2012 1.08
50 Notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells is required to pattern the cerebral vasculature. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.07
51 The role of neural crest during cardiac development in a mouse model of DiGeorge syndrome. Dev Biol 2002 1.04
52 Hopx expression defines a subset of multipotent hair follicle stem cells and a progenitor population primed to give rise to K6+ niche cells. Development 2013 1.02
53 Persistent expression of Pax3 in the neural crest causes cleft palate and defective osteogenesis in mice. J Clin Invest 2008 1.01
54 Inpp5f is a polyphosphoinositide phosphatase that regulates cardiac hypertrophic responsiveness. Circ Res 2009 1.00
55 Foxp1/2/4-NuRD interactions regulate gene expression and epithelial injury response in the lung via regulation of interleukin-6. J Biol Chem 2010 1.00
56 Cardiomyocyte-specific loss of neurofibromin promotes cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. Circ Res 2009 0.96
57 MicroRNA-processing enzyme Dicer is required in epicardium for coronary vasculature development. J Biol Chem 2011 0.95
58 Wnt ligands signal in a cooperative manner to promote foregut organogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 0.94
59 SM22beta encodes a lineage-restricted cytoskeletal protein with a unique developmentally regulated pattern of expression. Mech Dev 2002 0.94
60 Cardiac and vascular functions of the zebrafish orthologues of the type I neurofibromatosis gene NFI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 0.86
61 Distinct enhancers regulate neural expression of Pax7. Genomics 2003 0.83
62 Lgr5 Identifies Progenitor Cells Capable of Taste Bud Regeneration after Injury. PLoS One 2013 0.82
63 GLP-1: a novel zinc finger protein required in somatic cells of the gonad for germ cell development. Dev Biol 2006 0.80
64 Epithelium-generated neuropeptide Y induces smooth muscle contraction to promote airway hyperresponsiveness. J Clin Invest 2016 0.76