How Blood Flow Dictates Gene Expression (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

How Blood Flow Dictates Gene Expression

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Ultrasound of normal 12-day-old mouse embryos (wild-type) versus endothelial Klf2 knockout embryos reveals pericardial edema, a sign of heart failure (arrowhead).

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John Lee, MD, PhD & Mark Kahn, MD of Penn; Qing Yu, PhD & Cecilia Lo, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Developmental Cell

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