Perlecan deficiency in mice leads to a high incidence of transposition of the great arteries due to mesenchymal overpopulation in the outflow tract, highlighting the role of extracellular matrix in cardiac morphogenesis.
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Caution against clinical translation from mouse embryos; leaves open perlecan's role in human outflow tract development.
Costell et al. (2002) studied this question.
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