Heart fields and cardiac morphogenesis

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Abstract

In this review,we focus on two important steps in the formation of the embryonic heart: (i) the progressive addition of late differentiating progenitor cells from the second heart field that drives heart tube extension during looping morphogenesis, and (ii) the emergence of patterned proliferation within the embryonicmyocardium that generates distinct cardiac chambers. During the transition between these steps, the major site of proliferation switches from progenitor cells outside the early heart to proliferation within the embryonic myocardium. The second heart field and ballooning morphogenesis concepts have major repercussions on our understanding of human heart development and disease. In particular, they provide a framework to dissect the origin of congenital heart defects and the regulation of myocardial proliferation and differentiation of relevance for cardiac repair.

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Kelly, R. G., Buckingham, M. E., & Moorman, A. F. (2014). Heart fields and cardiac morphogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 4(10). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a015750

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