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. 2009 Oct 28;4(10):e7650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007650

Figure 7. Dkk-1 enhances cardiogenesis.

Figure 7

(A) animal cap injected with 0.5 ng of ΔTcf3 or 1 ng of Dkk-1, or uninjected control animal cap, were conjugated with anterior endoderm and analyzed for MHCα expression. The effect of Dkk-1 was quantified and shown below the image. In two additional experiments, Dkk-1 stimulated cardiogenesis 5- and 9-fold. (B) Dkk-1 cannot act in Nodal-independent manner, as it is blocked by CerS. The effectiveness of ΔTcf3 was shown by posteriorization of embryos (data not shown).