Interestingly, Gata4-deficient mice display AVSD and have a normal DMP, but show perturbations in myocardial signaling to the adjacent atrioventricular cushion mesenchyme, suggesting that defects in myocardial signaling could lead to AVSD (Misra et al., 2014; Rajagopal et al., 2007). The gene discussed is GATA4; the disease is familial atrioventricular septal defect.