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Rachel D Mullen1, Stephanie C Colvin, Chad S Hunter, Jesse J Savage, Emily C Walvoord, Amrit P S Bhangoo, Svetlana Ten, Johannes Weigel, Roland W Pfäffle, Simon J Rhodes.
Abstract
The LHX3 and LHX4 LIM-homeodomain transcription factors play essential roles in pituitary gland and nervous system development. Mutations in the genes encoding these regulatory proteins are associated with combined hormone deficiency diseases in humans and animal models. Patients with these diseases have complex syndromes involving short stature, and reproductive and metabolic disorders. Analyses of the features of these diseases and the biochemical properties of the LHX3 and LHX4 proteins will facilitate a better understanding of the molecular pathways that regulate the development of the specialized hormone-secreting cells of the mammalian anterior pituitary gland.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17210222 PMCID: PMC1853274 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol ISSN: 0303-7207 Impact factor: 4.102