ZBTB20 is required for anterior pituitary development and lactotrope specification

Autor: Dongmei Cao, Xianhua Ma, Jiao Cai, Jing Luan, An-Jun Liu, Rui Yang, Yi Cao, Xiaotong Zhu, Hai Zhang, Yu-Xia Chen, Yuguang Shi, Guang-Xia Shi, Dajin Zou, Xuetao Cao, Michael J. Grusby, Zhifang Xie, Weiping J. Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11121
Popis: The pituitary is a complex structure with the anterior lobe containing five specialized cell types secreting different hormones. Here Cao et al. unravel a role for ZBTB20 in pituitary development and specifically in lactrotrope specification.
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