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Expression of the mutant thyroid hormone receptor PV in the pituitary of transgenic mice leads to weight reduction.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Nov 1999
Zhu X G, Kaneshige M, Parlow A F, Chen E, Hunziker R D, McDonald M P, Cheng S Y
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a genetic disease caused by mutations of the thyroid hormone receptor beta gene (TRbeta). One of the symptoms in some affected individuals is growth retardation. To understand the molecular basis of growth retardation in these patients with RTH, a transgenic mouse was prepared in which the expression of the TRbeta1 mutant PV was targeted to the pituitary using the promoter...
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