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Requirement of thyrotropin-releasing hormone for the postnatal functions of pituitary thyrotrophs: ontogeny study of congenital tertiary hypothyroidism in mice.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2000
Shibusawa N, Yamada M, Hirato J, Monden T, Satoh T, Mori M
Abstract excerpt
We recently reported that TRH-deficient mice showed characteristic tertiary hypothyroidism. In the present study, we investigated how this tertiary hypothyroidism occurred particularly in pre- and postnatal stages. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a number of TSH-immunopositive cells in the TRH-/- pituitary on embryonic day 17.5 and at birth. The mutant pituitary at birth in pups born from TRH-deficient dams...
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