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Ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia in heterozygous c-ret newborn mice.
Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 1 Aug 2002
Aizenfisz Sophie, Dauger Stéphane, Durand Estelle, Vardon Guy, Levacher Béatrice, Simonneau Michel, Pachnis Vassilis, Gaultier Claude, Gallego Jorge
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The c-ret proto-oncogene encodes a tyrosine-kinase receptor involved in survival and differentiation of neural crest cell lineages. Previous studies have shown that homozygous c-ret-/- mice die soon after birth and have impaired ventilatory responses to hypercapnia. Heterozygous c-ret +/- mice develop normally, but their respiratory phenotype has not been described in detail. We used whole-body flow...
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