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Parallel early development of zebrafish interrenal glands and pronephros: differential control by wt1 and ff1b.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2003
Hsu Hwei-Jan, Lin Guang, Chung Bon-Chu
Abstract excerpt
Steroids are synthesized mainly from the adrenal cortex. Adrenal deficiencies are often associated with problems related to its development, which is not fully understood. To better understand adrenocortical development, we studied zebrafish because of the ease of embryo manipulation. The adrenocortical equivalent in zebrafish is called the interrenal, because it is embedded in the kidney. We find that interrenal...
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