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Caudal dysgenesis in Islet-1 transgenic mice.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 2003
Muller Yunhua Li, Yueh Yir Gloria, Yaworsky Paul J, Salbaum J Michael, Kappen Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Maternal diabetes during pregnancy is responsible for the occurrence of diabetic embryopathy, a spectrum of birth defects that includes heart abnormalities, neural tube defects, and caudal dysgenesis syndromes. Here, we report that mice transgenic for the homeodomain transcription factor Isl-1 develop profound caudal growth defects that resemble human sacral/caudal agenesis. Isl-1 is normally expressed in the...
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