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A homozygous mutation in HESX1 is associated with evolving hypopituitarism due to impaired repressor-corepressor interaction.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Oct 2003
Carvalho Luciani R, Woods Kathryn S, Mendonca Berenice B, Marcal Nathalie, Zamparini Andrea L, Stifani Stefano, Brickman Joshua M, Arnhold Ivo J P, Dattani Mehul T
Abstract excerpt
The paired-like homeobox gene expressed in embryonic stem cells Hesx1/HESX1 encodes a developmental repressor and is expressed in early development in a region fated to form the forebrain, with subsequent localization to Rathke's pouch, the primordium of the anterior pituitary gland. Mutations within the gene have been associated with septo-optic dysplasia, a constellation of phenotypes including eye, forebrain,...
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