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Hearing loss and retarded cochlear development in mice lacking type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Mar 2004
Ng Lily, Goodyear Richard J, Woods Chad A, Schneider Mark J, Diamond Edward, Richardson Guy P, Kelley Matthew W, Germain Donald L St, Galton Valerie Anne, Forrest Douglas
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The later stages of cochlear differentiation and the developmental onset of hearing require thyroid hormone. Although thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are a prerequisite for this process, it is likely that other factors modify TR activity during cochlear development. The mouse cochlea expresses type 2 deiodinase (D2), an enzyme that converts thyroxine, the main form of thyroid hormone in the circulation, into...
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