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Estrogen-related receptor beta/NR3B2 controls epithelial cell fate and endolymph production by the stria vascularis.
Developmental cell - 1 Sept 2007
Chen Jichao, Nathans Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
In the mammalian inner ear, endolymph is produced and resorbed by a complex series of epithelia. We show here that estrogen-related receptor beta (ERR-beta; NR3B2), an orphan nuclear receptor, is specifically expressed in and controls the development of the endolymph-producing cells of the inner ear: the strial marginal cells in the cochlea and the vestibular dark cells in the ampulla and utricle. Nr3b2(-/-)...
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