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Adrenal gland tumorigenesis after gonadectomy in mice is a complex genetic trait driven by epistatic loci.
Endocrinology - 1 Feb 2008
Bernichtein Sophie, Petretto Enrico, Jamieson Stacey, Goel Anuj, Aitman Timothy J, Mangion Jonathan M, Huhtaniemi Ilpo T
Abstract excerpt
Postgonadectomy adrenocortical tumorigenesis is a strain-specific phenomenon in inbred mice, assumed to be caused by elevated LH secretion and subsequent ectopic LH receptor (LHR) overexpression in adrenal gland. However, the molecular mechanisms of this cascade of events remain unknown. In this study, we took advantage of the mouse strain dependency of the phenotype to unravel its genetic basis. Our results...
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