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Thyroid hormone action is required for normal cone opsin expression during mouse retinal development.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 May 2008
Pessôa Cristiano N, Santiago Leticia A, Santiago Diana A, Machado Danielle S, Rocha Fernando A F, Ventura Dora F, Hokoç Jan Nora, Pazos-Moura Carmen C, Wondisford Fredric E, Gardino Patricia F, Ortiga-Carvalho Tania M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The expression of S- and M-opsins in the murine retina is altered in different transgenic mouse models with mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor (TR)-beta gene, demonstrating an important role of thyroid hormone (TH) in retinal development. METHODS: The spatial expression of S- and M-opsin was compared in congenital hypothyroidism and in two different TR mutant mouse models. One mouse model contains...
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