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Functional characterization of a heterozygous GLI2 missense mutation in patients with multiple pituitary hormone deficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 2013
Flemming G M C, Klammt J, Ambler G, Bao Y, Blum W F, Cowell C, Donaghue K, Howard N, Kumar A, Sanchez J, Stobbe H, Pfäffle R W
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CONTEXT: The GLI2 transcription factor is a major effector protein of the sonic hedgehog pathway and suggested to play a key role in pituitary development. Genomic GLI2 aberrations that mainly result in truncated proteins have been reported to cause holoprosencephaly or holoprosencephaly-like features, sometimes associated with hypopituitarism. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the frequency of GLI2...
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