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Autonomous functions of murine thyroid hormone receptor TRα and TRβ in cochlear hair cells.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 25 Jan 2014
Dettling Juliane, Franz Christoph, Zimmermann Ulrike, Lee Sze Chim, Bress Andreas, Brandt Niels, Feil Robert, Pfister Markus, Engel Jutta, Flamant Frédéric, Rüttiger Lukas, Knipper Marlies
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormone acts on gene transcription by binding to its nuclear receptors TRα1 and TRβ. Whereas global deletion of TRβ causes deafness, global TRα-deficient mice have normal hearing thresholds. Since the individual roles of the two receptors in cochlear hair cells are still unclear, we gener...
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