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Generation and characterization of a hypothyroidism rat model with truncated thyroid stimulating hormone receptor.
Scientific reports - 5 Mar 2018
Yang Jianqiang, Yi Ning, Zhang Junhui, He Wen, He Di, Wu Wanwan, Xu Shuyang, Li Feng, Fan Guoping, Zhu Xianmin, Xue Zhigang, Zhou Wensheng
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR), a G-protein-coupled receptor, is important for thyroid development and growth. In several cases, frameshift and/or nonsense mutations in TSHR were found in the patients with congenital hypothyroidism (CH), however they have not been functionally studied in an animal model. In the present work, we generated a unique Tshr Df/Df rat model that recapitulates the phenotypes...
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