Genetic control of pituitary development and hypopituitarism.

Abstract:

:The pituitary gland functions as a relay between the hypothalamus and peripheral target organs that regulate basic physiological functions, including growth, the stress response, reproduction, metabolism and lactation. The development of the pituitary gland has been studied extensively in mice, and has begun to be explored in zebrafish, an animal model system amenable to forward genetics. Multiple signaling molecules and transcription factors, expressed in overlapping but distinct spatial and temporal patterns, are required at various stages of pituitary development. Defects in this precisely regulated genetic program lead to diverse pituitary dysfunction. The animal models have greatly enhanced our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying pituitary development in addition to congenital pituitary disorders in humans.

journal_name

Curr Opin Genet Dev

authors

Zhu X,Lin CR,Prefontaine GG,Tollkuhn J,Rosenfeld MG

doi

10.1016/j.gde.2005.04.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-06-01 00:00:00

pages

332-40

issue

3

eissn

0959-437X

issn

1879-0380

pii

S0959-437X(05)00063-8

journal_volume

15

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