ZBTB20 is required for anterior pituitary development and lactotrope specification
The pituitary is a complex structure with the anterior lobe containing five specialized cell types secreting different hormones. Here Cao et al. unravel a role for ZBTB20 in pituitary development and specifically in lactrotrope specification.
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Dongmei Cao,
Xianhua Ma,
Jiao Cai,
Jing Luan,
An-Jun Liu,
Rui Yang,
Yi Cao,
Xiaotong Zhu,
Hai Zhang,
Yu-Xia Chen,
Yuguang Shi,
Guang-Xia Shi,
Dajin Zou,
Xuetao Cao,
Michael J. Grusby,
Zhifang Xie,
Weiping J. Zhang |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2016-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11121
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