Hes1 is required for appropriate morphogenesis and differentiation during mouse thyroid gland development.

Notch signalling plays an important role in endocrine development, through its target gene Hes1. Hes1, a bHLH transcriptional repressor, influences progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation. Recently, Hes1 was shown to be expressed in the thyroid and regulate expression of the sodium iodide...

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Main Authors: Aurore Carre, Latif Rachdi, Elodie Tron, Bénédicte Richard, Mireille Castanet, Martin Schlumberger, Jean-Michel Bidart, Gabor Szinnai, Michel Polak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3045378?pdf=render