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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

3 Thyroid

Thyroid development

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3.1 GLIS3 is indispensable for TSH/TSHR-dependent thyroid hormone biosynthesis and follicular cell proliferation

HS Kang , D Kumar , G Liao , K Lichti-Kaiser , K Gerrish , XH Liao , S Refetoff , R Jothi , AM Jetten

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest 2017;127:4326-4337Mutations in the Krüppel-like zinc finger transcription factor GLI-similar 3 (GLIS3) have first been associated with a syndrome combining two rare genetic endocrine diseases, namely neonatal diabetes and congenital hypothyroidism (OMIM #610199)1. Since then, 12 patients have been reported so far with a broad spect...

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3.2 A branching morphogenesis program governs embryonic growth of the thyroid gland

S Liang , E Johansson , G Barila , DL Altschuler , H Fagman , M Nilsson

To read the full abstract: Development 2018;145. pii:dev146829Branching morphogenesis is a key process during organogenesis of ductal and exocrine organs, e.g. lung, kidney, pancreas, and liver1. Regulatory components and local interactions for lung branching morphogenesis have been described in detail, mostly relying on receptor-ligand interactions between embryonic ...