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SUBMITTER: Carreno G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5612255 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Development (Cambridge, England) 20170814 18
Sonic hedgehog (SHH) is an essential morphogenetic signal that dictates cell fate decisions in several developing organs in mammals. <i>In vitro</i> data suggest that SHH is required to specify LHX3<sup>+</sup>/LHX4<sup>+</sup> Rathke's pouch (RP) progenitor identity. However, <i>in vivo</i> studies have failed to reveal such a function, supporting instead a crucial role for SHH in promoting proliferation of these RP progenitors and for differentiation of pituitary cell types. Here, we have used ...[more]