Knockout mice with pituitary malformations help identify human cases of hypopituitarism.
Julian Martinez-MayerMichelle L BrinkmeierSean P O'ConnellArnold UkagwuMarcelo A MartiMirta MirasMaria V ForclazMaria G BenzrihenLeonard Y M CheungSally A CamperBuffy S EllsworthLori T RaetzmanMaria I Pérez-MillánShannon W DavisPublished in: Genome medicine (2024)
The screening and analysis of IMPC phenotyping data provide proof-of-principle that recessive lethal mouse mutants generated by the knockout mouse project are an excellent source of candidate genes for congenital hypopituitarism in children.