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Polymorphism of the polyalanine tract of thyroid transcription factor-2 gene in patients with thyroid dysgenesis
Author(s) -
Akira Hishinuma,
Y Ohyama,
T Kuribayashi,
Narumi Nagakubo,
Takashi Namatame,
K Shibayama,
Osamu Arisaka,
Nobuo Matsuura,
Tamio Ieiri
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1450385
Subject(s) - thyroid , endocrinology , medicine , gene , biology , ectopic thyroid , dysgenesis , dio2 , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , triiodothyronine , deiodinase
One of the thyroid-specific transcription factors, thyroid transcription factor-2 (TTF-2), performs a crucial role in the development of the thyroid gland. We performed genetic analysis of the TITF2 gene (encoding TTF-2) in patients with thyroid dysgenesis.

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