<> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> . <> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/primaryTopic> <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/AcademicArticle> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Article> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/title> "Hypothalamic sonic hedgehog is required for cell specification and proliferation of LHX3/LHX4 pituitary embryonic precursors"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/abstract> "Sonic hedgehog (SHH) is an essential morphogenetic signal dictating cell fate decisions in several developing organs in mammals. In vitro data suggest that SHH is required to specify LHX3+/LHX4+ Rathke's pouch (RP) progenitor identity. However, in vivo studies have failed to reveal such a function, supporting instead, a critical role for SHH in promoting proliferation of these RP progenitors and for differentiation of pituitary cell types. Here, we have used a genetic approach to demonstrate that activation of the SHH pathway is necessary to induce LHX3+/LHX4+ RP identity in mouse embryos. First, we show that conditional deletion of Shh in the anterior hypothalamus results in a fully penetrant phenotype characterised by a complete arrest of RP development, with lack of Lhx3/Lhx4 expression in RP epithelium at 9.0 dpc (days post coitum) and total loss of pituitary tissue by 12.5 dpc. Conversely, over-activation of the SHH pathway by conditional deletion of Ptch1 in RP progenitors leads to severe hyperplasia and enlargement of the Sox2+ve stem cell compartment by the end of gestation."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/date> "2017-09-15" . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/document/460738> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Document> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/volume> "144" . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571051> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/issue> "18" . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/publication/ext-09501991> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Collection> . <https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/publication/ext-09501991> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name> "Development"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> . 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