endocrine/exocrine glands
• in 8 week old mutants, hypoplasia is observed in thrytrophs but not in other pituitary hormone-producing cells
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homeostasis/metabolism
• in mutants by postnatal day 10, the level of thyroid hormone increases only by 3-fold from level at birth compared to a 6-fold increase in wild-type animals; levels at 21 days and 8 weeks are 28.3% and 50.3% of wild-type levels, respectively
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• there is significantly decreased levels of TSH in the pituitary of homozygous mice
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nervous system
• in 8 week old mutants, hypoplasia is observed in thrytrophs but not in other pituitary hormone-producing cells
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