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LHX4 gene

Known as: LIM HOMEOBOX GENE 4, LIM Homeobox 4 Gene, LHX4 
This gene plays a role in both transcription and pituitary differentiation.
National Institutes of Health

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Homo sapiensLIM/Homeobox Protein Lhx4Transcriptional Regulationdna binding

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2017
2017
Contribution of LHX4 Mutations to Pituitary Deficits in a Cohort of 417 Unrelated Patients
Context LHX4 encodes a LIM-homeodomain transcription factor that is implicated in early pituitary development. In humans, only 13… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Pituitary transcription factors in the aetiology of combined pituitary hormone deficiency.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Mutation and gene copy number analyses of six pituitary transcription factor genes in 71 patients with combined pituitary hormone deficiency: identification of a single patient with LHX4 deletion.
CONTEXT Mutations of multiple transcription factor genes involved in pituitary development have been identified in a minor… 
2009
2009
A coding SNP of LHX4 gene is associated with body weight and body length in bovine
Heterozygous mutations in LHX4 are associated with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. In this study, the polymorphism of LHX4… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A novel dysfunctional LHX4 mutation with high phenotypical variability in patients with hypopituitarism.
CONTEXT LHX4 is a LIM homeodomain transcription factor involved in pituitary ontogenesis. Only a few heterozygous LHX4 mutations… 
2007
2007
Hormonal, pituitary magnetic resonance, LHX4 and HESX1 evaluation in patients with hypopituitarism and ectopic posterior pituitary lobe
Objective  LHX4 and HESX1 are important in early stages of pituitary development and their mutations can be associated with an… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Functional relationship between LHX4 and POU1F1 in light of the LHX4 mutation identified in patients with pituitary defects.
CONTEXT Pituitary development depends on the actions of a large number of transcription factors. Among them, LHX4 is believed to… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Syndromic short stature in patients with a germline mutation in the LIM homeobox LHX4.
Studies of genetically engineered flies and mice have revealed the role that orthologs of the human LIM homeobox LHX4 have in the… 
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Multistep control of pituitary organogenesis.
Lhx3 and Lhx4 (Gsh4), two closely related LIM homeobox genes, determine formation of the pituitary gland in mice. Rathke's pouch… 
1997
1997
Lhx4, a LIM homeobox gene.
LIM homeobox genes are well conserved in evolution and play important roles as transcriptional regulators of embryonic… 
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