Published in Drug Week, May 20th, 2011
"MC2R(-/-) mice have undetectable levels of corticosterone despite high levels of ACTH and defects resembling those in patients with familial glucocorticoid deficiency. Here we analyzed the role of glucocorticoids in pregnancy, parturition, lactation, and nurturing in MC2R(-/-) mice. MC2R(-/-) mice were fertile and produced normal litters when crossed with MC2R(+/+) mice. However, MC2R(-/-) females...
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Source: Drug Week (2011-05-20)
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