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Cell Type Specific and Inducible Transgenesis in the Anterior Pituitary Gland

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Transgenic Models in Endocrinology

Part of the book series: Endocrine Updates ((ENDO,volume 13))

Abstract

With the recent emergence of the sequence for the human genome, and the inevitable wealth of DNA sequences that will be gathered from it, the use of genetic manipulation as a tool in uncovering the molecular basis of many physiological processes within the AP gland will become more apparent. The use of knockout and transgenic technologies has already been extremely useful in elucidating roles for many gene products. It is now well established that these approaches have their drawbacks, i.e. although the introduction or deletion of a particular gene may be useful for uncovering a particular rolein vivothe compensatory changes that are likely to occur during development may alter the animals phenotype. This would in turn affect the physiological process, which might occur in wild type animals. Viral vectors offer the possibility of creating transgenics in specific organs, tissues or even regions within a larger organ (i.e. brain nuclei) during adulthood. This offers a very powerful tool to not only express genes of interest, but also to ablate specific cell populations by expressing toxins or depleting specific mRNAs by expressing ribozymes. The possibilities of this technology are enormous both to uncover physiological effects, also for the development of experimental therapeutic strategies, for the treatment of human disease. In this chapter we will explore the possibility of expressing transgenes within specific cell populations in the anterior pituitary gland and the switching “on” and “off” of these exogenous genes.

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    Maria G. Castro, Judith C. Williams, Tom D. Southgate, Joseph Smith-Arica, Daniel Stone, Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, Pablo Umana & Pedro R. Lowenstein

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Castro, M.G. et al. (2001). Cell Type Specific and Inducible Transgenesis in the Anterior Pituitary Gland. In: Castro, M.G. (eds) Transgenic Models in Endocrinology. Endocrine Updates, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1633-0_11

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