Endocrine Abstracts

Investigation of parathyroids in mouse models is hampered by difficulties in identifying the small glands. We developed a microsurgical technique to identify murine parathyroids by dissecting from the distal thyrothymic ligament to the lower thyroid pole (LTP). Parathyroids were identified in 100 mice which comprised: 48 mice deleted for a cell-division-cycle 73 gene allele (Cdc73+/−), involved in the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome; ...