Endocrine Abstracts

Sox9 is a transcription factor of the HMG box DNA binding family involved in chondrocyte differentiation, sexual determination and the development of endoderm-derived-organs. Preliminary results from our laboratory have shown that Sox9 is expressed in the thyroid gland and its regulation is under the control of TSH and TGFβ. In this work we studied the role of Sox9 in the thyroid cells differentiation and its relationship with the other thyroid transcription factors, main...