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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Jichao Chen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8434 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental cell 20070901 3
In the mammalian inner ear, endolymph is produced and resorbed by a complex series of epithelia. We show here that estrogen-related receptor beta (ERR-beta; NR3B2), an orphan nuclear receptor, is specifically expressed in and controls the development of the endolymph-producing cells of the inner ear: the strial marginal cells in the cochlea and the vestibular dark cells in the ampulla and utricle. Nr3b2(-/-) strial marginal cells fail to express multiple ion channel and transporter genes, and th ...[more]