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Table 1 Summary of pituitary phenotypes when β-catenin is deleted with specific transgenic cre lines

From: β-catenin is required in the neural crest and mesencephalon for pituitary gland organogenesis

 

Efficiency of β-catenin deletion in pituitary tissues

 

Cre transgene

Neural crest

Ventral diencephalon

Rathke's pouch

Pituitary phenotype

Wnt1-cre

Complete

Sporadic

None

Dysmorphic Rathke's pouch and dilated vasculature

P0-cre

Complete

None

Sporadic

Normal pituitary morphology and dilated vasculature

Shh-cre

None

Sporadic

None

No pituitary phenotype