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. 2003 Sep 18;1:8. doi: 10.1186/1478-1336-1-8

Table 1.

Phenotypes resulting from genetic ablation or mutations of the orphan nuclear receptor SF-1.

Organism Mouse Human



Genotype SF-1 -/- SF-1 +/- SF-1 m/+ ou SF-1 m/m
Adrenal - Agenesis - Histological defects
- Hyporesponse to stress
- Compensatory growth defects
- Insufficiency (agenesis or dysgenesis)
Testis - Agenesis
- Sex reversal
- Sex reversal
Ovary - Agenesis - Normal
VMH - Agenesis
- Obesity caused by absence
of the VMH (8 weeks)
Pituitary - Defects of gonadotrope cells