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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Regul Pept. 2009 Mar 5;157(1-3):51–56. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2009.02.013

Figure 5. Pancreatic hormone and transcription factor gene expression levels are unchanged in ghrelin null embryos.

Figure 5

mRNA levels were determined by quantitative real time PCR for each pancreatic endocrine hormone and Nkx2.2 and Pdx1 in e18.5 wild type (black bars) and ghrelin null (white bars) embryos. As expected, ghrelin mRNA was undetectable in the ghrelin null pancreas. Expression of the remaining hormones and two essential pancreatic transcription factors, Nkx2.2 and Pdx1, was unaffected in the ghrelin null embryos. n = 5 for each genotype.