Foramen magnum stenosis and midface hypoplasia in C-type natriuretic peptide-deficient rats and restoration by the administration of human C-type natriuretic peptide with 53 amino acids.

C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)-knockout (KO) rats exhibit impaired skeletal growth, with long bones shorter than those in wild-type (WT) rats. This study compared craniofacial morphology in the CNP-KO rat with that in the Spontaneous Dwarf Rat (SDR), a growth hormone (GH)-deficient model. The effe...

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Main Authors: Takafumi Yotsumoto, Naomi Morozumi, Mayumi Furuya, Toshihito Fujii, Keisho Hirota, Yohei Ueda, Kazumasa Nakao, Shigeki Yamanaka, Kazunori Yoshikiyo, Sayaka Yoshida, Tomonari Nishimura, Yasuyuki Abe, Toshimasa Jindo, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Akihiro Yasoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216340