Publications by authors named "Meghna Parakkal Shankar"
Article Synopsis
- The thyroid tissue develops from the ventral pharyngeal endoderm, and defects in its formation lead to congenital thyroid diseases.
- Recent research has highlighted the key roles of FGF and BMP signaling in specifying thyroid precursors, though their interactions with thyroid transcription factors were not well understood.
- Studies using zebrafish embryos revealed a population of Pax2a-expressing thyroid progenitors that respond distinctly to FGF and BMP signals, indicating a conserved model of thyroid cell specification across species, including mammals.
