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ArticleDevelopmental biology2025

A conditional smoothened (smo) allele on an inbred C57BL/6J genetic background has a hypomorphic smo mutant phenotype.

Scott Houghtaling, Sean K Gombart, Tzu-Hua Ho, Grace Huang, David R Beier

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Article in Developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Restoring Iron Homeostasis via Smoothened Inhibition: A Novel Strategy Against Hearing Loss.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Scott HoughtalingCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA.
Sean K GombartCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA.
Tzu-Hua HoCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA.
Grace HuangCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA.
David R BeierCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: david.beier@seattlechildrens.org.

Funding

Screening for modifiers of PKD severity using ENU MutagenesisR01DK111682 · NIDDK · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI BEIER, DAVID R. · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
Analysis of Genetic Modifiers of PKD in the MouseR01DK066370 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BEIER, DAVID R. · 2004 to 2008
$1.8M
High-resolution ex vivo microCT for biomedical imagingS10OD032302 · OD · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MAGA, ALI MURAT · 2022 to 2022
$413k
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK066370NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111682NIH HHS S10 OD032302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have introduced the floxed allele of Smoothened (Smo) carried by the mouse line Smo

Indexed as

AllelesMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeSmoothened ReceptorAnimalsFemaleGenetic BackgroundHomozygoteMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMutationSmoothened ReceptorSmo protein, mouse

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PMID39603584
PMCPMC11728190

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