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. 2017 May 26:8:343.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00343. eCollection 2017.

Disruption of Steroid Axis, a New Paradigm for Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH)

Sylvie Babajko  1   2 , Katia Jedeon  1   2 , Sophia Houari  1   2 , Sophia Loiodice  1   2 , Ariane Berdal  1   2   3
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Disruption of Steroid Axis, a New Paradigm for Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH)

Sylvie Babajko et al. Front Physiol. .
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Keywords: MIH; amelogenesis; enamel mineralization; endocrine disrupting chemicals; steroid hormones; steroid receptors.

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Schematic representation of expression profiles of steroid receptors during amelogenesis based on data published by Houari et al. (2016). The relative level of expression of each mRNA was determined by microarray analysis of RNAs extracted from maturation-stage enamel organ.
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