Adhesion-GPCRs provide essential cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in development, and have been implicated in inherited human diseases like Usher Syndrome and bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria. They are the second largest subfamily of seven-transmembrane spanning proteins in vertebrates, but the function of most of these receptors is still not understood. The orphan Adhesion-GPCR GPR126 has recently been shown to play an essential role in the myelination of peripheral nerves in zebrafish. In parallel, whole-genome association studies have implicated variation at the GPR126 locus as a determinant of body height in the human population. The physiological function of GPR126 in mammals is still unknown. We describe a targeted mutation of GPR126 in the mouse, and show that GPR126 is required for embryonic viability and cardiovascular development. © 2010 Waller-Evans et al.
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Waller-Evans, H., Prömel, S., Langenhan, T., Dixon, J., Zahn, D., Colledge, W. H., … Russ, A. P. (2010). The orphan adhesion-GPCR GPR126 is required for embryonic development in the mouse. PLoS ONE, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014047
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