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Symbol BBS1 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 15-12-2020
HGNC name Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1
HGNC id 966
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • smooth muscle-specific Bbs1 knockout mice demonstrate enhanced ET-1 (endothelin-1)-induced contractility of mesenteric arteries-an effect reversed by blockade of the AT1 (angiotensin type 1 receptor) with losartan
  • postnatal deletion of the Bbs1 gene in the mediobasal hypothalamus can cause obesity in mice, arguing against an early neurodevelopmental origin of obesity in BBS