ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

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ey0021.7-8 | Clinical Guidance and Studies | ESPEYB21

7.8. Prevalence of deleterious variants in MC3R in patients with constitutional delay of growth and puberty

K Duckett , A Williamson , JWR Kincaid , K Rainbow , LJ Corbin , HC Martin , RY Eberhardt , QQ Huang , ME Hurles , W He , R Brauner , A Delaney , L Dunkel , RP Grinspon , JE Hall , JN Hirschhorn , SR Howard , AC Latronico , AAL Jorge , K McElreavey , V Mericq , PM Merino , MR Palmert , L Plummer , RA Rey , RC Rezende , SB Seminara , K Salnikov , I Banerjee , BYH Lam , JRB Perry , NJ Timpson , P Clayton , YM Chan , KK Ong , S O'Rahilly

Brief Summary: this large patient cohort study identified an overrepresentation of functionally damaging variants in MC3R in individuals with constitutional delay of growth and puberty but not in patients with IHH.Melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3R) is a permissive signal expressed by hypothalamic kisspeptin-neurokinin B-dynorphin (KNDY) neurons. It activates puberty through the leptin-proopiomelanocortin pathway in response to nutritional signaling<...
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