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ey0017.7-11 | Basic Science | ESPEYB17

7.11. Neuron-derived neurotrophic factor is mutated in congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

A Messina , K Pulli , S Santini , J Acierno , J Kansakoski , D Cassatella , C Xu , F Casoni , SA Malone , G Ternier , D Conte , Y Sidis , J Tommiska , K Vaaralahti , A Dwyer , Y Gothilf , GR Merlo , F Santoni , NJ Niederlander , P Giacobini , T Raivio , N Pitteloud

To read the full abstract: American journal of human genetics vol. 106,1 (2020): 58–70. doi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929719304677?via%3DihubBy performing next-generation sequencing in 240 unrelated probands with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and follow-up in multiple animal models, this study identifies ...

ey0015.7-11 | New genes in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism | ESPEYB15

7.11 KLB, encoding β-Klotho, is mutated in patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

C Xu , A Messina , E Somm , H Miraoui , T Kinnunen , J Acierno , NJ Niederländer , J Bouilly , AA Dwyer , Y Sidis , D Cassatella , GP Sykiotis , R Quinton , C De Geyter , M Dirlewanger , V Schwitzgebel , TR Cole , AA Toogood , JM Kirk , L Plummer , U Albrecht , WF Crowley , M Mohammadi , M Tena-Sempere , V Prevot , N Pitteloud

To read the full abstract: EMBO Mol Med. 2017 Oct;9(10):1379-1397[Comments on 7.10 and 7.11] During embryonic development, GnRH neurons originate in the olfactory placode and migrate through the nasal mesenchyme using the olfactory/vomeronasal axons as a scaffold to reach their final destination in the basal forebrain1,2. Th...