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Identification of the first patient with a confirmed mutation of the JAK-STAT system.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2005
Rosenfeld Ron G, Kofoed Eric, Buckway Caroline, Little Brian, Woods Katie A, Tsubaki Junko, Pratt Katherine A, Bezrodnik Liliana, Jasper Hector, Tepper Alejandro, Heinrich Juan J, Hwa Vivian
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone insensitivity (GHI) has been attributable, classically, to mutations in the gene for the GH receptor. After binding to the GH receptor, GH initiates signal transduction through a number of pathways, including the JAK-STAT pathway. We describe the first patient reported with a mutation in the gene for STAT5b, a protein critical for the transcriptional regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I.
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