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Activating transcription factor 3: a hormone responsive gene in the etiology of hypospadias.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 May 2008
Beleza-Meireles Ana, Töhönen Virpi, Söderhäll Cilla, Schwentner Christian, Radmayr Christian, Kockum Ingrid, Nordenskjöld Agneta
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Hypospadias is a common inborn error of the genital development, whose complex etiology remains elusive. Defects of the androgen metabolism and activity have been found in a subset of boys with hypospadias. Moreover, the balance between androgens and estrogens seems to be important to the proper male genital development. Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3), an estrogen responsive gene, has been...
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