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Mutations in NR5A1 associated with ovarian insufficiency.
The New England journal of medicine - 19 Mar 2009
Lourenço Diana, Brauner Raja, Lin Lin, De Perdigo Arantzazu, Weryha Georges, Muresan Mihaela, Boudjenah Radia, Guerra-Junior Gil, Maciel-Guerra Andréa T, Achermann John C, McElreavey Ken, Bashamboo Anu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic causes of nonsyndromic ovarian insufficiency are largely unknown. A nuclear receptor, NR5A1 (also called steroidogenic factor 1), is a key transcriptional regulator of genes involved in the hypothalamic-pituitary-steroidogenic axis. Mutation of NR5A1 causes 46,XY disorders of sex development, with or without adrenal failure, but growing experimental evidence from studies in mice suggests a...
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