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STAR splicing mutations cause the severe phenotype of lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia: insights from a novel splice mutation and review of reported cases.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2014
Camats Núria, Pandey Amit V, Fernández-Cancio Mónica, Fernández Juan M, Ortega Ana M, Udhane Sameer, Andaluz Pilar, Audí Laura, Flück Christa E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) transports cholesterol to the mitochondria for steroidogenesis. Loss of StAR function causes lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (LCAH) which is characterized by impaired synthesis of adrenal and gonadal steroids causing adrenal insufficiency, 46,XY disorder of sex development (DSD) and failure of pubertal development. Partial loss of StAR activity...
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