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DAX-1 (NR0B1) and steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1, NR5A1) in human disease.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Aug 2015
Suntharalingham Jenifer P, Buonocore Federica, Duncan Andrew J, Achermann John C
Abstract excerpt
DAX-1 (NR0B1) and SF-1 (NR5A1) are two nuclear receptor transcription factors that play a key role in human adrenal and reproductive development. Loss of DAX-1 function is classically associated with X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita. This condition typically affects boys and presents as primary adrenal insufficiency in early infancy or childhood, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism at puberty and impaired...
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