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Early-Onset Obesity: Unrecognized First Evidence for GNAS Mutations and Methylation Changes.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2017
Grüters-Kieslich Annette, Reyes Monica, Sharma Amita, Demirci Cem, DeClue Terry J, Lankes Erwin, Tiosano Dov, Schnabel Dirk, Jüppner Harald
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Context: Early-onset obesity, characteristic for disorders affecting the leptin-melanocortin pathway, is also observed in pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A (PHP1A), a disorder caused by maternal GNAS mutations that disrupt expression or function of the stimulatory G protein α-subunit (Gsα). Mutations and/or epigenetic abnormalities at the same genetic locus are also the cause of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B...
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