ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0020.4-5 | Novel Players in the Pathogenesis of DSD | ESPEYB20

4.5. CDYL reinforces male gonadal sex determination through epigenetically repressing Wnt4 transcription in mice

N Okashita , R Maeda , M Tachibana

Brief summary: This in vivo study identifies a new gene, CDYL (Chromodomain Y-like protein) in the epigenetic control of sex determination in mice.Recent findings on mammalian sex development suggest that the fate decision of bipotential gonads depends not only on transcriptional activation of Y-linked testis-determining gene (SRY/Sry) but also on a delicate expression balance between the mutually antagonistic pro-testis and pro-ovarian genes. P...