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ey0018.2-10 | Neonatal diabetes mellitus | ESPEYB18

2.10. NKX2-2 mutation causes congenital diabetes and infantile obesity with paradoxical glucose-induced ghrelin secretion.

A Auerbach , A Cohen , N Ofek Shlomai , A Weinberg-Shukron , S Gulsuner , MC King , R Hemi , E Levy-Lahad , A Abulibdeh , D Zangen

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov 1;105(11):dgaa563. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa563. PMID: 32818257.This manuscript describes an unusual case of a baby born with a homozygous Nkx2.2 mutation who developed severe neonatal diabetes mellitus and then on follow up went onto develop severe obesity characterized by marked hyperphagia.Nkx2.2 is an important transcription factor...

ey0016.6-4 | New Functions of (Old) Genes | ESPEYB16

6.4. Essential role of BRCA2 in ovarian development and function

A Weinberg-Shukron , M Rachmiel , P Renbaum , S Gulsuner , T Walsh , O Lobel , A Dreifuss , A Ben-Moshe , S Zeligson , R Segel , T Shore , R Kalifa , M Goldberg , MC King , O Gerlitz , E Levy-Lahad , D Zangen

N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 13;379(11):1042–1049.doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800024. PMID: 30207912This case report describes two sisters with 46,XX karyotype and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism – i.e. ovarian dysgenesis. They had normal general development and normal cognition. With estrogen replacement they developed normal sex characteristics and reached their target he...