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ey0017.4-12 | New paradigms | ESPEYB17

4.12. IGSF1 Deficiency results in human and murine somatotrope neurosecretory hyperfunction

SD Joustra , F Roelfsema , ASP van Trotsenburg , HJ Schneider , RP Kosilek , HM Kroon , JG Logan , NC Butterfield , X Zhou , C Toufaily , B Bak , MO Turgeon , E Brule , FJ Steyn , M Gurnell , O Koulouri , P Le Tissier , P Fontanaud , JHD Bassett , GR Williams , W Oostdijk , JM Wit , AM Pereira , NR Biermasz , DJ Bernard , N Schoenmakers

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab, March 2020, 105(3):e70–e84A cohort of 21 adult males (aged 19 to 89 years) harboring hemizygous pathogenic IGSF1 gene mutations underwent anthropometry, endocrine testing, testis ultrasonography, and body composition assessment to define the pathophysiological role of IGSF1 in influencing GH secretion. In addition, two lines of Igsf1 -deficient male mice were use...