ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Science 2019;363(6424).A wide range of human diseases result from haploinsufficiency, where gene expression is decreased as compared to normal conditions. Haploinsufficiency is a typical mechanism in autosomal dominant disorders. Rare mutations in Sim1 or Mc4r are models of haploinsufficiency causing severe early-onset obesity with hyperphagia...