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Isolated 46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis in Two Sisters Caused by a Xp21.2 Interstitial Duplication Containing theDAX1Gene
Author(s) -
Michela Barbaro,
Mikael Oscarson,
Jacqueline Schoumans,
Johan Staaf,
Sten A. Ivarsson,
Anna Wedell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-0505
Subject(s) - gene duplication , gonadal dysgenesis , biology , genetics , dysgenesis , copy number variation , fluorescence in situ hybridization , breakpoint , gene , gene dosage , chromosome , genome , endocrinology , gene expression
Testis development is a tightly regulated process that requires an efficient and coordinated spatiotemporal action of many factors, and it has been shown that several genes involved in gonadal development exert a dosage effect. Chromosomal imbalances have been reported in several patients presenting with gonadal dysgenesis as part of severe dysmorphic phenotypes.

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