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ea0022h2.4 | Oral Communications Highlights 2 | ECE2010

TAC3 and TACR3 ‘Knockouts’ cause hypothalamic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in humans

Young Jacques , Bouligand Jerome , Francou Bruno , Raffin-Sanson Marie-Laure , Gaillez Stephanie , Jeanpierre Marc , Brailly-Tabard Sylvie , Guiochon-Mantel Anne

Missense loss-of-function mutations in TAC3 and TACR3, the genes encoding neurokinin B (NKB) and its receptor NK3R, respectively, were recently discovered in kindreds with non syndromic normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nCHH), thus identifying a fundamental role of this pathway in the human gonadotrope axis.We investigated the consequences on gonadotrope axis of TAC3 and TACR3 invalidations in adult patients ...