Endocrine Abstracts

Ectopic (or ‘illegitimate’) transcripts, which have been widely used to study disease-causing mutations when samples from the appropriate tissue cannot be obtained, are generally faithful representations of the normal tissue-specific counterparts. Here, we report the occurrence of ectopic transcripts of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 beta (HNF-1β) gene, mutations of which may result in maturity onset diabetes of the young type 5 (MODY5), the renal cysts ...

Familial Juvenile Hyperuricaemic Nephropathy (FJHN) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is associated with gout and progressive renal failure. FJHN in 43 families has been reported to be caused by mutations in the UMOD gene, which encodes Uromodulin, also known as the Tamm-Horsfall Glycoprotein, and two families have been reported to have mutations in the transcription factor Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1β (HNF-1β), mutations of which usually cause maturity-o...