Mutant Cohesin in Premature Ovarian Failure

Few genes have been implicated in sporadic premature ovarian failure. This study implicates STAG3, which encodes a cohesin, a protein that mediates chromosome pairing during meiosis. Premature ovarian failure, the end point of primary ovarian insufficiency, affects approximately 1% of women worldwid...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine Jg. 370; H. 10; S. 943 - 949
Hauptverfasser: Caburet, Sandrine, Arboleda, Valerie A, Llano, Elena, Overbeek, Paul A, Barbero, Jose Luis, Oka, Kazuhiro, Harrison, Wilbur, Vaiman, Daniel, Ben-Neriah, Ziva, García-Tuñón, Ignacio, Fellous, Marc, Pendás, Alberto M, Veitia, Reiner A, Vilain, Eric
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 06.03.2014
Schriftenreihe:Brief Report
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ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Zusammenfassung:Few genes have been implicated in sporadic premature ovarian failure. This study implicates STAG3, which encodes a cohesin, a protein that mediates chromosome pairing during meiosis. Premature ovarian failure, the end point of primary ovarian insufficiency, affects approximately 1% of women worldwide. Patients with premature ovarian failure present with at least a 6-month history of amenorrhea and elevated plasma levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (>40 mIU per milliliter). The disorder can result from premature depletion of the follicle pool, follicular atresia, follicle growth arrest, or ovarian dysgenesis. Although a majority of cases are idiopathic, premature ovarian failure can be caused by infectious agents, chemotherapy, pelvic surgery, autoimmune disease, environmental factors, or genetic conditions. 1 The disorder is observed in syndromic diseases — for example, Turner's syndrome and BPES . . .
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PMCID: PMC4068824
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1309635