Disorders of sex development expose transcriptional autonomy of genetic sex and androgen-programmed hormonal sex in human blood leukocytes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Holterhus, Paul Martin ^a   Bebermeier, Jan Hendrik ^b   Werner, Ralf ^c   Demeter, Janos ^d   Richter Unruh, Annette ^e   Cario, Gunnar ^a   Appari, Mahesh ^a   Siebert, Reiner ^a   Riepe, Felix ^a   Brooks, James D ^d   Hiort, Olaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Eppendorf Biochip Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRIZZLED 6; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67949117229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-292     Document Type: Article

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