JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, cilt.95, sa.8, ss.3993-4002, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Context: GNAS encodes the alpha-subunit of the stimulatory G protein as well as additional imprinted transcripts including the maternally expressed NESP55 and the paternally expressed XL alpha s, antisense, and A/B transcripts. Most patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib (PHP-Ib) exhibit imprinting defects affecting the maternal GNAS allele, which are thought to reduce/abolish Gs alpha expression in renal proximal tubules and thereby cause resistance to PTH.