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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Identification of Novel Genetic Variants in a Cohort of Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: Computational Analysis of Pathogenicity Predictions.

Paola Chiarello, Gianmarco Gualtieri, Sabrina Bossio, Giuseppe Seminara, Marianna Molinaro, Gemma Antonucci, Anna Perri, Valentina Rocca, Rossella Cannarella, Sandro La Vignera and 5 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Clinical approach to the male with delayed puberty.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Paola ChiarelloDepartment of Pediatrics, Dulbecco Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-3267-5631
Gianmarco GualtieriDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, Campus "S. Venuta", Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2086-8272
Sabrina BossioDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-1831-0324
Giuseppe SeminaraDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Marianna MolinaroDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Gemma AntonucciDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Anna PerriDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2852-0919
Valentina RoccaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8331-5723
Rossella CannarellaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4599-8487
Sandro La VigneraDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7113-2372
Aldo E CalogeroDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6950-335X
Emanuela A GrecoDipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Psicologiche, della Comunicazione, della Formazione e Motorie, Nicolò Cusano University, 00166 Rome, Italy.
Rodolfo IulianoDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, Campus "S. Venuta", Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8524-7402
Stefano AlcaroDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, Campus "S. Venuta", Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0437-358X
Antonio AversaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2989-2618

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) is a rare and heterogeneous genetic disorder with variable penetrance caused by GnRH deficiency, leading to delayed puberty and infertility. In 50-60% of cases, CHH is associated with non-reproductive abnormalities, most commonly anosmia/hyposmia (Kallmann syndrome, KS). Over 60 genes have been implicated in CHH pathogenesis. We aimed to perform genetic screening in a cohort of 14 patients (10 males, 4 females; mean age 22 ± 7.72 years) with suspected or diagnosed HH/KS. Genetic analysis was conducted using next-generation sequencing (NGS) with a custom panel of 46 candidate genes. Variant interpretation followed ACMG standards and guidelines. Multiple tools were used to predict the structural effects of variants on tertiary protein structure, assessing their pathogenicity. Novel variants were functionally characterized by qRT-PCR on mRNA extracted from peripheral leukocytes. NGS identified nine rare variants and four novel variants in genes previously associated with normosmic isolated HH (nHH) and/or KS (

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Genetic VariationHypogonadismAdolescentAdultChildCohort StudiesComputational BiologyFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansKallmann SyndromeMaleMutationYoung AdultCHHcomputational analysisgenetic variantsKSnIHHVUS

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