Androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism might be a possible cause of familial constitutional delay of growth and puberty.

Background: Induction of puberty in boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) through a short course of low-dose testosterone therapy indicates the critical interaction between testosterone and the androgen receptor (AR) during the activation and maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis at puberty onset. Previous studies have shown an inverse relationship between the CAG repeat length and the transactivation function or expression level of the AR gene.

Objective: We aimed to investigate whether the AR CAG repeat polymorphism has any implications on pubertal delay.

PUBERTAL VIRILIZATION IN AN ADOLESCENT WITH 46, XY DISORDER OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT: A NOVEL MUTATION IN NR5A1 GENE.

Background: NR5A1 [Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1)] is a nuclear receptor that is essential for the development of gonads and adrenal glands as well as the establishment of steroidogenesis in these organs. The clinical findings of the mutations of NR5A1 gene in 46, XY individuals are variable. Virilization at puberty can be seen in some of the 46, XY children who have a female phenotype and are raised as female.

Clinical Characteristics of Children with Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency and the Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment.

Aim: We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with congenital combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) and evaluate the first-year growth responses of individuals with CPHD and isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) in order to establish the influence of other hormone deficiencies on growth response.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in four tertiary care centers in Turkey. The records of patients diagnosed with CPHD (n=39) and severe IGHD (n=50) were collected.

Synthesis and characterization of novel hydrazide-hydrazones and the study of their structure-antituberculosis activity.

A series of hydrazide-hydrazones, based on a series of 4-substituted benzoic acid, were synthesized, and their structures were elucidated and screened for the antituberculosis activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv with the help of the BACTEC 460 radiometric system. Compound 3, 4-fluorobenzoic acid [((5-nitro)thiophen-2yl) methylene]hydrazide showed the highest inhibitory activity in this series. The search of pharmacophores was done by means of the Electronic-Topological Method (ETM).