Single-minded homolog 1
SIM1 encondes a protein with various not yet determined control functions in development of central nervous system and kidneys. Mutations cause a severe autosomal dominant form of obesity.
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Fan CM et al. (1996) Expression patterns of two murine homologs of Drosophila single-minded suggest possible roles in embryonic patterning and in the pathogenesis of Down syndrome.
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Chrast R et al. (1997) Cloning of two human homologs of the Drosophila single-minded gene SIM1 on chromosome 6q and SIM2 on 21q within the Down syndrome chromosomal region.
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Holder JL et al. (2000) Profound obesity associated with a balanced translocation that disrupts the SIM1 gene.
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Michaud JL et al. (2001) Sim1 haploinsufficiency causes hyperphagia, obesity and reduction of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.
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Faivre L et al. (2002) Deletion of the SIM1 gene (6q16.2) in a patient with a Prader-Willi-like phenotype.
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Bonnefond A et al. (2013) Loss-of-function mutations in SIM1 contribute to obesity and Prader-Willi-like features.
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Orphanet article
Orphanet ID 158398
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NCBI article
NCBI 6492
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OMIM.ORG article
Omim 603128
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Wikipedia article
Wikipedia EN (SIM1)
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Update: Aug. 14, 2020