Developer site: The content shown here is test data.

Health Dictionary AI Health Chat Find an Online Doctor
A serene Zen garden with raked sand and smooth stones, symbolising clarity and calm

Health Dictionary

Back to skin conditions

BSCL2

Introduction

Seipin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BSCL2 gene.[1][2][3]

Clinical significance

Clinical significance

It can be associated with Congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 2 .

References

References

  1. ↑ Magre J, Delepine M, Khallouf E, Gedde-Dahl T Jr, Van Maldergem L, Sobel E, Papp J, Meier M, Megarbane A, Bachy A, Verloes A, d’Abronzo FH, Seemanova E, Assan R, Baudic N, Bourut C, Czernichow P, Huet F, Grigorescu F, de Kerdanet M, Lacombe D, Labrune P, Lanza M, Loret H, Matsuda F, Navarro J, Nivelon-Chevalier A, Polak M, Robert JJ, Tric P, Tubiana-Rufi N, Vigouroux C, Weissenbach J, Savasta S, Maassen JA, Trygstad O, Bogalho P, Freitas P, Medina JL, Bonnicci F, Joffe BI, Loyson G, Panz VR, Raal FJ, O’Rahilly S, Stephenson T, Kahn CR, Lathrop M, Capeau J (Jul 2001). “Identification of the gene altered in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy on chromosome 11q13”. Nat Genet. 28 (4): 365–70. doi:10.1038/ng585. PMID 11479539.
  2. ↑ Windpassinger C, Auer-Grumbach M, Irobi J, Patel H, Petek E, Horl G, Malli R, Reed JA, Dierick I, Verpoorten N, Warner TT, Proukakis C, Van den Bergh P, Verellen C, Van Maldergem L, Merlini L, De Jonghe P, Timmerman V, Crosby AH, Wagner K (Feb 2004). “Heterozygous missense mutations in BSCL2 are associated with distal hereditary motor neuropathy and Silver syndrome”. Nat Genet. 36 (3): 271–6. doi:10.1038/ng1313. PMID 14981520.
  3. ↑ “Entrez Gene: BSCL2 Bernardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy 2 (seipin)”.
External links
Further reading

Further reading