hrp0089fc13.5 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty 2 | ESPE2018

Study of the Serum Kisspeptin Level in Healthy and Hypogonadotropic Boys

Nikitina Irina , Khoduleva Yulia , Nagornaya Irena , Vasileva Elena

Background: Kisspeptins, ligands of G protein-coupled receptor 54 (GPR54) encoded by the KiSS-1 gene, have recently emerged as key players of the gonadotropic axis. It was found that KiSS-1/GPR54 system plays an important role in the neuroendocrine control of gonadotropin secretion, brain sex differentiation, puberty onset and fertility. It is important to know if the kisspeptin serum level could be used as a diagnostic criterion to the stage of puberty or impairment of it in ...