Epigenomic control of gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone neurone development and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

Mammalian reproductive success depends on gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) neurones to stimulate gonadotrophin secretion from the anterior pituitary and activate gonadal steroidogenesis and gametogenesis. Genetic screening studies in patients diagnosed with Kallmann syndrome (KS), a congenital form of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (CHH), identified several causal mutations, including those in the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) system....