CRHBP

corticotropin releasing hormone binding protein

Summary

Corticotropin-releasing hormone is a potent stimulator of synthesis and secretion of preopiomelanocortin-derived peptides. Although CRH concentrations in the human peripheral circulation are normally low, they increase throughout pregnancy and fall rapidly after parturition. Maternal plasma CRH probably originates from the placenta. Human plasma contains a CRH-binding protein which inactivates CRH and which may prevent inappropriate pituitary-adrenal stimulation in pregnancy. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants23 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37927385:76,247,784C/Aupstream gene variant
rs283651435:76,248,086G/Aupstream gene variant
rs15800886795:76,248,999A/Guncertain significance
rs25313850115:76,249,493G/Cuncertain significance
rs781152475:76,249,503G/Abenign
rs7723241075:76,249,854G/Auncertain significance
rs3770649885:76,249,901G/Auncertain significance
rs1473655575:76,249,905G/Tuncertain significance
rs347611415:76,249,945C/Gbenign
rs25313868365:76,249,970G/Cuncertain significance
rs77217995:76,250,378G/Aregulatory region variant
rs328975:76,250,972T/Cintron variant
rs12571095995:76,251,512T/Cuncertain significance
rs7487365945:76,254,694G/Auncertain significance
rs1898321825:76,255,599G/Cregulatory region variant
rs77184615:76,258,048A/T
rs25314049085:76,259,180G/Auncertain significance
rs5412820535:76,259,194A/Guncertain significance
rs100623675:76,264,354G/Aintron variant
rs7579446095:76,264,621G/Tuncertain significance
rs14076566965:76,264,654G/Auncertain significance
rs18759995:76,264,982T/A
rs10539895:76,265,035C/A3 prime UTR variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.