Peter
Kopp, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Endocrinology
To Contact Dr. Kopp:
phone: 312-503-1394
e-mail: p-kopp@northwestern.edu
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Research Interests
Dr. Peter Kopp’s research focuses on various forms of thyroid
disease. Principal areas of interests are the molecular genetics of congenital
hypothyroidism and Pendred’s syndrome. Pendred’s syndrome is an
autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital sensorineural deafness,
goiter and impaired iodide organification. It is caused by mutations in the
PDS (Pendred syndrome) gene that encodes pendrin, an anion transporter belonging
to the solute carrier family 26A (SCL26A).
Other areas of active research include the molecular genetics of endocrine diseases such as neurohypophyseal and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, and the analysis of polymorphisms in genes involved in androgen metabolism in order to define determinants of steroid hormones and prostate cancer risk in men.