Menstrual cycle-dependent periodic fever (PFMCD) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent high fever with each menstrual cycle. It has been reported mutations in HTR1A cause this disease. HTR1A encodes the serotonin receptor 1A that plays a critical role in serotonergic transmission.
Category
Endocrine and metabolic disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
5B3Y Other specified endocrine diseases
H02773 Menstrual cycle-dependent periodic fever
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06544 Neuroactive ligand signaling
H02773 Menstrual cycle-dependent periodic fever
Menstrual cycle-dependent febrile episode mediated by sequence-specific repression of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 on the transcription of the human serotonin receptor 1A gene.