Murine candidate bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis susceptibility genes identified by gene expression and sequence analysis of linkage regions.

abstract：:Chromosome and enzyme determinations were performed in 250 pregnancies between the 7th and the 12th week of gestation. The majority of the tests were performed for risk of chromosomal abnormalities and 75% of the women were 35 years old or more. We describe a chorionic villi sampling (CVS) technique which proved to be...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brambati B,Simoni G,Danesino C,Oldrini A,Ferrazzi E,Romitti L,Terzoli G,Rossella F,Ferrari M,Fraccaro M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In total, 43 patients having short stature syndrome in 37 Yakut families with autosomal recessive prenatal and postnatal nonprogressive growth failure and facial dysmorphism but with normal intelligence have been identified. METHODS:Because Yakuts are considered as a population isolate and the disease is ra...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Maksimova N,Hara K,Miyashia A,Nikolaeva I,Shiga A,Nogovicina A,Sukhomyasova A,Argunov V,Shvedova A,Ikeuchi T,Nishizawa M,Kuwano R,Onodera O

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency is usually associated with mutations in several factors involved in the biogenesis of COX. METHODS:We describe a patient with atypical, long surviving Leigh syndrome carrying two novel mutations in the COX15 gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in the biosynt...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bugiani M,Tiranti V,Farina L,Uziel G,Zeviani M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Brazilian family of Italian descent is described in which the beta-thalassaemia gene is interacting with an alpha chain variant Hb Hasharon (alpha 47 Asp leads to His). One patient who was affected by homozygous beta 0-thalassaemia and heterozygous alpha Hasharon displayed the clinical picture of thalassaemia interm...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Zago MA,Costa FF,Bottura C

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid PCR based assay was used to ascertain the presence of maternal cell contamination (MCC) in amniotic fluid cell cultures and to exclude MCC in cases where cytogenetic analysis was possible only from one primary cell culture. Six 6-carboxyfluorescein (FAM) and three 6-carboxyfluorescein hexachloride (HEX) labell...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Smith GW,Graham CA,Nevin J,Nevin NC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) is caused by a growth defect of the vertebral bodies leading to characteristic changes in the vertebral bodies and a short trunk. The gene responsible for this disorder has previously been mapped to Xp22, with a maximum likelihood location between markers DXS16 and DXS92. We...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bernard LE,Chitayat D,Weksberg R,Van Allen MI,Langlois S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of 138 index patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and their families, in which the selection of index patients was solely on the basis of their residence in Birmingham. Clinical analysis showed that severe disease was as likely to indicate dominant or non-genetic RP as to indicate recessive disease,...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bundey S,Crews SJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:World wide data on presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease using closely linked DNA markers show that 1479 persons at risk received completed test results up to the end of 1991. Testing has been carried out in 19 countries, with at least 88 centres involved, and numbers have levelled off after a peak in 1990. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors：

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy presenting with an incomplete form of the acrocallosal syndrome is described. The syndrome shows clinical variability and it is stressed that none of the components is constant and facial dysmorphism is not always characteristic. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Turolla L,Clementi M,Tenconi R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intellectual disability (ID) is one of the most common forms of disability worldwide, displaying a wide range of aetiologies and affecting nearly 2% of the global population. OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel autosomal recessive form of ID with strabismus and its underlying aetiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aut...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Alazami AM,Hijazi H,Al-Dosari MS,Shaheen R,Hashem A,Aldahmesh MA,Mohamed JY,Kentab A,Salih MA,Awaji A,Masoodi TA,Alkuraya FS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an extended family with Li-Fraumeni syndrome characterised by gastric and breast carcinoma, glioma, sarcoma, and leukaemia. This family showed strong evidence of linkage to TP53, and three of four tumours analysed showed loss of the wild type allele. A codon 175 missense mutation was identified in exon 5 in...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Varley JM,McGown G,Thorncroft M,Tricker KJ,Teare MD,Santibanez-Koref MF,Martin J,Birch JM,Evans DG

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterised by brittle bones and caused by mutations in the type I collagen genes, COL1A1 and COL1A2. We identified a mutation in the carboxyl-terminal propeptide coding region of one COL1A1 allele in an infant who died with an OI phenotype that differed from the usual lethal form and...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pace JM,Chitayat D,Atkinson M,Wilcox WR,Schwarze U,Byers PH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ubiquitination has a central role in numerous biological processes, including cell development, stress responses and ageing. Perturbed ubiquitination has been implicated in human diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegenerative diseases. SIAH1 encodes a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in protein ubiq...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Buratti J,Ji L,Keren B,Lee Y,Booke S,Erdin S,Kim SY,Palculict TB,Meiner V,Chae JH,Woods CG,Tam A,Héron D,Cong F,Harel T

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sedaghatian-type spondylometaphyseal dysplasia (SSMD) is a neonatal lethal form of spondylometaphyseal dysplasia characterised by severe metaphyseal chondrodysplasia with mild limb shortening, platyspondyly, cardiac conduction defects, and central nervous system abnormalities. As part of the FORGE Canada Con...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Smith AC,Mears AJ,Bunker R,Ahmed A,MacKenzie M,Schwartzentruber JA,Beaulieu CL,Ferretti E,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Majewski J,Bulman DE,Celik FC,Boycott KM,Graham GE

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND BACKGROUND:Mutations in the TARDBP gene, which encodes the TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43), have been described in individuals with familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We screened the TARDBP gene in 285 French sporadic ALS patients to assess the frequency of TARDBP mutations in ALS. RE...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Daoud H,Valdmanis PN,Kabashi E,Dion P,Dupré N,Camu W,Meininger V,Rouleau GA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Tousled-like kinases 1 and 2 (TLK1 and TLK2) are involved in many fundamental processes, including DNA replication, cell cycle checkpoint recovery and chromatin remodelling. Mutations in TLK2 were recently associated with 'Mental Retardation Autosomal Dominant 57' (MRD57, MIM# 618050), a neurodevelopme...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Pavinato L,Villamor-Payà M,Sanchiz-Calvo M,Andreoli C,Gay M,Vilaseca M,Arauz-Garofalo G,Ciolfi A,Bruselles A,Pippucci T,Prota V,Carli D,Giorgio E,Radio FC,Antona V,Giuffrè M,Ranguin K,Colson C,De Rubeis S,Dimartino

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of growth failure, microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, muscular hypertonia, and severe psychomotor retardation are described. At birth, both cases had cytogenetic mosaicism in lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts, in case 1 ring chromosome 21 and monosomy 21 and in case 2, deletion of chromosome 21 and monosomy 21...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Bartsch O,Petersen MB,Stuhlmann I,Mau G,Frantzen M,Schwinger E,Antonarakis SE,Mikkelsen M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelman syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) have become the classical examples of genomic imprinting in man, as completely different phenotypes are generated by the absence of maternal (AS) or paternal (PWS) contributions to the q11-13 region of chromosome 15 as a result of deletion or uniparental disomy. A...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Meijers-Heijboer EJ,Sandkuijl LA,Brunner HG,Smeets HJ,Hoogeboom AJ,Deelen WH,van Hemel JO,Nelen MR,Smeets DF,Niermeijer MF

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the coexistence of genetically determined reduced cholinesterase activity and congenital distichiasis in the same family. The pedigree suggests that these two autosomal dominant diseases are segregated independently and do not show evidence of linkage. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Shammas HF,Tabbara KF,der Kaloustian VM

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-syndromic X linked mental retardation (MRX) is a heterogeneous group of conditions in which all patients have mental retardation as the only constant phenotypic feature. We have identified a female patient with mental retardation and a balanced translocation involving chromosomes X and 21, t(X;21)(p11.2;q22.3). Ph...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Lossi AM,Laugier-Anfossi F,Depetris D,Gecz J,Gedeon A,Kooy F,Schwartz C,Mattei MG,Croquette MF,Villard L

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an 18 year old female with a de novo ring chromosome 3 found after investigation for short stature. Her karyotype was interpreted as 46,XX, r(3)(p26.2q29). Her phenotype is milder than previously reported cases and illustrates the mild end of the spectrum of the ring chromosome 3 phenotype. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： McKinley M,Colley A,Sinclair P,Donnai D,Andrews T

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyslipidaemia, a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), is strongly influenced by genetic factors. OBJECTIVE:To identify genetic factors affecting blood lipid concentrations and CVD risk factors in the Korean population by a candidate gene association analysis. METHODS:21 single nucleotide polym...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Park MH,Kim N,Lee JY,Park HY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and consists of at least three subtypes. FHL2 subtype with perforin (PRF1) mutation accounts for 30% of all FHL cases, while FHL with MUNC13-4 mutation was recently identified and designated as FHL3 subtype. OB...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Yamamoto K,Ishii E,Sako M,Ohga S,Furuno K,Suzuki N,Ueda I,Imayoshi M,Yamamoto S,Morimoto A,Takada H,Hara T,Imashuku S,Sasazuki T,Yasukawa M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most useful markers for the prenatal diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy (DM) are APOC2 and CKM, both of which map proximal to DM. In order to produce other markers useful for DM, we have screened genomic DNA libraries constructed from cell line 20XP3542-1-4, which contains 20 to 30 Mb of human material including APOC...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Brook JD,Harley HG,Walsh KV,Rundle SA,Siciliano MJ,Harper PS,Shaw DJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deficiency of α-galactosidase A (αGal-A) in Fabry disease leads to the accumulation mainly of globotriaosylceramide (GL3) in multiple renal cell types. Glomerular podocytes are relatively resistant to clearance of GL3 inclusions by enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Migalastat, an orally bioavailable small mol...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Mauer M,Sokolovskiy A,Barth JA,Castelli JP,Williams HN,Benjamin ER,Najafian B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last few years, array-comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) has considerably improved our ability to detect cryptic unbalanced rearrangements in patients with syndromic mental retardation. METHOD:Molecular karyotyping of six patients with syndromic mental retardation was carried out using whole-g...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Le Meur N,Holder-Espinasse M,Jaillard S,Goldenberg A,Joriot S,Amati-Bonneau P,Guichet A,Barth M,Charollais A,Journel H,Auvin S,Boucher C,Kerckaert JP,David V,Manouvrier-Hanu S,Saugier-Veber P,Frébourg T,Dubourg C,Andr

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with juvenile proximal spinal muscular atrophy with dominant inheritance and complete penetrance is reported. The disease occurred in three generations and showed high variations in the age of onset and progression among the affected members. A characteristic feature was the constant involvement of facial nuc...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Cao A,Cainchetti C,Calisti L,Tangheroni W

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed all known UK cases of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Among 49 cases with proven 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency, half had been terminated or had died in infancy. The minimum incidence is 1 in 60,000. The frequent occurrence of hypospadias may account for 71% of recognised cases being male. Impo...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Ryan AK,Bartlett K,Clayton P,Eaton S,Mills L,Donnai D,Winter RM,Burn J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new variant of G6PD associated with chronic non-spherocytic haemolytic anaemia (CNSHA) in an Irish male is described. This variant is unique in that it has a normal electrophoretic mobility, Michaelis constant for G6P and NADP, and a normal pH optimum, together with a marked increase in utilisation of the substrate ...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： McCann SR,Smithwick AM,Temperley IJ,Tipton K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oguchi disease is a rare autosomal recessive form of congenital stationary night blindness. The condition is associated with fundus discolouration and abnormally slow dark adaptation. Earlier studies suggested that the 48 kD protein S antigen may be involved in the recovery phase of light transduction. Previous cytoge...

journal_title：Journal of medical genetics

authors： Maw MA,John S,Jablonka S,Müller B,Kumaramanickavel G,Oehlmann R,Denton MJ,Gal A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00