A novel TMPRSS3 missense mutation in a DFNB8/10 family prevents proteolytic activation of the protein.

abstract：:Sphingolipid activator protein (SAP) deficiency, previously described in two sibs and shown to be caused by the absence of the common saposin precursor (prosaposin), was further characterized by biochemical lipid and enzyme studies and by ultrastructural analysis. The 20-week-old fetal sib had increased concentrations...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bradová V,Smíd F,Ulrich-Bott B,Roggendorf W,Paton BC,Harzer K

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of a population of 138,598 infants born in southern Poland between 1987 and 1989, and screened for phenylketonuria (PKU), 28 cases were ascertained probands and their parents were isolated and eight polymorphic restriction sites were analyzed within the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene region. Twenty-one different h...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Zygulska M,Eigel A,Aulehla-Scholz C,Pietrzyk JJ,Horst J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yolk sac tumors are the most frequent kind of malignant pediatric germ cell tumor and may have a fundamentally different pathogenesis than adult germ cell tumors. Since few cytogenetic studies have been performed so far, in situ hybridization was applied to interphase cell nuclei of seven gonadal yolk sac tumors of ch...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Jenderny J,Köster E,Meyer A,Borchers O,Grote W,Harms D,Jänig U

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The largest class of de novo chromosomal rearrangements in Down syndrome are rea(21q21q). Classically, these rearrangements have been termed Robertsonian translocations, implying an attachment of two different chromosome 21 homologues. Additionally, a Robertsonian translocation between two chromosomes 21 cannot be dis...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Shaffer LG,Jackson-Cook CK,Meyer JM,Brown JA,Spence JE

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sanfilippo syndrome type B (mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the inability to degrade heparan sulfate because of a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU). We performed mutation screening in a group of 20 patients, identyifing 28 mutat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tessitore A,Villani GR,Di Domenico C,Filocamo M,Gatti R,Di Natale P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently observed a significantly increased risk for lung cancer in carriers of p53 germline mutations. Because cigarette smoking is known to play an important role in increasing the risk for lung cancer in the general population, we wanted to determine the role of cigarette smoking in lung cancer risk in people wi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hwang SJ,Cheng LS,Lozano G,Amos CI,Gu X,Strong LC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GTF2IRD1 is one of the three members of the GTF2I gene family, clustered on chromosome 7 within a 1.8 Mb region that is prone to duplications and deletions in humans. Hemizygous deletions cause Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) and duplications cause WBS duplication syndrome. These copy number variations disturb a variet...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Carmona-Mora P,Widagdo J,Tomasetig F,Canales CP,Cha Y,Lee W,Alshawaf A,Dottori M,Whan RM,Hardeman EC,Palmer SJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-2 microglobulin (B2M) is a component of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule and has been studied as a biomarker of kidney function, cardiovascular diseases and mortality. Little is known about the genes influencing its levels directly or through glomerular filtration rate (GFR). We conduct...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tin A,Astor BC,Boerwinkle E,Hoogeveen RC,Coresh J,Kao WH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haptoglobin types were determined on 211 patients with leukemia of the four most common types: acute lymphatic (ALL), chronic lymphatic (CLL), acute myeloid (AML), and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Frequency distributions of the three common Hp types in patients differed significantly from the control population. A ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Nevo S,Tatarsky I

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-month-old female child with the 9p- karyotype: 46,XX,del(9) (p22) is presented, being the first case from among Oriental people. She has many clinical features similar to those described in Caucasian cases. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kuroki Y,Yokota S,Nakai H,Yamamoto Y,Matsui I

更新日期：1977-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic disease with complex genetic background. It is characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis and the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmatic autoantibodies (C-ANCAs) in sera of patients. Here...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Jagiello P,Gencik M,Arning L,Wieczorek S,Kunstmann E,Csernok E,Gross WL,Epplen JT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ring chromosome No. 13 was found in a 21-year-old female with multiple anomalies suggestive of 13q--syndrome. Chromosomes of the girl and her parents, studied by quinacrine staining, revealed the ring to be of paternal origin. Detailed study of the quinacrine banding pattern of the ring indicated loss of the most di...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Magenis RE,Wyandt HE,Overton KM,Macfarlane J

更新日期：1976-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A myeloblastin/proteinase-3 (MBN/PR-3) cDNA probe detects two bi-allelic (BglII, PvuII) DNA polymorphisms. These restriction fragment length polymorphisms provide new genetic markers on chromosome 19. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schwaller J,Chen T,Fey MF,Tobler A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human height is a complex trait regulated by multiple genetic and environmental factors. CYP19 (cytochrome P450 19) encodes aromatase, which catalyses the rate-limiting step in the conversion of androgens to estrogens. Deleterious mutations in CYP19 can result in estrogen deficiency that will influence adult height to...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yang TL,Xiong DH,Guo Y,Recker RR,Deng HW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the many potential uses of the HapMap project is its application to the investigation of complex disease aetiology among a wide range of populations. This study aims to assess the transferability of HapMap SNP data to the Spanish population in the context of cancer research. We have carried out a genotyping stu...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ribas G,González-Neira A,Salas A,Milne RL,Vega A,Carracedo B,González E,Barroso E,Fernández LP,Yankilevich P,Robledo M,Carracedo A,Benítez J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ATSV (axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles) gene encodes an anterograde axonal motor transport protein and demonstrates homology to the kinesin gene family in several species. The human ATSV gene was mapped to chromosome 2q37 by screening of a human/rodent somatic cell hybrid panel by the polymerase chain...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Keller MP,Seifried BA,Rabin BA,Chance PF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase is an important antioxidant enzyme that detoxifies H2O2 into oxygen and water and thus limits the deleterious effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Because chronic exposure to excess ROS may contribute to vascular damage, we investigated whether genetic variation in catalase was associated with susceptibi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Jiang Z,Akey JM,Shi J,Xiong M,Wang Y,Shen Y,Xu X,Chen H,Wu H,Xiao J,Lu D,Huang W,Jin L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aniridia is a severe eye disease characterized by iris hypoplasia; both sporadic cases and familial cases with an autosomal dominant inheritance exist. Mutations in the PAX6 gene have been shown to be the genetic cause of the disease. Some of the sporadic cases are caused by large chromosomal deletions, some of which ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Grønskov K,Olsen JH,Sand A,Pedersen W,Carlsen N,Bak Jylling AM,Lyngbye T,Brøndum-Nielsen K,Rosenberg T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) is of increasing importance in the life sciences. One of its most prominent applications is the sequencing of whole genomes or targeted regions of the genome such as all exonic regions (i.e., the exome). Here, the objective is the identification of genetic variants such as single n...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Altmann A,Weber P,Bader D,Preuss M,Binder EB,Müller-Myhsok B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of next-generation sequencing technologies has opened-up some new possibilities to explore the contribution of genetic variants to human diseases and in particular that of rare variants. Statistical methods have been developed to test for association with rare variants that require the definition of te...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bocher O,Génin E

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old girl with classical Prader-Willi Syndrome was found to have a 14;15 Robertsonian translocation--45,XX,t(14;15)(p11;q11). This type of Robertsonian translocation was not found in any patient from 8 surveys covering 6144 patients with mental retardation. Chromosome 15 has been involved in translocations in...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Smith A,Noel M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol is reported which allows the efficient induction of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-induced R-type replication patterns in fibroblast cultures prepared to demonstrate the fragile site fra(X)(q27). The technique includes partial synchronization of the culture by fluorodeoxyuridine (FdU) blocking at the G1/S transit...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Barbi G,Steinbach P,Wiedenmann A,Vogel W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While liability to schizophrenia (Scz) is due to genetic and environmental factors, specific factors are largely unknown. We postulate a two-hit model for Scz, in which initial liability is generated during fetal brain development: this "hit" is precipitated by environmental stressors biologically interacting with mat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Devlin B,Klei L,Myles-Worsley M,Tiobech J,Otto C,Byerley W,Roeder K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylation polymorphism is one of the representative pharmacogenetic traits that underlie interindividual and interethnic differences in response to xenobiotics. To develop a practical genotyping method to predict acetylator phenotype, we studied the conditions for accurate phenotyping, and identified the phenotype...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Mashimo M,Suzuki T,Abe M,Deguchi T

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromas, benign tumors that originate from the peripheral nerve sheath, are a hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Although loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a common phenomenon in this neoplasia, it only accounts for part of the somatic NF1 mutations found. Somatic point mutations or the presence of "two h...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Serra E,Ars E,Ravella A,Sánchez A,Puig S,Rosenbaum T,Estivill X,Lázaro C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood lymphocytes from eight Fanconi anemia (FA) patients, 14 FA heterozygotes, and nine normal subjects have been tested for their susceptibility to chromosomal breakage induction by diepoxybutane (DEB) and by two peroxides. In addition, the effect of five antioxidants was investigated in standard cultures...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dallapiccola B,Porfirio B,Mokini V,Alimena G,Isacchi G,Gandini E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 491 patients with femur-fibula-ulna (FFU) complex is presented. The term FFU complex has been proposed for cases in which the femur, fibula and/or ulna show defects, which tend to be associated. These cases are usually sporadic. Some rare anomalies of the arms which are present are particularly frequent in ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lenz W,Zygulska M,Horst J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na+/H+ antiporter is a ubiquitous membrane-associated protein that plays an important role in the regulation of intracellular pH. APNH, a gene encoding the antiporter, has been cloned and mapped to the short arm of chromosome 1 by in situ hybridization. Using the polymerase chain reaction, we have amplified a 376 ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dudley CR,Giuffra LA,Tippett P,Kidd KK,Reeders ST

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 15,387 individuals living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, of whom 10,864 are unrelated, were examined for erythrocyte triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) by starch gel electrophoresis using TEMM buffer, pH 7.4. Four kinds of new variants, one having a cathodal migration and three having anodal migrations, were encou...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Asakawa J,Satoh C,Takahashi N,Fujita M,Kaneko J,Goriki K,Hazama R,Kageoka T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 1.2kb 3'-terminal Pst-I fragment of a full length tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) cDNA clone (ptPA-8FL) and a set of rodent human somatic cell hybrids, the corresponding human gene PLAT was localized on chromosome 8. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Verheijen JH,Visse R,Wijnen JT,Chang GT,Kluft C,Meera Khan P

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00