Mitochondrial haplogroup N9b is protective against myocardial infarction in Japanese males.

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is an inherited red blood cell aplasia that usually presents during the first year of life. The main features of the disease are normochromic and macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia, and nearly absent erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow. The patients also present with growth retarda...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Landowski M,O'Donohue MF,Buros C,Ghazvinian R,Montel-Lehry N,Vlachos A,Sieff CA,Newburger PE,Niewiadomska E,Matysiak M,Glader B,Atsidaftos E,Lipton JM,Beggs AH,Gleizes PE,Gazda HT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal dysplasia syndromes are genetically heterogeneous group of disorders involving one or more of the classical ectodermal appendages (hair, nail, teeth, sweat glands) in association with anomalies of other organs or systems. In the present study a novel form of ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, ectodermal dysplas...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tariq M,Khan MN,Ahmad W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystrophin mRNA transcripts from the P (Purkinje) promoter were shown to be differentially expressed in human skeletal muscle, heart, and brain. The expression pattern was characteristic of tissue type and developmental stage. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the P promoter transcripts in adult skeletal mus...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Holder E,Maeda M,Bies RD

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) type I is a generalized connective tissue disorder, the major manifestations of which are soft, velvety hyperextensible skin and moderately severe joint hypermobility. The gene defect or defects causing EDS type I have not yet been defined, but previous observations suggested that the synd...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sokolov BP,Prytkov AN,Tromp G,Knowlton RG,Prockop DJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since nine patients with infantile liver cirrhosis or hepatopathy associated with the Pi ZZ phenotype had been observed in recent years in the Children's Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Tyrol, the distribution of the Pi types and the PiM subtypes was determined in the Tyrolean population. Apparently healthy b...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Böhme A,Cleve H,Schönitzer D,Reissigl H,Kazda S,Müller W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of small peptides with a typical cysteine-rich domain (termed trefoil motif or P-domain) is abundantly expressed at mucosal surfaces of specific normal and neoplastic tissues. Their association with the maintenance of surface integrity was suggested. The first known human trefoil peptide (pS2) was isolated fro...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Beck S,Schmitt H,Shizuya H,Blin N,Gött P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene cause familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal, dominantly inherited disease that predisposes patients to colorectal cancer. The APC gene is composed of 15 coding exons and encodes an open reading frame of 8.5 kb. The 3' 6.5 kb of the APCopen r...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Su LK,Kohlmann W,Ward PA,Lynch PM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several studies have demonstrated familial aggregation of nonsyndromic cleft palate (CP), the mode of inheritance still remains uncertain. We report the results of complex segregation analysis performed in families of 357 consecutive newborns affected with nonsyndromic CP (i.e., CP not a component feature of ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Clementi M,Tenconi R,Forabosco P,Calzolari E,Milan M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PAX2 is a member of the PAX multigene family encoding transcription factors active in specific tissues during embryogenesis. Several PAX/Pax genes (PAX and Pax describe homologous genes in human and mice, respectively) have been shown to possess critical morphogenetic functions as identified by the analysis of mice ta...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tavassoli K,Rüger W,Horst J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder. Recently, several mutations have been found in the E6-AP ubiquitin protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in a group of patients who are nondeleted and do not have uniparental disomy or imprinting defects. Most of the reported mutations cluster within exons 9 or 16 of...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fung DC,Yu B,Cheong KF,Smith A,Trent RJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate genetic abnormalities in type I CD36 deficiency, we analyzed 28 Japanese subjects whose platelets and monocytes/macrophages lacked CD36 on their surface. We identified two novel mutations in the CD36 gene. One was a complex deletion/insertion mutation, in which 3 bp, GAG, were deleted at nucleotide (nt) 8...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kashiwagi H,Tomiyama Y,Nozaki S,Kiyoi T,Tadokoro S,Matsumoto K,Honda S,Kosugi S,Kurata Y,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional intronless gene coding for a calmodulin-like protein (CLP) has been localized to human chromosome 10p13-ter. Chromosomal assignment was performed by Southern blot analysis of DNA from human-rodent somatic cell hybrids and amplification of a CLP gene-specific 1090-bp DNA fragment by the polymerase chain ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Berchtold MW,Koller M,Egli R,Rhyner JA,Hameister H,Strehler EE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactase is the intestinal enzyme responsible for digestion of the milk sugar lactose. Lactase gene expression declines dramatically upon weaning in mammals and during early childhood in humans (lactase nonpersistence). In various ethnic groups, however, lactase persists in high levels throughout adulthood (lactase per...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fang L,Ahn JK,Wodziak D,Sibley E

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unraveling the causes and pathomechanisms of progressive disorders is essential for the development of therapeutic strategies. Here, we identified heterozygous pathogenic missense variants of LMX1A in two families of Dutch origin with progressive nonsyndromic hearing impairment (HI), using whole exome sequencing. One ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Wesdorp M,de Koning Gans PAM,Schraders M,Oostrik J,Huynen MA,Venselaar H,Beynon AJ,van Gaalen J,Piai V,Voermans N,van Rossum MM,Hartel BP,Lelieveld SH,Wiel L,Verbist B,Rotteveel LJ,van Dooren MF,Lichtner P,Kunst HPM,

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using "new" techniques (malic acid thin layer agarose gel electrophoresis and/or isoelectric focusing), the polymorphism of the human red cell isozyme system esterase D (ESD) was shown to be extended. We report the gene frequencies observed among 312 unrelated Caucasian individuals living in the Düsseldorf area. The f...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Henke J,Schweitzer H,Bär W,Weidinger S,Weissmann J,Baur MP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently different chromosome abnormality was observed in unstimulated blood cultures from an acute non-lymphocytic leukemic child: 11q- with G banding techniques and 17q- with R banding techniques. The abnormality is explained as a t(11;17) translocation, and the discrepancy between the G- and R-band patterns di...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Berger R,Bernheim A,Schaison G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphafetoprotein (AFP) concentration in maternal serum was determined before and after chorionic villus sampling (CVS). A significant increase of 20% or more in the pre-CVS level was noted immediately after sampling in 59% of 837 pregnancies indicating some degree of feto-maternal haemorrhage. The increase in the ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fuhrmann W,Altland K,Köhler A,Holzgreve W,Jovanović V,Rauskolb R,Pawlowitzki IH,Miny P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight polymorphic restriction enzyme sites at the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) locus were analyzed from the parental chromosomes in 33 Danish nuclear families with at least one phenylketonuric (PKU) child. Determination of haplotypes of 66 normal chromosomes and 66 chromosomes bearing mutant allele(s) demonstrated ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Chakraborty R,Lidsky AS,Daiger SP,Güttler F,Sullivan S,Dilella AG,Woo SL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) in serum is associated with insulin resistance. To examine this further, the genomic region of RBP4 was genetically surveyed in Mongolian people, who as a group are suffering from a recent rapid increase in diabetes. The RBP4 gene was screened by DHPLC system, and t...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Munkhtulga L,Nakayama K,Utsumi N,Yanagisawa Y,Gotoh T,Omi T,Kumada M,Erdenebulgan B,Zolzaya K,Lkhagvasuren T,Iwamoto S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the evolutionary history of the gene region containing the multifunctional adipose tissue hormone leptin, we genotyped 1,957 individuals from 12 world populations for a highly variable tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism located 476 bp 3' of exon 3 of the leptin gene. Common alleles shared among p...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Moffett S,Martinson J,Shriver MD,Deka R,McGarvey ST,Barrantes R,Ferrell RE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of the one-carbon metabolic pathway, which controls nucleotide synthesis and DNA methylation, may promote lymphomagenesis. We evaluated the association between polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolism genes and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in a population-based case-control study in Australia. Cases ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lee KM,Lan Q,Kricker A,Purdue MP,Grulich AE,Vajdic CM,Turner J,Whitby D,Kang D,Chanock S,Rothman N,Armstrong BK

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature ovarian failure (POF) is an unexplained amenorrhoea (>6 months) with raised levels of gonadotropins (FSH>40 U/L) occurring before the age of 40 years. Recent studies have elucidated the role of oocyte derived growth factors (BMP15 and GDF9) in maintenance of folliculogenesis, granulosa cell (GC) proliferatio...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dixit H,Rao LK,Padmalatha VV,Kanakavalli M,Deenadayal M,Gupta N,Chakrabarty B,Singh L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the ability to measure dense genetic markers approaches the limit of the DNA sequence itself, taking advantage of possible clustering of genetic variants in, and around, a gene would benefit genetic association analyses, and likely provide biological insights. The greatest benefit might be realized when multiple ra...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schaid DJ,Sinnwell JP,McDonnell SK,Thibodeau SN

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a de novo supernumerary marker chromosome (SMC) poses problems in genetic counseling. The consequences of the additional chromosomal material may range from harmless to detrimental. As the composition of a SMC cannot be deciphered by traditional banding analysis, sophisticated methods are needed for th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Langer S,Fauth C,Rocchi M,Murken J,Speicher MR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A locus (CPX) responsible for X-linked cleft palate and ankyloglossia was previously mapped to the proximal long arm of the X chromosome through DNA marker linkage studies in two large kindred: an Icelandic family and a British Columbia (B.C.) Native family. In this study, additional linkage analyses have been perform...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gorski SM,Adams KJ,Birch PH,Chodirker BN,Greenberg CR,Goodfellow PJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal analysis from aborted tissue has become an important diagnostic aid. However, the necessary cultures are frequently unsuccessful due to the condition of the aborted tissue. Polyploidy, in particular triploidy, in the conceptus is a common cause of early pregnancy loss and unlike aneuploidy does not appear ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Riekki K,Baillie JE,Nair KK,Dill FJ,Poland BJ,Baillie DL

更新日期：1977-07-26 00:00:00

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：: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：:Laird et al. (1987) hypothesized that there are at least four cis-acting alleles or 'chromosome states' at Xq27 that increasingly delay replication at this chromosomal area resulting in its increasing fragility in vitro. When on the inactive X chromosome, the proposed third ('mutated') allele can permanently block rea...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yu WD,Wenger SL,Steele MW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wished to determine the time of pregnancy at which optimal numbers of nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) are present in maternal blood. Because 30% of the NRBC in maternal blood are fetal, there are implications for prenatal screening and diagnosis. Samples of whole blood were collected from each of 225 women at vari...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Shulman LP,Phillips OP,Tolley E,Sammons D,Wachtel SS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00