Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a human disease resulting from a dominantly inherited partial deficiency of the heme biosynthetic enzyme, porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD). The frequency of the trait for AIP is 1/10,000 in most populations, but may be markedly higher (1/500) in psychiatric patients. The clinical ...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Lindberg RL,Porcher C,Grandchamp B,Ledermann B,Bürki K,Brandner S,Aguzzi A,Meyer UA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have suggested that the active derivative of vitamin A, retinoic acid (RA), may be important for early development of mammalian embryos. Severe vitamin A deprivation in rodents results in maternal infertility, precluding a thorough investigation of the role of RA during embryogenesis. Here we show ...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Niederreither K,Subbarayan V,Dollé P,Chambon P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new study successfully applies complementary whole-genome sequencing and imputation approaches to establish robust disease associations in an isolated population. This strategy is poised to help elucidate the role of variants at the low end of the allele frequency spectrum in the genetic architecture of complex trai...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Zeggini E

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein E (APOE) E4 allele is associated with Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, and decreased longevity. To probe the mechanism of these associations, cell lines were created which secrete each apoE isoform. ApoE conditioned media, purified apoE, and commercially obtained apoE protected B12 cells...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Miyata M,Smith JD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal enhancers play pivotal roles in development and disease yet remain one of the least understood regulatory elements. We used massively parallel reporter assays to perform functional comparisons of two leading enhancer models and find that gene-distal transcription start sites are robust predictors of active enha...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Tippens ND,Liang J,Leung AK,Wierbowski SD,Ozer A,Booth JG,Lis JT,Yu H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence variation in human genes is largely confined to single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and is valuable in tests of association with common diseases and pharmacogenetic traits. We performed a systematic and comprehensive survey of molecular variation to assess the nature, pattern and frequency of SNPs in 75 ca...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Halushka MK,Fan JB,Bentley K,Hsie L,Shen N,Weder A,Cooper R,Lipshutz R,Chakravarti A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women, and over two-thirds of cases express estrogen receptor-α (ER-α, encoded by ESR1). Through a prospective clinical sequencing program for advanced cancers, we enrolled 11 patients with ER-positive metastatic breast cancer. Whole-exome and transcriptome analysis showed...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Robinson DR,Wu YM,Vats P,Su F,Lonigro RJ,Cao X,Kalyana-Sundaram S,Wang R,Ning Y,Hodges L,Gursky A,Siddiqui J,Tomlins SA,Roychowdhury S,Pienta KJ,Kim SY,Roberts JS,Rae JM,Van Poznak CH,Hayes DF,Chugh R,Kunju LP,

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer Analysis Working Group collaborated on the Synapse software platform to share and evolve data, results and methodologies while performing integrative analysis of molecular profiling data from 12 tumor types. The group's work serves as a pilot case study that provides (i) a template f...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Omberg L,Ellrott K,Yuan Y,Kandoth C,Wong C,Kellen MR,Friend SH,Stuart J,Liang H,Margolin AA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinted genes show differential expression between maternal and paternal alleles as a consequence of epigenetic modification that can result in 'parent-of-origin' effects on phenotypic traits. There is increasing evidence from mouse and human studies that imprinted genes may influence behavior and cognitive function...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Davies W,Isles A,Smith R,Karunadasa D,Burrmann D,Humby T,Ojarikre O,Biggin C,Skuse D,Burgoyne P,Wilkinson L

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyldeoxyadenine (6mA) is a noncanonical DNA base modification present at low levels in plant and animal genomes, but its prevalence and association with genome function in other eukaryotic lineages remains poorly understood. Here we report that abundant 6mA is associated with transcriptionally active genes in ea...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Mondo SJ,Dannebaum RO,Kuo RC,Louie KB,Bewick AJ,LaButti K,Haridas S,Kuo A,Salamov A,Ahrendt SR,Lau R,Bowen BP,Lipzen A,Sullivan W,Andreopoulos BB,Clum A,Lindquist E,Daum C,Northen TR,Kunde-Ramamoorthy G,Schmitz RJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental aim of genetics is to understand how an organism's phenotype is determined by its genotype, and implicit in this is predicting how changes in DNA sequence alter phenotypes. A single network covering all the genes of an organism might guide such predictions down to the level of individual cells and tiss...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Lee I,Lehner B,Crombie C,Wong W,Fraser AG,Marcotte EM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymorphic CAG repeat was identified in the human alpha 1A voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit. To test the hypothesis that expansion of this CAG repeat could be the cause of an inherited progressive ataxia, we genotyped a large number of unrelated controls and ataxia patients. Eight unrelated patients with l...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Zhuchenko O,Bailey J,Bonnen P,Ashizawa T,Stockton DW,Amos C,Dobyns WB,Subramony SH,Zoghbi HY,Lee CC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified four susceptibility loci for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), with another two suggestive loci reaching near genome-wide significance. We pooled data from a GWAS conducted in North America with another GWAS from the UK. We selected the top 24,551 SNPs for inclusio...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Pharoah PD,Tsai YY,Ramus SJ,Phelan CM,Goode EL,Lawrenson K,Buckley M,Fridley BL,Tyrer JP,Shen H,Weber R,Karevan R,Larson MC,Song H,Tessier DC,Bacot F,Vincent D,Cunningham JM,Dennis J,Dicks E,Australian Cancer Stud

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain yield is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs) derived from natural variations in many crop plants. Here we report the molecular characterization of a major rice grain yield QTL that acts through the determination of panicle architecture. The dominant allele at the DEP1 locus is a gain-of-function mutatio...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Huang X,Qian Q,Liu Z,Sun H,He S,Luo D,Xia G,Chu C,Li J,Fu X

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of chromosome termini, or telomeres, requires the action of the enzyme telomerase, as conventional DNA polymerases cannot fully replicate the ends of linear molecules. Telomerase is expressed and telomere length is maintained in human germ cells and the great majority of primary human tumours. However,...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Weinrich SL,Pruzan R,Ma L,Ouellette M,Tesmer VM,Holt SE,Bodnar AG,Lichtsteiner S,Kim NW,Trager JB,Taylor RD,Carlos R,Andrews WH,Wright WE,Shay JW,Harley CB,Morin GB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are beginning to elucidate transcriptional regulatory networks on a large scale and to understand some of the structural principles of these networks, but the evolutionary mechanisms that form these networks are still mostly unknown. Here we investigate the role of gene duplication in network evolution. Gene duplic...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Teichmann SA,Babu MM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipodystrophies are a group of disorders characterized by the absence or reduction of subcutaneous adipose tissue. Partial lipodystrophy (PLD; MIM 151660) is an inherited condition in which a regional (trunk and limbs) loss of fat occurs during the peri-pubertal phase. Additionally, variable degrees of resistance ...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Shackleton S,Lloyd DJ,Jackson SN,Evans R,Niermeijer MF,Singh BM,Schmidt H,Brabant G,Kumar S,Durrington PN,Gregory S,O'Rahilly S,Trembath RC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High rates of APOBEC-signature mutations are found in many tumors, but factors affecting this mutation pattern are not well understood. Here we explored the contribution of two common germline variants in the APOBEC3 region. SNP rs1014971 was associated with bladder cancer risk, increased APOBEC3B expression, and enri...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Middlebrooks CD,Banday AR,Matsuda K,Udquim KI,Onabajo OO,Paquin A,Figueroa JD,Zhu B,Koutros S,Kubo M,Shuin T,Freedman ND,Kogevinas M,Malats N,Chanock SJ,Garcia-Closas M,Silverman DT,Rothman N,Prokunina-Olsson L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mouse and man, deletions of specific regions of the Y chromosome have been linked to early failure of spermatogenesis and consequent sterility; the Y chromosomal gene(s) with this essential early role in spermatogenesis have not been identified. The partial deletion of the mouse Y short arm (the Sxrb deletion) that...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Mazeyrat S,Saut N,Grigoriev V,Mahadevaiah SK,Ojarikre OA,Rattigan A,Bishop C,Eicher EM,Mitchell MJ,Burgoyne PS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that mutation in the gene for plectin, a cytoskeleton-membrane anchorage protein, is a cause of autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy associated with skin blistering (epidermolysis bullosa simplex). The evidence comes from absence of plectin by antibody staining in affected individuals from four families, s...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Smith FJ,Eady RA,Leigh IM,McMillan JR,Rugg EL,Kelsell DP,Bryant SP,Spurr NK,Geddes JF,Kirtschig G,Milana G,de Bono AG,Owaribe K,Wiche G,Pulkkinen L,Uitto J,McLean WH,Lane EB

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have identified several loci associated with pancreatic cancer risk; however, the mechanisms by which genetic factors influence the development of sporadic pancreatic cancer remain largely unknown. Here, by using genome-wide association analysis and functional characterization, we ident...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Zheng J,Huang X,Tan W,Yu D,Du Z,Chang J,Wei L,Han Y,Wang C,Che X,Zhou Y,Miao X,Jiang G,Yu X,Yang X,Cao G,Zuo C,Li Z,Wang C,Cheung ST,Jia Y,Zheng X,Shen H,Wu C,Lin D

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress tolerance of the heart requires high-fidelity metabolic sensing by ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels that adjust membrane potential-dependent functions to match cellular energetic demand. Scanning of genomic DNA from individuals with heart failure and rhythm disturbances due to idiopathic dilated cardio...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Bienengraeber M,Olson TM,Selivanov VA,Kathmann EC,O'Cochlain F,Gao F,Karger AB,Ballew JD,Hodgson DM,Zingman LV,Pang YP,Alekseev AE,Terzic A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is characterized by dilation of collecting ducts and by biliary dysgenesis and is an important cause of renal- and liver-related morbidity and mortality. Genetic analysis of a rat with recessive polycystic kidney disease revealed an orthologous relationship between...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Ward CJ,Hogan MC,Rossetti S,Walker D,Sneddon T,Wang X,Kubly V,Cunningham JM,Bacallao R,Ishibashi M,Milliner DS,Torres VE,Harris PC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of patients with fragile X syndrome show a folate-sensitive fragile site at Xq27.3 (FRAXA) at the cytogenetic level, and both amplification of the (CGG)n repeat and hypermethylation of the CpG island in the 5' fragile X gene (FMR-1) at the molecular level. We have studied the FMR-1 gene of a patient ...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： De Boulle K,Verkerk AJ,Reyniers E,Vits L,Hendrickx J,Van Roy B,Van den Bos F,de Graaff E,Oostra BA,Willems PJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage disequilibrium mapping in isolated populations provides a powerful tool for fine structure localization of disease genes. Here, Luria and Delbrück's classical methods for analysing bacterial cultures are adapted to the study of human isolated founder populations in order to estimate (i) the recombination fract...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Hästbacka J,de la Chapelle A,Kaitila I,Sistonen P,Weaver A,Lander E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new statistical test of association between a trait and genetic markers, which we theoretically and practically prove to be robust to arbitrarily complex population structure. The statistical test involves a set of parameters that can be directly estimated from large-scale genotyping data, such as those m...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Song M,Hao W,Storey JD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy is a microvascular endotheliopathy with middle-age onset. In nine families, we identified heterozygous C-terminal frameshift mutations in TREX1, which encodes a 3'-5' exonuclease. These truncated proteins retain exonuclease activity but lose normal p...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Richards A,van den Maagdenberg AM,Jen JC,Kavanagh D,Bertram P,Spitzer D,Liszewski MK,Barilla-Labarca ML,Terwindt GM,Kasai Y,McLellan M,Grand MG,Vanmolkot KR,de Vries B,Wan J,Kane MJ,Mamsa H,Schäfer R,Stam AH,Haan J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by slowly progressing contractures, wasting of skeletal muscle and cardiomyopathy. Heart block is a frequent cause of death. The disease gene has been mapped to distal Xq28. Among many genes in this region, we selected eight trans...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Bione S,Maestrini E,Rivella S,Mancini M,Regis S,Romeo G,Toniolo D

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic linkage studies with chromosome 21 DNA markers and mutation analysis of the beta-amyloid protein precursor gene located in 21q21.3 have indicated that early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) is a heterogeneous disorder for which at least one other chromosomal locus exists. We examined two extended histopatholog...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Van Broeckhoven C,Backhovens H,Cruts M,De Winter G,Bruyland M,Cras P,Martin JJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures represent a serious adverse event following measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination. We conducted a series of genome-wide association scans comparing children with MMR-related febrile seizures, children with febrile seizures unrelated to vaccination and controls with no history of febrile seizure...

journal_title：Nature genetics

authors： Feenstra B,Pasternak B,Geller F,Carstensen L,Wang T,Huang F,Eitson JL,Hollegaard MV,Svanström H,Vestergaard M,Hougaard DM,Schoggins JW,Jan LY,Melbye M,Hviid A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00