High prevalence of an anti-hypertriglyceridemic variant of the MLXIPL gene in Central Asia.

abstract：:Leptin, a possible mediator between energy homeostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease (CVD), acts via leptin receptors. We investigated association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes of the leptin receptor gene (LEPR) with several CVD risk factors: body mass index, waist circumference (...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tomas Ž,Petranović MZ,Škarić-Jurić T,Barešić A,Salihović MP,Narančić NS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mixed models to determine narrow-sense heritability and related quantities such as SNP heritability has received much recent attention. Less attention has been paid to the inherent variability in these estimates. One approach for quantifying variability in estimates of heritability is a frequentist approach...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Furlotte NA,Heckerman D,Lippert C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypercholesterolemic patient medicated with cerivastatin for 22 days resulted in acute rhabdomyolysis. CYP2C8 and CYP3A4 are the major enzymes responsible for the metabolism of cerivastatin, and a transporter, OATP2, contributes to uptake of cerivastatin to the liver. In this study, the patient's DNA was sequenced i...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ishikawa C,Ozaki H,Nakajima T,Ishii T,Kanai S,Anjo S,Shirai K,Inoue I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA encoding a novel protein was isolated and sequenced from a human placental cDNA library. This cDNA consists of 1,735 base pairs and has a predicted open reading frame (ORF) encoding 354 amino acids. It possesses a putative signal sequence, a long extracellular domain, a transmembrane region, a short...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ichigotani Y,Matsuda S,Machida K,Oshima K,Iwamoto T,Yamaki K,Hayakawa T,Hamaguchi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercholesterolemia is caused by different interactions of lifestyle and genetic determinants. At the genetic level, it can be attributed to the interactions of multiple polymorphisms, or as in the example of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), it can be the result of a single mutation. A large number of genetic mark...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Alex L,Chahil JK,Lye SH,Bagali P,Ler LW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The House of Aisin Gioro is the imperial family of the last dynasty in Chinese history-Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The Aisin Gioro family originated from Jurchen tribes and founded the Manchu people before they conquered China. By investigating the Y chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) of seven modern male individua...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Yan S,Tachibana H,Wei LH,Yu G,Wen SQ,Wang CC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-spectrum autism, referred to as pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), may be associated with genetic factors. We examined 241 siblings in 269 Japanese families with affected children. The sibling incidence of PDD was 10.0% whereas the prevalence of PDD in the general population in the same geographic region wa...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Sumi S,Taniai H,Miyachi T,Tanemura M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the brain of a typical Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) patient. There were many small perivascular focal areas of hypointensity in the white matter on T1-weighted images, similar to those found in mucopolysaccharidosis or perivascular leukomalacia. However, these changes...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kondoh T,Matsumoto T,Ochi M,Sukegawa K,Tsuji Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem mass screening has recently been started in Japan, but genetic screening has yet to be widely performed in neonates and many unexpected deaths are still being reported. We previously reported two cases of sudden infant death that may have been prevented had newborn screening been performed. In this study, we re...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Oshima Y,Yamamoto T,Ishikawa T,Mishima H,Matsusue A,Umehara T,Murase T,Abe Y,Kubo SI,Yoshiura KI,Makita N,Ikematsu K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bivariate survival models with discretely distributed frailty based on the major gene concept and applied to the data on related individuals such as twins and sibs can be used to estimate the underlying hazard, the relative risk and the frequency of the longevity allele. To determine the position of the longevity gene...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Begun A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A couple was referred for exploration of repetitive abortions. The man was found to be a carrier of a balanced reciprocal translocation t(9;10)(q11;p11.1). The meiotic segregation of chromosomes 9 and 10 was analysed in 5,157 spermatozoa from this translocation carrier and in 15,255 spermatozoa from three control dono...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Rives N,Jarnot M,Mousset-Siméon N,Joly G,Macé B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations of the EVER1/TMC6 gene are associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), which is characterized by an abnormal susceptibility to human papillomaviruses that were considered to be innocuous for the general population. In this study, we have employed polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencin...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tate G,Suzuki T,Kishimoto K,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geleophysic dysplasia (GD), acromicric dysplasia (AD) and Weill-Marchesani syndrome (WMS) are rare disorders with overlapping characteristics, such as short stature, short hands and feet, joint limitations, skin thickening, mild facial anomalies, normal intelligence and abnormal skeletal symptoms, with GD distinct by ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wang Y,Zhang H,Ye J,Han L,Gu X

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM), a peptide characterized by persistent hypotensive activity, is thought to be involved when the control mechanism of blood pressure is deranged, because its plasma concentration is upregulated in hypertensive patients. The receptor for ADM, a molecular complex consisting of calcitonin-receptor-lik...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakazawa I,Nakajima T,Harada H,Ishigami T,Umemura S,Emi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Karretjie people of the South African Great Karoo are itinerants who subsist by sheep shearing. Although officially classified 'Coloured', they are aware of their Khoe and San roots. To investigate the maternal and paternal ancestries of the Karretjie people we analyzed their mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA var...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Schlebusch CM,de Jongh M,Soodyall H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras-CRK-Rap1 cellular signal-transduction system is regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Transcription of C3G on chromosome 9q34 and a key member of the GEF gene family is activated by the CRK-adaptor protein; the C3G product is a CRK SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor. We d...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hirata T,Nagai H,Koizumi K,Okino K,Harada A,Onda M,Nagahata T,Mikami I,Hirai K,Haraguchi S,Jin E,Kawanami O,Shimizu K,Emi M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Adverse effects of valproic acid are rare, but hepatotoxicity is severe in particular in those younger than 2 years old and polytherapy. During valproic acid treatment, it is difficult for pre...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhu MM,Li HL,Shi LH,Chen XP,Luo J,Zhang ZL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature-onset diabetes of the young, type 2 (MODY2) is associated with mutations in the glucokinase (GCK) gene that result in impaired glucokinase activity. Although more than 200 inactivating GCK mutations have been reported, only less than 20% of these mutations have been functionally characterized. In this work, we ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Estalella I,Garcia-Gimeno MA,Marina A,Castaño L,Sanz P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major public health concern in Mexico and worldwide. Although the estimated heritability is high, common variants identified by genome-wide association studies explain only a small proportion of this heritability. A combination of linkage and association strategies could be a more robust and powerful appr...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Villamil-Ramírez H,León-Mimila P,Macias-Kauffer LR,Canizalez-Román A,Villalobos-Comparán M,León-Sicairos N,Vega-Badillo J,Sánchez-Muñoz F,López-Contreras B,Morán-Ramos S,Villarreal-Molina T,Zurita LC,Campos-Pérez F,Huertas-Vazq

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found a five-basepair insertion/deletion polymorphism in intron 3 of TNNT2, one of the genes responsible for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. These five bases may be part of an intronic polypyrimidine tract sequence that may affect splicing. The purpose of the study was to examine the association of the polymorphism wi...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Komamura K,Iwai N,Kokame K,Yasumura Y,Kim J,Yamagishi M,Morisaki T,Kimura A,Tomoike H,Kitakaze M,Miyatake K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) was reported to be associated with schizophrenia. In a previous study, we found significant association with schizophrenia patients with deficient sustained attention assessed by continuous performance test (CPT). This study aimed to identify risk polymorphisms in this specific neu...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Liu CM,Liu YL,Hwu HG,Fann CS,Yang UC,Hsu PC,Chang CC,Chen WJ,Hwang TJ,Hsieh MH,Liu CC,Chien YL,Lin YT,Tsuang MT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many consortia and international projects have investigated the human genetic variation of a large number of ethno-geographic groups. However, populations with peculiar genetic features, such as the Turkish population, are still absent in publically available datasets. To explore the genetic predisposition to health-r...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Karaca S,Cesuroglu T,Karaca M,Erge S,Polimanti R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential hypersomnia (EHS) is a lifelong disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness without cataplexy. EHS is associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQB1*06:02, similar to narcolepsy with cataplexy (narcolepsy). Previous studies suggest that DQB1*06:02-positive and -negative EHS are different in te...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Miyagawa T,Khor SS,Toyoda H,Kanbayashi T,Imanishi A,Sagawa Y,Kotorii N,Kotorii T,Ariyoshi Y,Hashizume Y,Ogi K,Hiejima H,Kamei Y,Hida A,Miyamoto M,Ikegami A,Wada Y,Takami M,Higashiyama Y,Miyake R,Kondo H,Fujimura

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately one-third of the mammalian genome is composed of highly repeated DNA sequences, of which the two major families, the long and short inter-spersed nucleotide elements (LINEs and SINEs), are represented in humans by L1 and Alu elements respectively. Both 'types of element are considered to be retrotranspos...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Miki Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of central Argentina (Córdoba) was genotyped for the first hypervariable region (HVS-I) plus a set of coding region mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (N = 102) and compared with a data set of Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (Y-STRs; N = 100) previously genotyped in the same in...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Salas A,Jaime JC,Álvarez-Iglesias V,Carracedo Á

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders with almost 30 subtypes. The prevalence and relative frequency of each subtype vary among different populations. In this article, we report the relative frequency of six SCA subtypes in the Thai population and attempt to explain the observed pattern...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Sura T,Eu-Ahsunthornwattana J,Youngcharoen S,Busabaratana M,Dejsuphong D,Trachoo O,Theerasasawat S,Tunteeratum A,Noparutchanodom C,Tunlayadechanont S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When compared with single gene functional analysis, gene set analysis (GSA) can extract more information from gene expression profiles. Currently, several gene set methods have been proposed, but most of the methods cannot detect gene sets with a large number of minor-effect genes. Here, we propose a novel distance-ba...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Li J,Wang L,Xu L,Zhang R,Huang M,Wang K,Xu J,Lv H,Shang Z,Zhang M,Jiang Y,Guo M,Li X

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1-Antichymotrypsin (ACT) is a plasma protease inhibitor belonging to the serpine superfamily; it has many functions. and thus qualitative change in ACT is likely to result in specific diseases. We previously reported a variant AACT (ACT Isehara-1, Met389Val, A1252G) in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular dise...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tachikawa H,Tsuda M,Onoe K,Ueno M,Takagi S,Shinohara Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of α-galactosidase A (GLA). In our previous studies, we structurally investigated Fabry disease using a structural analysis system, and revealed that structural changes in GLA are very important for understanding the molecular basis of this disease. To the bes...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Saito S,Ohno K,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schimmelpenning syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder categorized as a mosaic RASopathy due to postzygotic HRAS or KRAS mutations. We report a 6-year-old girl diagnosed with Schimmelpenning syndrome due to a postzygotic KRAS G12D mutation. The patient had three atypical symptoms of Schimmelpenning syndrome: renov...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nagatsuma M,Takasawa K,Yamauchi T,Nakagawa R,Mizuno T,Tanaka E,Yamamoto K,Uemura N,Kashimada K,Morio T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00