The silence of MUC2 mRNA induced by promoter hypermethylation associated with HBV in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal arthrogryposis (DA) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders that involve multiple congenital limb contractures and comprise at least 10 clinical subtypes. Here, we describe our findings in two Chinese families: Family 1 with DA2B (MIM 601680) and Family 2 with mild DA. METHOD...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Li S,You Y,Gao J,Mao B,Cao Y,Zhao X,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:I/D polymorphisms of ACE are associated with the plasma ACE concentration. The ACE is associated with the angiogenesis of ovarian endothelium in vitro as well as steroidogenesis and follicular growth in cattle. Since ACE induces a high blood supply and hypersteroidogenesis in the ovary, it may be associated ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Sun J,Fan H,Che Y,Cao Y,Wu X,Sun HX,Liang F,Yi L,Wang Y

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The variant rs11085226 (G) within the gene encoding polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 (PTBP1) was reported to associate with reduced insulin release determined by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) as well as an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). The aim of the present study was to validate ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hansen TH,Vestergaard H,Jørgensen T,Jørgensen ME,Lauritzen T,Brandslund I,Christensen C,Pedersen O,Hansen T,Gjesing AP

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) has a major impact on the regulation of the folic acid pathway due to conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (methylene-THF) to 5-methyl-THF. Two common polymorphisms (677C>T and 1298A>C) in the gene coding for MTHFR have been shown to reduce MTHFR enzyme act...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Schnakenberg E,Mehles A,Cario G,Rehe K,Seidemann K,Schlegelberger B,Elsner HA,Welte KH,Schrappe M,Stanulla M

更新日期：2005-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) D has been reported to be active in fibroblasts, and in areas of myocardial infarction. In this longitudinal study we evaluated the association between PDGF-D polymorphism and cardiovascular mortality, and attempted to discover whether specific genotype differences regar...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Alehagen U,Olsen RS,Länne T,Matussek A,Wågsäter D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a highly heterogeneous group of hereditary developmental abnormalities which mainly affects the dental enamel during tooth development in terms of its thickness, structure, and composition. It appears both in syndromic as well as non-syndromic forms. In the affected individual...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Khan SA,Khan MA,Muhammad N,Bashir H,Khan N,Muhammad N,Yilmaz R,Khan S,Wasif N

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for serum fasting glucose levels have reported HHEX as possibly causal. The objective of this study was to examine the joint effect of smoking on the association of diabetes with the HHEX rs5015480 polymorphism among Korean subjects. METHODS:This replication st...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Sull JW,Lee TY,Jee SH

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a biologically and clinically heterogeneous cancer of the bone marrow that is characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal myeloid cells. METHODS:We performed a mutational analysis to identify AML somatic mutations using the whole-exome sequencing data of 36 tumor-normal sam...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Heo SG,Koh Y,Kim JK,Jung J,Kim HL,Yoon SS,Park JW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital NBCe1A deficiency with the SLC4A4 mutation causes severe proximal renal tubular acidosis, which often comprises extrarenal symptoms, such as intellectual disability and developmental delay, glaucoma, cataract and band keratopathy. To date, almost all mutations have been found to be homozygous muta...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Horita S,Simsek E,Simsek T,Yildirim N,Ishiura H,Nakamura M,Satoh N,Suzuki A,Tsukada H,Mizuno T,Seki G,Tsuji S,Nangaku M

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 15 (TNFSF15) is closely related to tumorigenesis and development. This study aimed to investigate the correlations between TNFSF15 polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to lung cancer. METHODS:This case-control study included 209 small cell lung cancer patients (S...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Gao H,Niu Z,Zhang Z,Wu H,Xie Y,Yang Z,Li A,Jia Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Int22h1/int22h2-mediated Xq28 duplication syndrome is caused by ~0.5 Mb chromosomal duplications mediated by nonallelic homologous recombination between intron 22 homologous region 1 (int22h1) and 2 (int22h2), which, in addition to int22h3, are also responsible for inversions disrupting the F8 gene in hemoph...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： El-Hattab AW,Schaaf CP,Fang P,Roeder E,Kimonis VE,Church JA,Patel A,Cheung SW

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is increasingly recognized as an inherited arterial disease leading to a step-wise decline and eventually to dementia. CADASIL is caused by mutations in NOTCH3 epidermal growth factor-like repeat that maps to...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Bohlega S,Al Shubili A,Edris A,Alreshaid A,Alkhairallah T,AlSous MW,Farah S,Abu-Amero KK

更新日期：2007-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor LOX-1 (encoded by OLR1) is believed to play a key role in atherogenesis and some reports suggest an association of OLR1 polymorphisms with myocardial infarction (MI). We tested whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in OLR1 are associated with clinically signific...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Knowles JW,Assimes TL,Boerwinkle E,Fortmann SP,Go A,Grove ML,Hlatky M,Iribarren C,Li J,Myers R,Risch N,Sidney S,Southwick A,Volcik KA,Quertermous T

更新日期：2008-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in White Europeans have shown that genetic variation rs10830963 in melatonin receptor 1B gene (MTNR1B) is associated with fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes, which has also been replicated in several Asian populations. As a variant in the gene involved in the regulatio...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Liu C,Wu Y,Li H,Qi Q,Langenberg C,Loos RJ,Lin X

更新日期：2010-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteopoikilosis is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder, characterised by the occurrence of the hyperostotic spots preferentially localized in the epiphyses and metaphyses of the long bones, and in the carpal and tarsal bones 1. Heterozygous LEMD3 gene mutations were shown to be the primary cause of th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Baasanjav S,Jamsheer A,Kolanczyk M,Horn D,Latos T,Hoffmann K,Latos-Bielenska A,Mundlos S

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complement component (3b/4b) receptor 1 gene (CR1) gene has been proved to affect the susceptibility of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in different ethnic and districts groups. However, the effect of CR1 genetic variants on amyloid β (Aβ) metabolism of AD human is still unclear. Hence, the aim of this study wa...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Zhu XC,Dai WZ,Ma T

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves disease (GD) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterized by hyperthyroidism, diffuse goiter, autoantibodies against thyroid-specific antigens, and dermopathy. Studies of GD have demonstrated the importance of the Th2 and Th17 immune responses in mediating disease progression. In the present ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Tsai KH,Tsai FJ,Lin HJ,Lin HJ,Liu YH,Liao WL,Wan L

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a vascular multi-organ system disorder. Its diagnostic criteria include epistaxis, telangiectases in mucocutaneous sites, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and familial inheritance. HHT is transmitted as an autosomal dominant condition, caused in 85% of cases ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Albiñana V,Zafra MP,Colau J,Zarrabeitia R,Recio-Poveda L,Olavarrieta L,Pérez-Pérez J,Botella LM

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a hereditary neurocutaneous syndrome that is non-progressive in nature. Although neuroregression has been reported in seizure-prone preschool children requiring anti-epileptic treatment, teenage-onset dystonia precipitating neurodegeneration without any immediate causal events has...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Cho KH,Shim SH,Jung Y,Sung SR,Kim M

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is related to multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as well as CVD and has a strong familial component. We tested for association between SNPs on the Affymetrix 100K SNP GeneChip and measures of adiposity in the Framingham Heart Study. METHODS:A total of 1341 Framingham Heart Study part...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Fox CS,Heard-Costa N,Cupples LA,Dupuis J,Vasan RS,Atwood LD

更新日期：2007-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic variations in the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10), in particular the at-risk diplotype (112/121), were previously implicated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS:We examined the association of CAPN10 UCSNP-43 (rs3792267), UCSNP-19 (rs3842570), and UCSNP-63 (rs5030952) SNPs with T2D in 917 ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ezzidi I,Turki A,Messaoudi S,Chaieb M,Kacem M,Al-Khateeb GM,Mahjoub T,Almawi WY,Mtiraoui N

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease progression has been linked to pro-inflammatory cytokines and markers of inflammation. These markers are also elevated in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which constitutes a serious public health problem. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Jimenez-Sousa MA,López E,Fernandez-Rodríguez A,Tamayo E,Fernández-Navarro P,Segura-Roda L,Heredia M,Gómez-Herreras JI,Bustamante J,García-Gómez JM,Bermejo-Martin JF,Resino S

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) within European populations have implicated common genetic variants associated with insulin and glucose concentrations. In contrast, few studies have been conducted within minority groups, which carry the highest burden of impaired glucose homeostasis and type ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Fesinmeyer MD,Meigs JB,North KE,Schumacher FR,Bůžková P,Franceschini N,Haessler J,Goodloe R,Spencer KL,Voruganti VS,Howard BV,Jackson R,Kolonel LN,Liu S,Manson JE,Monroe KR,Mukamal K,Dilks HH,Pendergrass SA,Nato A,

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia (PPD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease that is characterized by pain, stiffness and enlargement of multiple joints with an age of onset between 3 and 8 years old. Mutations in the WISP3 (Wnt1-inducible signal pathway) gene are known to be the cause of PPD. ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hu Q,Liu J,Wang Y,Wang J,Shi H,Sun Y,Wu X,Yang C,Teng J

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated cytogenetic results occurring with first trimester pregnancy loss, and assessed the type and frequency of chromosomal abnormalities after assisted reproductive treatment (ART) and compared them with a control group. We also compared the rate of chromosomal abnormalities according to infertility ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Kim JW,Lee WS,Yoon TK,Seok HH,Cho JH,Kim YS,Lyu SW,Shim SH

更新日期：2010-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hyperglycemia confers increased risk for long-term diabetes-associated complications and repeated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measures are a widely used marker for glycemic control in diabetes treatment and follow-up. A recent genome-wide association study revealed four genetic loci, which were associated...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hertel JK,Johansson S,Ræder H,Platou CG,Midthjell K,Hveem K,Molven A,Njølstad PR

更新日期：2011-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is generally accepted that genetic factors play a role in susceptibility to both leprosy per se and leprosy type, but only few studies have tempted to quantify this. Estimating the contribution of genetic factors to clustering of leprosy within families is difficult since these persons often share the sam...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Bakker MI,May L,Hatta M,Kwenang A,Klatser PR,Oskam L,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ

更新日期：2005-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial function is impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD) and may contribute to the pathogenesis of PD, but the causes of mitochondrial impairment in PD are unknown. Mitochondrial dysfunction is recapitulated in cell lines expressing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from PD patients, implicating mtDNA variants...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Simon DK,Pankratz N,Kissell DK,Pauciulo MW,Halter CA,Rudolph A,Pfeiffer RF,Nichols WC,Foroud T,Parkinson Study Group-PROGENI Investigators.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucocorticoids have an important role in early growth and development. Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms have been identified that contribute to the variability in glucocorticoid sensitivity. We examined whether these glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with growth in fetal an...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Geelhoed MJ,Steegers EA,Koper JW,van Rossum EF,Moll HA,Raat H,Tiemeier H,Hofman A,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2010-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a heterogeneous group of clinically and genetically neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive gait disorder. Hereditary spastic paraplegia can be inherited in various ways, and all modes of inheritance are associated with multiple genes or loci. At present, more...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Yu W,Jin H,Deng J,Nan D,Huang Y

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00