How meaningful are heritability estimates of liability?

abstract：:Smallpox is a deadly and debilitating disease that killed hundreds of millions of people in the past century alone. The use of Vaccinia virus-based smallpox vaccines led to the eradication of smallpox. These vaccines are remarkably effective, inducing the characteristic pustule or "take" at the vaccine site in >97 % o...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kennedy RB,Ovsyannikova IG,Pankratz VS,Haralambieva IH,Vierkant RA,Jacobson RM,Poland GA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and other free radicals is involved in a number of pathological conditions including cancer. In a population-based case-control study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) (n = 518 cases, 597 controls) among women in Connecticut, we analyzed one or more single nucleotid...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lan Q,Zheng T,Shen M,Zhang Y,Wang SS,Zahm SH,Holford TR,Leaderer B,Boyle P,Chanock S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cloned cDNA probe encoding human factor IX was used for detecting homologous sequences in rodent human X chromosome hybrids and in human metaphase chromosome preparations. The results of these studies indicate that human factor IX is localized to the Xq27 leads to Xqter region. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Chance PF,Dyer KA,Kurachi K,Yoshitake S,Ropers HH,Wieacker P,Gartler SM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of X-chromosome inactivation was analyzed, by means of two different DNA probes (pSPT-PGK and M27 beta), in several cell lineages derived from females belonging to a pedigree with X-linked immunodeficiency with hyper-IgM (HIGM1). Non-random X-chromosome inactivation was demonstrated in T cells, B cells, an...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Notarangelo LD,Parolini O,Albertini A,Duse M,Mazzolari E,Plebani A,Camerino G,Ugazio AG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) of SfiI-digested chromosomal DNA was used to demonstrate a 50-kb deletion in one allele of the gene encoding the beta subunit of human hexosaminidase (HEXB at 5q13) of two apparently unrelated patients with Sandhoff disease. In conventional electrophoretic restriction analysi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bikker H,van den Berg FM,Wolterman RA,de Vijlder JJ,Bolhuis PA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents some characteristics of the population genetics of primary congenital glaucoma in Slovakia. The overall incidence in Slovakia is 1:10,500, while being 1:1,250 in the Gypsy subpopulation of Slovakia and 1:22,000 in the non-Gypsy population. For a special type of congenital primary glaucoma, transmit...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gencik A,Gencikova A,Ferák V

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of constitutional reciprocal translocations appear to be unique rearrangements arising from independent events. However, a small number of translocations are recurrent, most significantly the t(11;22)(q23;q11). Among large series of translocations there may be multiple independently ascertained cases with...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Thomas NS,Maloney V,Bryant V,Huang S,Brewer C,Lachlan K,Jacobs PA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) comprise a diverse group of over 400 genetic disorders that result in clinically apparent immune dysfunction. Although PIDs are classically considered as Mendelian disorders with complete penetrance, we now understand that absent or partial clinical disease is often noted in individua...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gruber C,Bogunovic D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndromes (Apert, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Jackson-Weiss and Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans) result from mutations in FGFR genes. Fourteen unrelated patients with FGFR2-related craniosynostosis syndromes were screened for mutations in exons IIIa and IIIc of FGFR2. Eight o...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hollway GE,Suthers GK,Haan EA,Thompson E,David DJ,Gecz J,Mulley JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ERM proteins, ezrin, radixin, and moesin, act as linkers between the plasma membrane and actin cytoskeleton. They are involved in a variety of cellular functions, such as cell adhesion, migration, and the organization of cell surface structures, and are highly homologous, both in protein sequence and in functional...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Majander-Nordenswan P,Sainio M,Turunen O,Jääskeläinen J,Carpén O,Kere J,Vaheri A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify regions of the genome that harbor genes influencing inheritance of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and/or associated cardiovascular malformation (CVM). Aortic valve disease is an important clinical problem, which often results in valve replacement, the second most common cardiac surge...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Martin LJ,Ramachandran V,Cripe LH,Hinton RB,Andelfinger G,Tabangin M,Shooner K,Keddache M,Benson DW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with the metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension) and higher cardiovascular risk. Recent association studies have suggested rare alleles responsible for very low HDL-C levels. However, for individual cardiovascular...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Harrap SB,Wong ZY,Scurrah KJ,Lamantia A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A slight increase in mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) has been reported in erythrocytes from human fragile X patients. As it is difficult to perform case-controlled studies in patients with fragile X syndrome, we studied MCH in erythrocytes from transgenic mice with an Fmr1 knockout. None of the knockout mice showed ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Reyniers E,Van Bockstaele DR,De Boulle K,Kooy RF,Bakker CE,Oostra BA,Willems PJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A segregation analysis on 135 Duchenne families from Venetia (Italy) suggests that the proportion of sporadic cases might be less than expected. Support for this view is also given by an analysis of a pooled sample including 284 additional sibships from comparable studies published previously. Several hypotheses were ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Danieli GA,Barbujani G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease characterized by hamartomatous polyposis involving the entire bowel. Recently STK11, a gene bearing a mutation responsible for PJS, was isolated. We investigated the entire coding region of STK11 in 15 unrelated PJS families by the PCR-SSCP (poly...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Nakagawa H,Koyama K,Miyoshi Y,Ando H,Baba S,Watatani M,Yasutomi M,Matsuura N,Monden M,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage data for familial incontinentia pigmenti (IP2) and nine X chromosomal markers are reported. Previously found linkage between IP2 and the DXS52 locus is confirmed with the maximum lod score of 6.19 at a recombination fraction of 0.03. Linkage is also established with loci DXS134, DXS15 and DXS33. Multipoint ana...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sefiani A,M'rad R,Simard L,Vincent A,Julier C,Holvoet-Vermaut L,Heuertz S,Dahl N,Stalder JF,Peter MO

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are cytoplasmic proteins involved in intracellular fatty acid transport and metabolism. FABP2, the intestinal-type FABP, is expressed exclusively in enterocytes in the small intestine. In previous studies of an Ala54Thr substitution in FABP2, the Thr-allele showed association wi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Damcott CM,Feingold E,Moffett SP,Barmada MM,Marshall JA,Hamman RF,Ferrell RE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is characterised by multiple congenital abnormalities, including exomphalos, macroglossia, and gigantism. It is also associated with an elevated risk of embryonal neoplasia and occasionally with constitutional anomalies of chromosome band 11p15. A common pathogenetic mechanism for...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Little MH,Thomson DB,Hayward NK,Smith PJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical analysis of parental age data from 225 sporadic cases of bilateral retinoblastoma, plus ten sporadic cases of chromosome deletion or translocation involving 13q14 that was identified as of paternal origin, revealed no evidence of paternal or maternal age effect. Parental exposure to ionizing radiation or c...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Matsunaga E,Minoda K,Sasaki MS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reciprocal probing has been used to identify a cDNA clone (xh8H11) representing a gene preferentially expressed in striated muscle. The gene maps close to DXS7101 31.9 cM from the short arm telomere of the X-chromosome at Xp22.1. On searching expressed and genomic databases, 21 expressed sequence tags were found that ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Patzak D,Zhuchenko O,Lee CC,Wehnert M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several single-gene disorders with clinical and radiological characteristics similar to those observed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have been described. To evaluate whether this phenotypic overlap can be ascribed to a common genetic etiology, 28 genes known to present pathogenic mutations for 24 of these disord...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Traboulsee AL,Sadovnick AD,Encarnacion M,Bernales CQ,Yee IM,Criscuoli MG,Vilariño-Güell C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased incidence of cystic fibrosis (CF) has been reported in some populations of Native Americans of the Southwest such as the Pueblo, which is a genetic isolate. As the most common mutation found in Caucasians (delta F508) was absent and only one chromosome carried the G542X mutation, we decided to analyze the...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Mercier B,Raguénès O,Estivill X,Morral N,Kaplan GC,McClure M,Grebe TA,Kessler D,Pignatti PF,Marigo C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have conducted a comprehensive study of the molecular basis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in 350 German CF patients. A screening approach based on single-strand conformation analysis and direct sequencing of genomic polymerase chain reaction products has allowed us to detect the molecular defects on 95.4% of the CF chrom...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dörk T,Mekus F,Schmidt K,Bosshammer J,Fislage R,Heuer T,Dziadek V,Neumann T,Kälin N,Wulbrand U

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN is one of the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor genes in human cancers. Mutations occur in either heritable or sporadic fashion. Sequencing of cDNA from patients and normal individuals often reveals splicing variants (SVs) of PTEN, some of which are non-mutation related. To investigate whether these SVs we...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Liu Y,Malaviarachchi P,Beggs M,Emanuel PD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) of variant D- and G-group chromosomes characterized by enlargements of the short arms including secondary constrictions and satellites, were examined using the silver-staining method. Of a total of nine variants examined, four were found to have double Ag-stained NORs in the enla...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sofuni T,Tanabe K,Awa AA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo chromosome structural abnormalities cannot always be diagnosed by the use of standard cytogenetic techniques. We applied a previously developed chromosome-band-specific painting method to the diagnosis of such rearrangements. The diagnostic procedures consisted of microdissection of an aberrant chromosomal reg...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ohta T,Tohma T,Soejima H,Fukushima Y,Nagai T,Yoshiura K,Jinno Y,Niikawa N

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects over 40% of Down syndrome (DS) patients. The region proposed to contain the gene(s) for DS CHD has been restricted to 21q22.2-22.3, from D21S55 to MX1. The identification and functional characterization of the genes mapping to this region is a necessary step to understand the pat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Egeo A,Mazzocco M,Sotgia F,Arrigo P,Oliva R,Bergonòn S,Nizetic D,Rasore-Quartino A,Scartezzini P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a systematic screening for mutations in the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator among Danish cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, we identified a mutation in exon 3 (394delTT); this mutation was found to be relatively common in Denmark. We therefore screened for 394delTT in Sweden and Norway, where ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schwartz M,Anvret M,Claustres M,Eiken HG,Eiklid K,Schaedel C,Stolpe L,Tranebjaerg L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of lymphocyte cultures from three females heterozygous for fra(X)(q27) shows widely differing proportions of early and late replicating X chromosomes having the fragile site, and suggests that the replication status of the fragile X may be related to the mental capacity of the patient. The study has util...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Howell RT,McDermott A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain has been found to be decreased in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but no mutations have been identified in genes encoding complex I subunits. Recent studies have suggested that polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded complex I genes (M...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Autere J,Moilanen JS,Finnilä S,Soininen H,Mannermaa A,Hartikainen P,Hallikainen M,Majamaa K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00