Targeted exome sequencing for mitochondrial disorders reveals high genetic heterogeneity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuron-derived orphan receptor (Nor) 1, nuclear receptor (Nur) 77, and nuclear receptor-related protein (Nurr) 1 constitute the NR4A family of orphan nuclear receptors which were recently found to modulate hepatic glucose production, insulin signalling in adipocytes, and oxidative metabolism in skeletal musc...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Weyrich P,Staiger H,Stancáková A,Schäfer SA,Kirchhoff K,Ullrich S,Ranta F,Gallwitz B,Stefan N,Machicao F,Kuusisto J,Laakso M,Fritsche A,Häring HU

更新日期：2009-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a highly heterogeneous genetic disorder caused by defects in motile cilia. The hallmark features of PCD are the chronic infections of the respiratory tract, moreover, clinical manifestations include also laterality defects and risk of male infertility. Clinical phenotypes ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Rocca MS,Piatti G,Michelucci A,Guazzo R,Bertini V,Vinanzi C,Caligo MA,Valetto A,Foresta C

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic susceptibility plays a key role in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and in fact the disease presents with an unusually high incidence in certain regions of the world like North Africa. We investigated the association between polymorphism of the Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Khaali W,Moumad K,Ben Driss EK,Benider A,Ben Ayoub W,Hamdi-Cherif M,Boualga K,Hassen E,Corbex M,Khyatti M

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is an uncommon pulmonary disorder, with variable clinical features depending on which lung structure is affected, and it is usually linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension. Congenital PCH has been very rarely described and, so far, the only causative gene identifie...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Dello Russo P,Franzoni A,Baldan F,Puppin C,De Maglio G,Pittini C,Cattarossi L,Pizzolitto S,Damante G

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations of EFNB1 cause the X-linked malformation syndrome craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS). CFNS is characterized by an unusual phenotypic pattern of inheritance, because it affects heterozygous females more severely than hemizygous males. This sex-dependent inheritance has been explained by random X-inac...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Makarov R,Steiner B,Gucev Z,Tasic V,Wieacker P,Wieland I

更新日期：2010-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome (NNS) is an autosomal recessive heredity disorder, one of a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases named proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndrome (PRAAS) caused by mutations of PSMB8 gene. NNS is characterized by pernio-like skin rashes, intermittent fever, and long clubbed fi...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Jia T,Zheng Y,Feng C,Yang T,Geng S

更新日期：2020-06-08 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:To evaluate the promoter methylation status of MUC2 gene and mRNA expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS:We analyzed MUC2 methylation by MSP, and MUC2 mRNA by real-time PCR in 74 HCC. RESULTS:MUC2 mRNA were lower in HCC tissues (Mean -ΔCt = -4.70) than that in Non-HCC tissues (Mean -...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ling Y,Zhu J,Gao L,Liu Y,Zhu C,Li R,Wei L,Zhang C

更新日期：2013-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the aggrecan (ACAN) gene can cause short stature (with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes), impaired bone maturation, and large variations in response to growth hormone (GH) treatment. For such cases, long-term longitudinal therapy data from China are still scarce. We report that a previously unk...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Xu D,Sun C,Zhou Z,Wu B,Yang L,Chang Z,Zhang M,Xi L,Cheng R,Ni J,Luo F

更新日期：2018-05-16 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:The results of meta-analyses conducted by previous association studies between total homocysteine and schizophrenia suggest that an elevated total homocysteine level is a risk factor for schizophrenia. However, observational studies have potential limitations, such as confounding and reverse causation. In th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Numata S,Kinoshita M,Tajima A,Nishi A,Imoto I,Ohmori T

更新日期：2015-07-26 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:Epigenetics could facilitate greater understanding of disparities in the emergence of childhood obesity. While blood is a common tissue used in human epigenetic studies, saliva is a promising tissue. Our prior findings in non-obese preschool-aged Hispanic children identified 17 CpG dinucleotides for which di...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Rushing A,Sommer EC,Zhao S,Po'e EK,Barkin SL

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is the most common human microdeletion syndrome and is associated with many cognitive, neurological and psychiatric disorders. The majority of individuals have a 3 Mb deletion while others have a nested 1.5 Mb deletion, but rare atypical deletions have also been...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hwang VJ,Maar D,Regan J,Angkustsiri K,Simon TJ,Tassone F

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the SLC26A4 gene are associated with Pendred syndrome and autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness (DFNB4). Both disorders have similar audiologic characteristics: bilateral hearing loss, often severe or profound, which may be associated with abnormalities of the inner ear, such as dilatation ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Nonose RW,Lezirovitz K,de Mello Auricchio MTB,Batissoco AC,Yamamoto GL,Mingroni-Netto RC

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of retinal degeneration disorders affecting the photoreceptor cells, is one of the leading causes of genetic blindness. Mutations in the photoreceptor-specific gene RP1 account for 3-10% of cases of autosomal dominant RP (adRP). Most...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Gamundi MJ,Hernan I,Martínez-Gimeno M,Maseras M,García-Sandoval B,Ayuso C,Antiñolo G,Baiget M,Carballo M

更新日期：2006-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-frequency nonsyndromic hearing loss (LF-NSHL) is a rare, inherited disorder. Here, we report a family with LF-NSHL in whom a missense mutation was found in the Wolfram syndrome 1 (WFS1) gene. CASE PRESENTATION:Family members underwent audiological and imaging evaluations, including pure tone audiometry ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Choi HJ,Lee JS,Yu S,Cha DH,Gee HY,Choi JY,Lee JD,Jung J

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a debilitating autoimmune disease affecting tens of millions of people in the world. The genetics of AS is unclear. Analysis of rare AS pedigrees might facilitate our understanding of AS pathogenesis. METHODS:We used genome-wide linkage analysis and whole-exome sequencing in c...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Tan Z,Zeng H,Xu Z,Tian Q,Gao X,Zhou C,Zheng Y,Wang J,Ling G,Wang B,Yang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-chromosomal inheritance patterns and generally rare occurrence of Fabry disease (FD) account for mono-mutational hemizygous male and heterozygous female patients. Female mutation carriers are usually clinically much less severely affected, which has been explained by a suggested mosaicism in cell phenotype...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Oder D,Vergho D,Ertl G,Wanner C,Nordbeck P

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C) is an autosomal recessive muscle dystrophy that resembles Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Although DMD is known to affect one in every 3500 males regardless of race, a widespread founder mutation causing LGMD2C has been described in North Africa. However, th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Okizuka Y,Takeshima Y,Itoh K,Zhang Z,Awano H,Maruyama K,Kumagai T,Yagi M,Matsuo M

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:E-selectin is implicated in various inflammatory processes and related disorders. We aimed to investigate the role of SELE-gene genotypes/haplotypes on plasma levels of MMP9 and sE-selectin in Taiwanese individuals. METHODS:Five hundred twenty individuals were enrolled. Seven tagging SELE single nucleotide ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Wu S,Hsu LA,Teng MS,Lin JF,Chang HH,Sun YC,Chen HP,Ko YL

更新日期：2012-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many myopathies share clinical features in common, and diagnosis often requires genetic testing. We ascertained a family in which five siblings presented with distal muscle weakness of unknown etiology. METHODS:We performed high-density genomewide linkage analysis and mutation screening of candidate genes t...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Boyden SE,Duncan AR,Estrella EA,Lidov HG,Mahoney LJ,Katz JS,Kunkel LM,Kang PB

更新日期：2011-06-28 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: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: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:We report a large family with four successive generations, presenting with a complex phenotype of severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), partially penetrant monocytosis, and hearing loss of varying severity. METHODS:We performed whole exome sequencing to identify the causative variants. Sanger sequencing was ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Venugopal P,Gagliardi L,Forsyth C,Feng J,Phillips K,Babic M,Poplawski NK,Rienhoff HY Jr,Schreiber AW,Hahn CN,Brown AL,Scott HS

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The TWNK gene encodes the twinkle protein, which is a mitochondrial helicase for DNA replication. The dominant TWNK variants cause progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 3, while the recessive variants cause mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 7 and Perraul...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Kume K,Morino H,Miyamoto R,Matsuda Y,Ohsawa R,Kanaya Y,Tada Y,Kurashige T,Kawakami H

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large number of distinct mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have been reported worldwide, but little is known regarding the role of these inherited susceptibility genes in breast cancer risk among Indian women. We investigated the distribution and the nature of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations and po...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Saxena S,Chakraborty A,Kaushal M,Kotwal S,Bhatanager D,Mohil RS,Chintamani C,Aggarwal AK,Sharma VK,Sharma PC,Lenoir G,Goldgar DE,Szabo CI

更新日期：2006-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to assess the association between 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six genes (IRF8, TMEM39A, IKZF3, ORMDL3, GSDMB, and ZPBP2) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a Chinese Han population sample. METHODS:We carried out a case-control study of 415 patients with SLE and 470 h...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Cai X,Huang W,Liu X,Wang L,Jiang Y

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estrogen activity plays a critical role in bone homeostasis. The serum levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) influence free estrogen levels and activity on target tissues. The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of common polymorphisms of the SHBG gene on serum SHBG, bone mineral den...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Riancho JA,Valero C,Zarrabeitia MT,García-Unzueta MT,Amado JA,González-Macías J

更新日期：2008-12-17 00:00:00