A novel recessive mutation in the gene ELOVL4 causes a neuro-ichthyotic disorder with variable expressivity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a highly heritable complex psychiatric disorder with an underlying pathophysiology that is still not well understood. Metaanalyses of schizophrenia linkage studies indicate numerous but rather large disease-associated genomic regions, whereas accumulating gene- and protein expression studies...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Olsen L,Hansen T,Jakobsen KD,Djurovic S,Melle I,Agartz I,Hall H,Ullum H,Timm S,Wang AG,Jönsson EG,Andreassen OA,Werge T

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is believed that hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) might play a role in cardiac disease (heart failure (HF) and ischemia). Mutations within several genes are HH-associated, the most common being the HFE gene. In a large cohort of HF patients, we sought to determine the etiological role and the prognostic si...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Møller DV,Pecini R,Gustafsson F,Hassager C,Hedley P,Jespersgaard C,Torp-Pedersen C,Christiansen M,Køber LV,EchoCardiography and Heart Outcome Study Investigators.

更新日期：2010-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is a response of body tissues to injury or irritation. Small RNAs, such as miR-146a and miR-499, participate in various processes of tumorigenesis. A recent study indicates that inflammation and abnormal immune responses may promote malignant progression in cancer development, indicating that in...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Liu J,Xie B,Chen S,Jiang F,Meng W

更新日期：2014-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emerging evidence has shown that miRNAs are involved in human carcinogenesis as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in pre-miRNAs may affect the processing and therefore, influence the expression of mature miRNAs. Previous studies generated conflicting results when ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Linhares JJ,Azevedo M Jr,Siufi AA,de Carvalho CV,Wolgien Mdel C,Noronha EC,Bonetti TC,da Silva ID

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variants in the FTO gene have been associated with obesity in children, but this association has not been shown with other biomarkers. We assessed the association of 52 FTO polymorphisms, spanning the whole gene, with obesity and estimated the influence of these polymorphisms on anthropometric, clinical and ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Olza J,Ruperez AI,Gil-Campos M,Leis R,Fernandez-Orth D,Tojo R,Cañete R,Gil A,Aguilera CM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Framingham Heart Study, founded in 1948 to examine the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in a small town outside of Boston, has become the worldwide standard for cardiovascular epidemiology. It is among the longest running, most comprehensively characterized multi-generational studies in the world. Such semin...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Jaquish CE

更新日期：2007-10-04 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:As cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) has been implicated in the abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, and the development of neurofibrillary tangles, we examined the contribution of this gene to the susceptibility for AD. METHODS:We examined genetic variations of CDK5 by gen...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Vázquez-Higuera JL,Mateo I,Sánchez-Juan P,Rodríguez-Rodríguez E,Infante J,Berciano J,Combarros O

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In North African populations, G2019S mutation in LRRK2 gene, encoding for the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, is the most prevalent mutation linked to familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). Early detection of G2019S by fast genetic testing is very important to guide PD's diagnosis and support patients...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Landoulsi Z,Benromdhan S,Ben Djebara M,Damak M,Dallali H,Kefi R,Abdelhak S,Gargouri-Berrechid A,Mhiri C,Gouider R

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family-based cardiac screening programmes for persons at risk for genetic cardiac diseases are now recommended. However, the psychological wellbeing and health related quality of life (QoL) of such screened patients is poorly understood, especially in younger patients. We sought to examine wellbeing and QoL ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： McGorrian C,McShane C,McQuade C,Keelan T,Neill JO,Galvin J,Malone K,Mahon NG,Codd M

更新日期：2013-01-08 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:Autoimmune diseases with elevated circulating autoantibodies drive tissue damage and the onset of disease. The Fcγ receptors bind IgG subtypes modulating the clearance of circulating immune complexes (CIC). The inner ear damage in Ménière's disease (MD) could be mediated by an immune response driven by CIC. ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Lopez-Escamez JA,Saenz-Lopez P,Gazquez I,Moreno A,Gonzalez-Oller C,Soto-Varela A,Santos S,Aran I,Perez-Garrigues H,Ibañez A,Lopez-Nevot MA

更新日期：2011-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) is a neurological disease, hallmarked by remarkable low concentrations of 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid (5-MTHF) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The primary causes of CFD include the presence of folate receptor (FR) autoantibodies, defects of FR encoding gene FOLR1, mitochondria...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Zhang C,Deng X,Wen Y,He F,Yin F,Peng J

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), characterized by recurrent fever and inflammation of serous membranes, is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. Around 296 mutations have been reported to date. METHODS:Two two-generation Turkish families with a total o...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Dogan H,Akdemir F,Tasdemir S,Atis O,Diyarbakir E,Yildirim R,Emet M,Ikbal M

更新日期：2014-07-01 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:Mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly (MFDM) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by intellectual and growth retardations, as well as major microcephaly, induced by missense and splice site variants or microdeletions in the EFTUD2 gene. CASE PRESENTATION:Here, we investigate the...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Jacob A,Pasquier J,Carapito R,Auradé F,Molitor A,Froguel P,Fakhro K,Halabi N,Viot G,Bahram S,Rafii A

更新日期：2020-09-17 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: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:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations account for at least 5% of cases of postlingual, nonsyndromic hearing impairment. Among them, mutation A1555G is frequently found associated with aminoglycoside-induced and/or nonsyndromic hearing loss in families presenting with extremely variable clinical phenotypes. Bio...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ballana E,Mercader JM,Fischel-Ghodsian N,Estivill X

更新日期：2007-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a life-threatening disease resulting from primary or secondary hyper-inflammatory disorders. The typical symptoms include persistent fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia and significant elevation of serum ferritin. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a 30-year-old Chinese female pat...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Sheng L,Zhang W,Gu J,Shen K,Luo H,Yang Y

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FANCM and RECQL have recently been reported as breast cancer susceptibility genes and it has been suggested that they should be included on gene panel tests for breast cancer predisposition. However, the clinical value of testing for mutations in RECQL and FANCM remains to be determined. In this study, we ha...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Nguyen-Dumont T,Myszka A,Karpinski P,Sasiadek MM,Akopyan H,Hammet F,Tsimiklis H,Park DJ,Pope BJ,Slezak R,Kitsera N,Siekierzynska A,Southey MC

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, genome wide association studies have identified many genetic variants that are consistently associated with common complex diseases, but the amount of heritability explained by these risk alleles is still low. Part of the missing heritability may be due to genetic heterogeneity and small sam...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Waltoft BL,Pedersen CB,Nyegaard M,Hobolth A

更新日期：2015-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome are commonly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The progression of steatosis to NASH depends on a number of metabolic and patient-related factors. The mechanisms of genetic predisposition towards the development of NASH and related fibrosis rema...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Mehta R,Jeiran K,Koenig AB,Otgonsuren M,Goodman Z,Baranova A,Younossi Z

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing number of available genotypes for genetic studies in humans requires more advanced techniques of analysis. We previously reported significant univariate associations between gene polymorphisms and antidepressant response in mood disorders. However the combined analysis of multiple gene polymor...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Serretti A,Smeraldi E

更新日期：2004-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by broad thumbs and halluces. RSTS is caused by mutations in CREBBP and in EP300 genes in 50-60% and 8%, respectively. Up to now, 76 RSTS-EP300 patients have been described. We present the clinical and mol...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： López M,García-Oguiza A,Armstrong J,García-Cobaleda I,García-Miñaur S,Santos-Simarro F,Seidel V,Domínguez-Garrido E

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing dramatically in sub-Saharan Africa, and genetic predisposition is likely involved in that. Yet, genetic variants known to confer increased susceptibility among Caucasians are far from being established in African populations. In Ghanaian adults, we examined associations...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Danquah I,Othmer T,Frank LK,Bedu-Addo G,Schulze MB,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The PALB2 c.2323C>T [p.Q775X] mutation has been reported in at least three breast cancer families and breast cancer cases of French Canadian descent and this has been attributed to common ancestors. The number of mutation-positive cases reported varied based on criteria of ascertainment of index cases tested...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Tischkowitz M,Sabbaghian N,Hamel N,Pouchet C,Foulkes WD,Mes-Masson AM,Provencher DM,Tonin PN

更新日期：2013-01-09 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:Argininosuccinic aciduria (ASAuria; OMIM 207900) is a rare autosomal recessive heterogeneous urea cycle disorder, which leads to the accumulation of argininosuccinic acid in the blood and urine. We aimed to perform genetic test to the patient and help clinician to diagnose precisely. CASE PRESENTATION:In th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Wen W,Yin D,Huang F,Guo M,Tian T,Zhu H,Yang Y

更新日期：2016-02-03 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