De novo MECP2 duplications in two females with intellectual disability and unfavorable complete skewed X-inactivation.

abstract：:We have studied the matrilineal genetic composition of the Madeira and Açores north Atlantic archipelagos, which were settled by the Portuguese in the 15th century. Both archipelagos, and particularly Madeira, were involved in a complex commercial network established by the Portuguese, which included the trading of sl...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Brehm A,Pereira L,Kivisild T,Amorim A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lod scores are reported for 86 biochemical to cytogenetic marker comparisons in Black kindred. Analysis with unconfirmed locus assignments resulted in 12 exclusions of close linkage. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fogle TA,Namboodiri KK,Elston RC,McKenzie WH,Hames CG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 8 year-period 1971-1978 inclusive, 268 newborn with Down's syndrome (DS) were ascertained in Wallonia (South Belgium). The chromosomes of all patients were analyzed. A standard trisomy 21 was observed in 259 cases (96.6%) and translocations in seven (2.6%). One mosaic (0.4%) and one case with a 47,XX,+21,5 ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Koulischer L,Gillerot Y

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CDY family of genes is of special interest because some of them are included in chromosome-Y microdeletions detected among infertile men and are apparently involved in the spermiogenetic process. In this study, we employed the reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction technique to test the RNA expression of ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kleiman SE,Yogev L,Hauser R,Botchan A,Bar-Shira Maymon B,Schreiber L,Paz G,Yavetz H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the GJB2 gene have been identified in many patients with childhood deafness, 35delG being the most common mutation in Caucasoid populations. We have analyzed a total of 576 families/unrelated patients with recessive or sporadic deafness from Italy and Spain, 193 of them being referred as autosomal recessi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rabionet R,Zelante L,López-Bigas N,D'Agruma L,Melchionda S,Restagno G,Arbonés ML,Gasparini P,Estivill X

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe psychiatric illness with a lifetime prevalence of 0.4 %. A disturbance of energy metabolism has been suggested as part of the etiopathogenesis of the disorder. Several lines of evidence have proposed a connection between etiopathogenesis of SCZ and human brain evolution, which was chara...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gonçalves VF,Andreazza AC,Kennedy JL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system with putative autoimmune aetiology and complex genetic background. Here, we report the results of a genome screen for linkage disequilibrium (LD) by using 6000 microsatellite markers in 198 HLA-DRB1*15-positive MS patients and 198 unrela...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Goedde R,Sawcer S,Boehringer S,Miterski B,Sindern E,Haupts M,Schimrigk S,Compston A,Epplen JT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans have increased susceptibility to non-diabetic (non-DM) forms of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and extensive evidence supports a genetic contribution. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) using pooled DNA was performed in 1,000 African Americans to detect associated genes. DNA from 500 non-DM ESRD ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bostrom MA,Lu L,Chou J,Hicks PJ,Xu J,Langefeld CD,Bowden DW,Freedman BI

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation t(11;22)(q23;q11) is the most common constitutional reciprocal translocation in man. Balanced carriers are phenotypically normal, except for decreased fertility, an increased spontaneous abortion rate and a possible predisposition to breast cancer in some families. Here, we report the high resolution map...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tapia-Páez I,O'Brien KP,Kost-Alimova M,Sahlén S,Kedra D,Bruder CE,Andersson B,Roe BA,Hu P,Imreh S,Blennow E,Dumanski JP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic types of the properdin factor B were analyzed by isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gels and subsequent immunofixation. Sera from 516 unrelated, healthy individuals from Southern Germany were examined. Two new subtypes of the Bf*S allele were observed. They were provisionally named Bf*Sb1 and Bf*Sb2(b ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Weidinger S,Schwarzfischer F,Burgemeister R,Cleve H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with five induced and seven spontaneous abortions and no live births is described. Four of the seven spontaneous abortuses were available for cytogenetic examination and three were successfully karyotyped. Their karyotypes were 46,XX; 46,XX/46,XX,t(2;2)(2p2p;2q2q); and 46,XY. The karyotypes of the parents wer...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ohama K,Kusumi I,Takahara H,Kajii T

更新日期：1978-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene for early-onset familial breast cancer has recently been mapped to the chromosome 17q12-23 region. In order to confirm the gene location, we have tested an extensive early-onset breast cancer family with 4 markers in this chromosome region. Linkage was negative with all 4 markers. This study suggests that there...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sobol H,Mazoyer S,Narod SA,Smith SA,Black DM,Kerbrat P,Jamot B,Solomon E,Ponder BA,Guerin D

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene cause familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal, dominantly inherited disease that predisposes patients to colorectal cancer. The APC gene is composed of 15 coding exons and encodes an open reading frame of 8.5 kb. The 3' 6.5 kb of the APCopen r...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Su LK,Kohlmann W,Ward PA,Lynch PM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood lymphocytes from eight Fanconi anemia (FA) patients, 14 FA heterozygotes, and nine normal subjects have been tested for their susceptibility to chromosomal breakage induction by diepoxybutane (DEB) and by two peroxides. In addition, the effect of five antioxidants was investigated in standard cultures...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dallapiccola B,Porfirio B,Mokini V,Alimena G,Isacchi G,Gandini E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol is reported which allows the efficient induction of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-induced R-type replication patterns in fibroblast cultures prepared to demonstrate the fragile site fra(X)(q27). The technique includes partial synchronization of the culture by fluorodeoxyuridine (FdU) blocking at the G1/S transit...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Barbi G,Steinbach P,Wiedenmann A,Vogel W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tumor cells, after x-irradiation during the G2 phase of the cell cycle, show an abnormally high frequency of persistent chromatid breaks and gaps resulting from deficient DNA repair. Addition of a single human chromosome 11 from normal fibroblasts by micro-cell fusion to cell lines from six different tumors resu...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Parshad R,Price FM,Oshimura M,Barrett JC,Satoh H,Weissman BE,Stanbridge EJ,Sanford KK

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：:Complex diseases are far more common than diseases that follow simple Mendelian patterns of inheritance. Difficulties are experienced in the designing of experiments to dissect out the contribution of a single allele to a complex phenotype. We review the literature regarding a point mutation in methylenetetrahydrofola...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fletcher O,Kessling AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementation studies of steroid sulphatase were carried out in the heterokaryon population of fibroblasts derived from patients with X-linked ichthyosis and multiple sulphatase deficiency. The activity of steroid sulphatase of the fused cell population was constantly higher (approximately 2-5 fold) than that of the...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ballabio A,Parenti G,Napolitano E,Di Natale P,Andria G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of protective immunity against Plasmodium falciparum is partially mediated through binding of malaria-specific IgG to Fc gamma (γ) receptors. Variations in human FcγRIIA-H/R-131 and FcγRIIIB-NA1/NA2 affect differential binding of IgG sub-classes. Since variability in FcγR may play an important role in seve...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ouma C,Davenport GC,Garcia S,Kempaiah P,Chaudhary A,Were T,Anyona SB,Raballah E,Konah SN,Hittner JB,Vulule JM,Ong'echa JM,Perkins DJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative red cell adenylate kinase (AK-1) assay has been used in 8 patients with partial duplication or deletion of chromosome 9 in an attempt to find the precise intrachromosomal location of the structural gene locus. All regions of chromosome 9 are represented in abnormal dosage in at least one patient. A 43% in...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ferguson-Smith MA,Aitken DA,Turleau C,de Grouchy J

更新日期：1976-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is an inherited red blood cell aplasia that usually presents during the first year of life. The main features of the disease are normochromic and macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia, and nearly absent erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow. The patients also present with growth retarda...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Landowski M,O'Donohue MF,Buros C,Ghazvinian R,Montel-Lehry N,Vlachos A,Sieff CA,Newburger PE,Niewiadomska E,Matysiak M,Glader B,Atsidaftos E,Lipton JM,Beggs AH,Gleizes PE,Gazda HT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three prostate cancer susceptibility genes have been reported to be linked to different regions on chromosome 1: HPC1 at 1q24-25, PCAP at 1q42-43, and CAPB at 1p36. Replication studies analyzing each of these regions have yielded inconsistent results. To evaluate linkage across this chromosome systematically, we perfo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Xu J,Zheng SL,Chang B,Smith JR,Carpten JD,Stine OC,Isaacs SD,Wiley KE,Henning L,Ewing C,Bujnovszky P,Bleeker ER,Walsh PC,Trent JM,Meyers DA,Isaacs WB

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the corneal dystrophies (CDs) have shown that most cases of granular CD, Avellino CD, and lattice CD type I are caused by mutations in the human transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid diagnostic assay to detect mutations in the TGFBI gene. S...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yoshida S,Yamaji Y,Yoshida A,Noda Y,Kumano Y,Ishibashi T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) with long bone deficiency (SHFLD) is a distinct entity in the spectrum of ectrodactylous limb malformations characterised by associated tibial a/hypoplasia. Pedigrees with multiple individuals affected by SHFLD often include non-penetrant intermediate relatives, making genetic mappi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Babbs C,Heller R,Everman DB,Crocker M,Twigg SR,Schwartz CE,Giele H,Wilkie AO

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mutant alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (variant ACT) was found by polymerase chain reaction single strand conformation polymorphism and direct sequencing. In this variant ACT, two bases (AA) were deleted from codon 391. This resulted in a different amino acid sequence downstream of the deletion point, elongating the pe...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tsuda M,Sei Y,Matsumoto M,Kamiguchi H,Yamamoto M,Shinohara Y,Igarashi T,Yamamura M

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:A cytogenetic follow-up has been made of nine mixoploid children found among 11 148 consecutive newborn children. The frequency of the cell line with normal chromosomes increased in all but two, and the increase was statistically significant, being from 20% to 39% in four cases, and from 1% to 17% in three, while in o...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Nielsen J,Krag-Olsen B

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives the results of studies on the effects of malathion on human lymphocytes stimulated by PHA, including cell survival, chromosomal aberration and nucleic acid content. Increasing malathion doses (10-70 micrograms/ml) were introduced into cultures of human lymphotyes at different times relative to the tim...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Walter Z,Czajkowska A,Lipecka K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from a group of 265 Italian patients affected with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy a screening for duplications in the dystrophin gene was performed on 112 cases in which no deletions had previously been detected. The 21 intragenic duplications detected account for 7.9% of the total. Among these, one du...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Galvagni F,Saad FA,Danieli GA,Miorin M,Vitiello L,Mostacciuolo ML,Angelini C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00