Human gene copy number variation and infectious disease.

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：:Infertility affects 10% of reproductive-age women and is extremely heterogeneous in etiology. The genetic contribution to female infertility is incompletely understood, and involves chromosomal and single-gene defects. Our aim in this study is to decipher single-gene causes in infertile women in whom endocrinological,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Maddirevula S,Awartani K,Coskun S,AlNaim LF,Ibrahim N,Abdulwahab F,Hashem M,Alhassan S,Alkuraya FS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper genetic, clinical, and epidemiological studies on a muscular dystrophy which originated and is concentrated in the village of Cullar, Nevşehir of inland Turkey, are reported. A pedigree chart has been constructed by careful and repeated inquiries, and both clinical and laboratory examinations have genera...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sayli BS,Yaltkaya K,Cin S

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:In an attempt to investigate beta-globin gene polymorphism in the Saudi population, DNA samples were analysed using restriction endonucleases, Mst II and Hpa I. Both beta A and beta S genes showed extensive polymorphism and were found to be linked to 13.0 kb, 7.6 kb, 7.0 kb, and 5.6 kb Hpa I fragments. Three DNA sampl...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： el-Hazmi MA,Jabbar FA,Al-Swailem AR,Warsy AS

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsatellite markers RS46 (DXS548) and FRAXAC2 flanking the fragile X mutation, an expansion of a (CGG)n repeat within the FMR-1 gene, were typed in 60 unrelated northern and eastern Finnish fragile X families and in a control population from the same geographical region. A significant difference was found in alleli...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Haataja R,Väisänen ML,Li M,Ryynänen M,Leisti J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inv dup(15) is a clinically significant bisatellited derivative of chromosome 15. Five unrelated patients with this abnormality are described and compared with ten confirmed and nine suspected cases in the literature. Mental and developmental retardation, hypotonia, behavioral disturbances, seizures, abnormal dermatog...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Wisniewski L,Hassold T,Heffelfinger J,Higgins JV

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DyeDeoxy terminator cycle sequencing of allele-specific polymerase chain reaction products has shown that there is a highly polymorphic d(AAAAT) pentanucleotide repeat within the first intron of the human p53 gene. This provides a genetic marker for tumor suppressor p53 gene alterations. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hahn M,Fislage R,Pingoud A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "new" low incidence red cell antigen, NFLD, is described. It was found in a Caucasian family and is inherited as an autosomal dominant. The antigen is not part of the AB0, MNSs, Duffy, Kidd, or Yt blood group systems and probably does not belong to the Rh or Kell blood group systems. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lewis M,Kaita H,Allderdice PW,Bergren M,McAlpine PJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial monosomy of 22q due to an unbalanced 4;22 translocation was seen in a 2-month-old male with Type I truncus arteriosus, dysmorphic features, and T-cell abnormalities. The family history revealed a previous sib with Type I truncus arteriosus, thymic aplasia, and parathyroid hypoplasia noted on postmortem examina...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Greenberg F,Crowder WE,Paschall V,Colon-Linares J,Lubianski B,Ledbetter DH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unraveling the causes and pathomechanisms of progressive disorders is essential for the development of therapeutic strategies. Here, we identified heterozygous pathogenic missense variants of LMX1A in two families of Dutch origin with progressive nonsyndromic hearing impairment (HI), using whole exome sequencing. One ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Wesdorp M,de Koning Gans PAM,Schraders M,Oostrik J,Huynen MA,Venselaar H,Beynon AJ,van Gaalen J,Piai V,Voermans N,van Rossum MM,Hartel BP,Lelieveld SH,Wiel L,Verbist B,Rotteveel LJ,van Dooren MF,Lichtner P,Kunst HPM,

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of cocultivation on the frequency of mitomycin C (MMC)-induced chromosomal aberrations. This was carried out by cocultivating Fanconi anemia (FA) cells from the genetic complementation groups A and B with both normal mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells and the derived "FA-like" mutant cells, MCN-15...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rosselli F,Moustacchi E

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been suggested that short expansions of CAG repeat in the gene ATXN-2 causing SCA2 (spinocerebellar ataxia type 2) are associated with an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the populations of the USA and northern Europe. In this study, we investigated the role of ATXN-2 in Italian...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Corrado L,Mazzini L,Oggioni GD,Luciano B,Godi M,Brusco A,D'Alfonso S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of lipid metabolism in the genesis of essential hypertension (EH), we linked blood pressure (BP) phenotypes with the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene. Variance component and sib-pair linkage models were used to test the relationship of the polymorphisms in the LPL gene region and EH in 148 Chin...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yang W,Huang J,Ge D,Yao C,Duan X,Shen Y,Qiang B,Gu D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stargardt disease (STGD) is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. Linkage analysis in families with recessive STGD has recently shown genetic homogeneity and a location of the underlying gene at 1p22-p21 in a 4-cM interval. Haplotype analysis in seven Dutch STGD families with 11 highly ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hoyng CB,Poppelaars F,van de Pol TJ,Kremer H,Pinckers AJ,Deutman AF,Cremers FP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple routine method for detecting individuals who are heterozygous for the silent gene Gt 0 is presented. This method consists of a combination of electrophoresis and densitometry. The results confirm the theoretical expectation that these individuals would exhibit about 50% of the enzyme activity found in the cor...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Siebert G,Kömpf J,Ritter H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand better the pathogenesis of ovarian dysgenesis in individuals with abnormalities such as 45,X Turner syndrome, trisomy 13, and trisomy 18, we have examined microscopically the ovaries of 36 infants with a number of chromosomal abnormalities confirmed by karyotype analysis. All infants with trisomy 13, tri...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cunniff C,Jones KL,Benirschke K

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sanfilippo syndrome type B (mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the inability to degrade heparan sulfate because of a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU). We performed mutation screening in a group of 20 patients, identyifing 28 mutat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tessitore A,Villani GR,Di Domenico C,Filocamo M,Gatti R,Di Natale P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactase gene expression declines with aging (lactase non-persistence) in the majority of humans worldwide. Lactase persistence is a heritable autosomal dominant condition and has been strongly correlated with several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located ~14-kb upstream (-13907, -13910 and -13915) of the lact...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Olds LC,Ahn JK,Sibley E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new G6PD variant has been detected in a Cuban male and there is no evidence of associated hematological abnormalities. The main characteristics of this variant, moderate deficiency, slow electrophoretic mobility, increased utilization of the substrate analogues, and a different chromatographic behavior, indicate tha...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： González R,Estrada M,García M,Gutierrez A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels maintain cardiac homeostasis under stress, as revealed by murine gene knockout models of the KCNJ11-encoded Kir6.2 pore. However, the translational significance of K(ATP) channels in human cardiac physiology remains largely unknown. Here, the frequency of the minor K23 allele of the ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Reyes S,Park S,Johnson BD,Terzic A,Olson TM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia associated with partial erythrocyte PFK deficiency without muscular symptoms is reported: erythrocyte enzyme activity in the propositus was 60% of normal. Kinetic studies of erythrocyte PFK revealed increased sensitivity to ATP inhibition and decreased sensitivity t...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Etiemble J,Kahn A,Boivin P,Bernard JF,Goudemand M

更新日期：1976-01-28 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 children with hyperphenylalaninaemia and hyperphenylalaninaemic mothers are presented. At least one of the affected children was a compound heterozygote for hyperphenylalaninaemia and phenylketonuria. The families were examined by an L-phenylalanine loading test, by direct determination of phenylalanine hydroxyl...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bartholomé K,Olek K,Trefz F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the amount of circulating cell-free fetal DNA in maternal serum is influenced by fetal karyotype, using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay. Serum samples were obtained from pregnant women at gestational ages ranging from 15 to 17 weeks, prior to their undergoing amniocentesi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ohashi Y,Miharu N,Honda H,Samura O,Ohama K

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of diacylglycerol kinases (DAGKs) is known to play an important role in signal transduction linked to phospholipid turnover. In the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, a human DAGK ortholog, DGK2, was shown to underlie the phenotype of the visual mutant retinal degeneration A (rdgA). Previously, the gene enco...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Stöhr H,Klein J,Gehrig A,Koehler MR,Jurklies B,Kellner U,Leo-Kottler B,Schmid M,Weber BH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern African Bantu-speaking negroid and San populations were examined with regard to the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) PvuII restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) showing alleles of 4 kb and 1.6 kb, called Type 1 and Type 2, respectively. The standardized disequilibrium coefficient for the ele...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Coetzee MJ,Bartleet SC,Ramsay M,Jenkins T

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole exome sequencing (WES) can be used to efficiently identify de novo genetic variants associated with genetically heterogeneous conditions including intellectual disabilities. We have performed WES for 4102 (1847 female; 2255 male) intellectual disability/developmental delay cases and we report five patients with ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Okur V,Cho MT,Henderson L,Retterer K,Schneider M,Sattler S,Niyazov D,Azage M,Smith S,Picker J,Lincoln S,Tarnopolsky M,Brady L,Bjornsson HT,Applegate C,Dameron A,Willaert R,Baskin B,Juusola J,Chung WK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for large scale routine phenotyping of haptoglobin (Hp) which allows complete subtyping without prior purification of the Hp molecule. The procedure includes polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing of reduced, neuraminidase treated serum or plasma samples, and nitrocellulose blots developed with ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Teige B,Olaisen B,Pedersen L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse mutants are a long-lasting, valuable tool to identify genes underlying eye diseases, because the absence of eyes, very small eyes and severely affected, cataractous eyes are easily to detect without major technical equipment. In mice, actually 145 genes or loci are known for anophthalmia, 269 for microphthalmia,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Graw J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00