A novel pore-region mutation, c.887G > A (p.G296D) in KCNQ4, causing hearing loss in a Chinese family with autosomal dominant non-syndromic deafness 2.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk gene variants for celiac disease, identified in genome-wide linkage and association studies, might influence molecular pathways important for disease development. The aim was to examine expression levels of potential risk genes close to these variants in the small intestine and peripheral blood and also...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Montén C,Gudjonsdottir AH,Browaldh L,Arnell H,Nilsson S,Agardh D,Naluai ÅT

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicated a strong association between hyperkalemia and lung squamous cell carcinomas (LSCC). However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood so far. METHODS:Literature-based data mining was conducted to identify genes, molecule, and cell processes linked to both hyperkalemia and ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Meng X,Lu H,Jiang X,Huang B,Wu S,Yu G,Cao H

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pendred syndrome is a common autosomal recessive disorder causing deafness. Features include sensorineural hearing impairment, goitre, enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVA) and occasionally Mondini dysplasia. Hearing impairment and EVA may occur in the absence of goitre or thyroid dyshormonogensis in a conditi...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Landa P,Differ AM,Rajput K,Jenkins L,Bitner-Glindzicz M

更新日期：2013-08-21 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: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:Despite the important role of the nerve growth factor in the survival and maintenance of neurons in ischemic stroke, data regarding the relationships between variations in the encoding gene and stroke are lacking. In the present study, we evaluated the association of the functional polymorphisms in NGF (rs63...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Stepanyan A,Zakharyan R,Simonyan A,Tsakanova G,Arakelyan A

更新日期：2018-03-02 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:Omphalocele is a congenital midline ventral body wall defect that can exist as isolated malformation or as part of a syndrome. It can be considered one of the major and most frequent clinical manifestation of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) in case of loss of methylation at KCNQ1OT1: Transcription Star Sit...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Bedeschi MF,Calvello M,Paganini L,Pezzani L,Baccarin M,Fontana L,Sirchia SM,Guerneri S,Canazza L,Leva E,Colombo L,Lalatta F,Mosca F,Tabano S,Miozzo M

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CHARGE syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by ocular Coloboma, congenital Heart defects, choanal Atresia, Retardation, Genital anomalies and Ear anomalies. Over 90 % of typical CHARGE patients are mutated in the CHD7 gene, 65 %-70 % of the cases for all typical and suspected cases combi...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Pisaneschi E,Sirleto P,Lepri FR,Genovese S,Dentici ML,Petrocchi S,Angioni A,Digilio MC,Dallapiccola B

更新日期：2015-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urolithiasis is a worldwide urological problem with significant contribution of genetic factors. Pakistan, which resides within the Afro-Asian stone belt, has a high reported prevalence (12%) of urolithiasis. Osteopontin (SPP1) is a urinary macromolecule with a suggested critical role in modulating renal sto...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Amar A,Afzal A,Hameed A,Ahmad M,Khan AR,Najma H,Abid A,Khaliq S

更新日期：2020-08-25 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:Southern China provinces have high incidence of thalassemia, however, sporadic cases can be found in northern China as well. METHODS:People resided in north China who were suspected to have thalassemia were detected mutations by gap-polymerase chain reaction (Gap-PCR) and reverse dot blot (RDB) analyses. Th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Yang Z,Zhou W,Cui Q,Qiu L,Han B

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We explored the association of leucine-rich repeats and calponin homology domain containing 1 (LRCH1) gene polymorphisms with genetic susceptibility to delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning (DEACMP), which might provide a theoretical basis for the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Gu J,Zeng J,Wang X,Gu X,Zhang X,Zhang P,Zhang F,Han Y,Han Y,Zhang H,Li W,Gu R

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propionic acidemia (PA)(OMIM#606054) is an inborn error of branched-chain amino acid metabolism, caused by defects in the propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) enzyme which encoded by the PCCA and PCCB genes. CASE PRESENTATION:Here we report a Chinese neonate diagnosed with suspected PA based on the clinical symp...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Wang HR,Liu YQ,He XL,Sun J,Zeng FW,Yan CB,Li H,Gao SY,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proper expression and functioning of transcription factors (TFs) are essential for regulation of different traits and thus could be crucial for the development of complex diseases. Subjects with Down syndrome (DS) have a higher incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) while solid tumors, like breast c...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Chatterjee A,Dutta S,Mukherjee S,Mukherjee N,Dutta A,Mukherjee A,Sinha S,Panda CK,Chaudhuri K,Roy AL,Mukhopadhyay K

更新日期：2013-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a heterogeneous group of clinically and genetically neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive gait disorder. Hereditary spastic paraplegia can be inherited in various ways, and all modes of inheritance are associated with multiple genes or loci. At present, more...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Yu W,Jin H,Deng J,Nan D,Huang Y

更新日期：2020-06-03 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:Osteopoikilosis is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder, characterised by the occurrence of the hyperostotic spots preferentially localized in the epiphyses and metaphyses of the long bones, and in the carpal and tarsal bones 1. Heterozygous LEMD3 gene mutations were shown to be the primary cause of th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Baasanjav S,Jamsheer A,Kolanczyk M,Horn D,Latos T,Hoffmann K,Latos-Bielenska A,Mundlos S

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cohen syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive developmental disorder that comprises variable clinical features counting developmental delay, pigmentary retinopathy, myopia, acquired microcephaly, truncal obesity, joint hypermobility, friendly disposition and intermittent neutropenia. VPS13B (vacuolar protein ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Rejeb I,Jilani H,Elaribi Y,Hizem S,Hila L,Zillahrdt JL,Chelly J,Benjemaa L

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tendinopathy pathogenesis is associated with inflammation. Regulatory T (Treg) cells contribute to early tissue repair through an anti-inflammatory action, with the forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) transcription factor being essential for Treg function, and the FC-receptor-like 3 (FCRL3) possibly negatively regulatin...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Salles JI,Lopes LR,Duarte MEL,Morrissey D,Martins MB,Machado DE,Guimarães JAM,Perini JA

更新日期：2018-07-18 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:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is divided into four different etiological categories: type 1 DM (T1DM), type 2 DM (T2DM), other specific types, and gestational DM. One severe complication of T2DM is type 2 diabetic nephropathy (T2DN). The possible association of serum transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) levels an...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Zhou T,Li HY,Zhong H,Zhong Z

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA methylation at specific CpG sites within gene promoter regions is known to regulate transcriptional activity in vitro. In human adipose tissue, basal transcription of the aromatase (CYP19A1) gene is driven primarily by the I.4 promoter however the role of DNA methylation in regulating expression in ex vi...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Lewis JR,McNab TJ,Liew LJ,Tan J,Hudson P,Wang JZ,Prince RL

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) identified in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have generally moderate association with related complex diseases. Accordingly, Multilocus Genetic Risk Scores (MGRSs) have been computed in previous studies in order to assess the cumulative association of multiple S...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ambroise J,Butoescu V,Robert A,Tombal B,Gala JL

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PMM2-CDG, is the most common N-linked glycosylation disorder and subtype among all CDG syndromes, which are a series of genetic disorders involving the synthesis and attachment of glycoproteins and glycolipid glycans. The mutations of PMM2-CDG might lead to the loss of PMM2, which is responsible for the conv...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Zhang Z,Huang TL,Ma J,He WJ,Gu H

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DJ-1 forms part of the neuronal cellular defence mechanism against oxidative insults, due to its ability to undergo self-oxidation. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of central nervous system damage in different neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Keyser RJ,van der Merwe L,Venter M,Kinnear C,Warnich L,Carr J,Bardien S

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has a great impact in the human variation detection given their high-throughput. These techniques are particularly helpful for the evaluation of the genetic background in disorders of complex genetic etiology such as Hirschsprung disease (HSCR)...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Luzón-Toro B,Espino-Paisán L,Fernández RM,Martín-Sánchez M,Antiñolo G,Borrego S

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unique pathogenic mutations in BRCA1 and 2 genes have been reported in different populations of patients originating from the Middle East region. Limited data are available for the Iraqi population. For many reasons a large number of Iraqi patients present to Lebanon for medical care. This is the first repor...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Farra C,Dagher C,Hamadeh L,El Saghir N,Mukherji D

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression in cellular processes related to the pathogenesis of cancer. Genetic variation in miRNA genes could impact their synthesis and cellular effects and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are one example of genetic v...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Chacon-Cortes D,Smith RA,Haupt LM,Lea RA,Youl PH,Griffiths LR

更新日期：2015-11-17 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