Mitochondrial involvement in a Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf optic atrophy syndrome patient with a novel de novo NR2F1 gene mutation.

abstract：:Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED), a rare and heterogeneous hereditary disorder, is characterized by deficient development of multiple ectodermal structures including hair, sweat glands and teeth. If caused by mutations in the genes EDA, EDA1R or EDARADD, phenotypes are often very similar as the result of a comm...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wohlfart S,Hammersen J,Schneider H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple testing occurs commonly in genome-wide association studies with dense SNPs map. With numerous SNPs, not only the genotyping cost and time increase dramatically, many family wise error rate (FWER) controlling methods may fail for being too conservative and of less power when detecting SNPs associated with dise...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wen SH,Hsiao CK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of schizophrenia (SCZ) and dihydropyrimidinase-like 2 (DPYSL2), also known as collapsin response mediator protein 2, which regulates axonal growth and branching. We genotyped 20 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1464 patients and 1310 controls. There were two potential associati...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Koide T,Aleksic B,Ito Y,Usui H,Yoshimi A,Inada T,Suzuki M,Hashimoto R,Takeda M,Iwata N,Ozaki N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, the search for pathogenic mutations in rare human genetic diseases has involved huge efforts to sequence coding regions, or the entire genome, using massively parallel short-read sequencers. However, the approximate current diagnostic rate is <50% using these approaches, and there remain many r...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Mitsuhashi S,Matsumoto N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of visual impairment in the elderly population in developed countries. The etiology of AMD is not completely understood but environmental and genetic factors have been implicated in the disease. Recently it has been documented that variations in the complement f...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Shastry BS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a disease characterised by the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. Vitamin D is a known immune system modulator and its effects are exerted via the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Several VDR gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been commonly stud...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Boraska V,Škrabić V,Zeggini E,Groves CJ,Buljubašić M,Peruzović M,Zemunik T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) has been shown to be due to mutations in the LMNA gene encoding nuclear lamins A and C, indicating that defective structure of the nuclear envelope can produce this unique phenotype. Some patients with inherited partial lipodystrophy have normal LMNA coding, promoter, and 3'-untra...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hegele RA,Yuen J,Cao H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation-specific (MS) multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) at two differentially methylated regions (DMRs) at chromosome 11p15, H19-DMR and LIT1-DMR, and microsatellite analysis for uniparental disomy (UPD) at chromosome 7 or 11, have been recommended for the genetic diagnosis of the Beckwith-Wi...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Lee BH,Kim GH,Oh TJ,Kim JH,Lee JJ,Choi SH,Lee JY,Kim JM,Choi IH,Kim YM,Choi JH,Yoo HW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies of neuropsychiatric disorders have often produced conflicting results, which might partly result from the involvement of epigenetic modifications. We intended to explore the possible implication of DNA methylation and human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) in neuropsychiatric disorders. In the present s...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakamura A,Okazaki Y,Sugimoto J,Oda T,Jinno Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is characterized by severe hypohidrosis, hypotrichosis, and hypodontia. It can be inherited in autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked patterns. Mutations in the EDA gene, which encodes ectodysplasin-A, are responsible for X-linked HED (XLHED). In the present study,...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Huang C,Yang Q,Ke T,Wang H,Wang X,Shen J,Tu X,Tian J,Liu JY,Wang QK,Liu M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that individuals with low, or lack of, antibody production in response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) exist in the human population. We have previously reported that HLA class I and class II genes are both involved in antibody production to HBsAg, and that specific alleles of HLA are associate...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wataya M,Sano T,Kamikawaji N,Tana T,Yamamoto K,Sasazuki T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58 kb region on chromosome 9p21.3 has consistently shown strong association with coronary artery disease (CAD) in multiple genome-wide association studies in populations of European and East Asian ancestry. In this study, we sought to further characterize the role of genetic variants in 9p21.3 in African American in...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kral BG,Mathias RA,Suktitipat B,Ruczinski I,Vaidya D,Yanek LR,Quyyumi AA,Patel RS,Zafari AM,Vaccarino V,Hauser ER,Kraus WE,Becker LC,Becker DM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous CpG islands containing tissue-specific differentially methylated regions (TDMRs) are potential methylation sites in normal cells and tissues. The VASA (also known as DDX4) gene is believed to be under the control of TDMRs. A total of 131 male patients with idiopathic azoospermia or severe oligospermia were ev...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Sugimoto K,Koh E,Sin HS,Maeda Y,Narimoto K,Izumi K,Kobori Y,Kitamura E,Nagase H,Yoshida A,Namiki M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local genomic architecture, such as segmental duplications (SDs), can induce copy number variations (CNVs) hotspots in the human genome, many of which manifest as genomic disorders. Significant technological advances have been achieved for genome-wide CNV investigations, but these costly methods are not suitable for g...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Du R,Lu C,Jiang Z,Li S,Ma R,An H,Xu M,An Y,Xia Y,Jin L,Wang X,Zhang F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the use of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis to localize traits has attracted much attention because of the introduction of high-throughput genotyping systems. However, a limitation of such studies is often the total cost of genotyping in addition to sample size. Therefore, it is important to ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Saito A,Kamatani N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found a novel A-->C change in codon 511 of the ARNT gene, which predicted the substitution of Asn (AAC) for Asp (GAC) at this position. Amplification using mismatched primers allowed the ARNT D/N511 polymorphism to be detected by digestion with endonuclease Tth111I. The frequency of the ARNT N511 allele was 0.019 i...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Cao H,Hegele RA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that leads to parent-specific differential expression of a subset of genes. Most imprinted genes form clusters, or imprinting domains, and are regulated by imprinting control regions. As imprinted genes have an important role in growth and development, aberrant expression...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Soejima H,Higashimoto K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, a possible mediator between energy homeostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease (CVD), acts via leptin receptors. We investigated association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes of the leptin receptor gene (LEPR) with several CVD risk factors: body mass index, waist circumference (...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tomas Ž,Petranović MZ,Škarić-Jurić T,Barešić A,Salihović MP,Narančić NS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradycardia is a trigger of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with arrhythmia including Brugada syndrome and long QT syndrome. The HCN4 channel controls the heart rate, and its mutations predispose to inherited sick sinus syndrome and long QT syndrome associated with bradycardia. We found a 4 base-insertion at the s...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ueda K,Hirano Y,Higashiuesato Y,Aizawa Y,Hayashi T,Inagaki N,Tana T,Ohya Y,Takishita S,Muratani H,Hiraoka M,Kimura A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and a leading monogenic form of cognitive impairment and autism. It is the most common form of inherited mental retardation in males and a significant cause of mental retardation in females. It is caused by the instability and subsequent expansion of the CGG re...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Martorell L,Nascimento MT,Colome R,Genovés J,Naudó M,Nascimento A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen was considered to be an important protective factor for cardiovascular diseases in women. Genetic association studies suggested that variations of ESR1and ESR2 genes might have a potential role in lipid profile. Our study aimed to investigate the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ESR1 a...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhao T,Zhang D,Liu Y,Zhou D,Chen Z,Yang Y,Li S,Yu L,Zhang Z,Feng G,He L,Xu H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential transmission of alleles from parents to affected children indicates that the locus under investigation is either directly involved in the occurrence of the disease or that there are allelic associations with other loci that are directly involved. Conditional logistic regression applied to a diallelic ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ayres KL,Curnow RN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) interaction plays a critical role for complex diseases. The primary limitation of logistic regressions (LR) in testing SNP-SNP interactions is that coefficient estimates may not be valid because of numerous terms in a model. Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) have usef...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Lin HY,Wang W,Liu YH,Soong SJ,York TP,Myers L,Hu JJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of α-galactosidase A (GLA). In our previous studies, we structurally investigated Fabry disease using a structural analysis system, and revealed that structural changes in GLA are very important for understanding the molecular basis of this disease. To the bes...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Saito S,Ohno K,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic causes of Leigh syndrome are heterogeneous, with a poor genotype-phenotype correlation. To date, more than 50 nuclear genes cause nuclear gene-encoded Leigh syndrome. NDUFS6 encodes a 13 kiloDaltons subunit, which is part of the peripheral arm of complex I and is localized in the iron-sulfur fraction. Only...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Rouzier C,Chaussenot A,Fragaki K,Serre V,Ait-El-Mkadem S,Richelme C,Paquis-Flucklinger V,Bannwarth S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mirror-image polydactyly of hands and feet (MIP) is a very rare congenital anomaly characterized by mirror-image duplication of digits. To isolate the gene responsible for MIP, we performed translocation breakpoint cloning from an MIP patient with t(2;14)(p23.3;q13). We isolated a good candidate gene for MIP that was ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kondoh S,Sugawara H,Harada N,Matsumoto N,Ohashi H,Sato M,Kantaputra PN,Ogino T,Tomita H,Ohta T,Kishino T,Fukushima Y,Niikawa N,Yoshiura K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When compared with single gene functional analysis, gene set analysis (GSA) can extract more information from gene expression profiles. Currently, several gene set methods have been proposed, but most of the methods cannot detect gene sets with a large number of minor-effect genes. Here, we propose a novel distance-ba...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Li J,Wang L,Xu L,Zhang R,Huang M,Wang K,Xu J,Lv H,Shang Z,Zhang M,Jiang Y,Guo M,Li X

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human carboxyl ester lipase (CEL) secreted by the pancreas into the duodenum is a glycoprotein playing an essential role in the intestinal processing of cholesterol and lipid-soluble vitamins. The gene encoding CEL was known to contain a tandemly repeated sequence of the 11-amino-acid motif in the C-terminal region. W...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Higuchi S,Nakamura Y,Saito S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is primarily caused by deletions involving the paternally derived imprinted region at chromosome 15q11.2-q13 and maternal uniparental disomy 15 (upd(15)mat). The underlying mechanisms for upd(15)mat include trisomy rescue (TR), gamete complementation (GC), monosomy rescue and post-fertiliza...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Matsubara K,Murakami N,Nagai T,Ogata T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of polyalanine repeats is known to cause at least nine disorders, including congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). Unequal crossover has been speculated as the expanding mechanism, in contrast to strand slippage in polyglutamine expansion disorders. We carried out segregation analysis of PHO...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Arai H,Otagiri T,Sasaki A,Hashimoto T,Umetsu K,Tokunaga K,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00