Congenital chloride diarrhea needs to be distinguished from Bartter and Gitelman syndrome.

abstract：:We examined 136 patients with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion. Clinical diagnoses included chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (94 patients); Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS; 33 patients); Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome (six patients); and Leigh syndrome, Reye-like syndrome, and mitochondrial myopathy, ence...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Yamashita S,Nishino I,Nonaka I,Goto YI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the structure of the alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), or orosomucoid (ORM), gene was investigated in a Ghanaian mother and her child, who shared an unusual variant, ORM1 S2(C), found by isoelectric focusing. Three remarkable changes of nucleotide sequence were observed: (1) The two ORM1 alleles, ORMI*S a...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Yuasa I,Nakamura H,Henke L,Henke J,Nakagawa M,Irizawa Y,Umetsu K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:Following the recent completion of the human genome sequence, genomics research has shifted its focus to understanding gene complexity, expression, and regulation. However, in order to investigate such issues, there is a need to develop a practical system for genomic DNA expression. Transformation-associated recombina...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ayabe F,Katoh M,Inoue T,Kouprina N,Larionov V,Oshimura M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol response is a genetically influenced trait, and there is significant variation in the patterns of alcohol consumption between Māori and Caucasians in New Zealand. Previous studies have found that a variant of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene (ADH1B*47His) is associated with protection against alcohol depen...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hall DA,Chambers GK,Lea RA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) was reported to be associated with schizophrenia. In a previous study, we found significant association with schizophrenia patients with deficient sustained attention assessed by continuous performance test (CPT). This study aimed to identify risk polymorphisms in this specific neu...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Liu CM,Liu YL,Hwu HG,Fann CS,Yang UC,Hsu PC,Chang CC,Chen WJ,Hwang TJ,Hsieh MH,Liu CC,Chien YL,Lin YT,Tsuang MT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, pharmacological chaperone therapy for Pompe disease with small molecules such as imino sugars has attracted interest. But mutant acid α-glucosidase (GAA) species responsive to imino sugars are limited. To elucidate the characteristics of a mutant GAA responsive to imino sugars, we performed biochemical and s...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tajima Y,Saito S,Ohno K,Tsukimura T,Tsujino S,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widely used Western BRCA mutation prediction models underestimated the risk of having a BRCA mutation in Korean breast cancer patients. This study aimed to identify predictive factors for BRCA1/2 mutations and to develop a Korean BRCA risk calculator. The model was constructed by logistic regression model, and it ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kang E,Park SK,Lee JW,Kim Z,Noh WC,Jung Y,Yang JH,Jung SH,Kim SW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A couple was referred for exploration of repetitive abortions. The man was found to be a carrier of a balanced reciprocal translocation t(9;10)(q11;p11.1). The meiotic segregation of chromosomes 9 and 10 was analysed in 5,157 spermatozoa from this translocation carrier and in 15,255 spermatozoa from three control dono...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Rives N,Jarnot M,Mousset-Siméon N,Joly G,Macé B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although large deletions in the dystrophin gene have been identified in more than two-thirds of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients, the molecular mechanisms that lead to the generation of these deletions are largely unknown. Here, Alu and LINE-1 (L1) repetitive elements were shown to be present at one or ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Suminaga R,Takeshima Y,Yasuda K,Shiga N,Nakamura H,Matsuo M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of exons 45-55 (del45-55) in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene (DMD) has gained particular interest in the field of molecular therapy, because it causes a milder phenotype than DMD, and therefore, may represent a good candidate for the goal of a multiple exon-skipping strategy. We have precisely characteri...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Miyazaki D,Yoshida K,Fukushima K,Nakamura A,Suzuki K,Sato T,Takeda S,Ikeda S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoprotegerin (OPG), a secreted glycoprotein and a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, is considered to play an important role in the regulation of bone resorption by modifying osteoclast differentiation. Overexpression of OPG in mice has been reported to result in osteopetrosis, whereas target...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ohmori H,Makita Y,Funamizu M,Hirooka K,Hosoi T,Orimo H,Suzuki T,Ikari K,Nakajima T,Inoue I,Hata A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras-CRK-Rap1 cellular signal-transduction system is regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Transcription of C3G on chromosome 9q34 and a key member of the GEF gene family is activated by the CRK-adaptor protein; the C3G product is a CRK SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor. We d...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hirata T,Nagai H,Koizumi K,Okino K,Harada A,Onda M,Nagahata T,Mikami I,Hirai K,Haraguchi S,Jin E,Kawanami O,Shimizu K,Emi M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SCARB1) gene is a key component in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway and thus plays an important role in lipid metabolism. Studies suggest that the SCARB1 gene may contribute to variation in plasma lipid levels at fasting; however, the results have been inconsistent, and ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Liu Y,Ordovas JM,Gao G,Province M,Straka RJ,Tsai MY,Lai CQ,Zhang K,Borecki I,Hixson JE,Allison DB,Arnett DK

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Pseudoautosomal region 1 (PAR1) contains SHOX, in addition to seven highly conserved non-coding DNA elements (CNEs) with cis-regulatory activity. Microdeletions involving SHOX exons 1-6a and/or the CNEs result in idiopathic short stature (ISS) and Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD). Here, we report six rare copy-numbe...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Fukami M,Naiki Y,Muroya K,Hamajima T,Soneda S,Horikawa R,Jinno T,Katsumi M,Nakamura A,Asakura Y,Adachi M,Ogata T,Kanzaki S,Japanese SHOX study group.

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial deletion of 7q11.23-q21.11 was identified by cytogenetic methods in a 4-year-old boy with Williams syndrome (WS) and infantile spasms. Deletion of the elastin (ELN) gene and the DNA polymorphic markers, D7S1870, D7S2490, D7S2518, and D7S2421, were identified in the patient, but the loci for D7S653 and D7S...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Mizugishi K,Yamanaka K,Kuwajima K,Kondo I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-known that many members of the family of nuclear receptors have been implicated in human diseases, and metabolic disorders in particular. The NR4A nuclear receptor family consists of three members, Nur77, Nurr1, and NOR1. All of these are orphan receptors, and Nur77 and NOR1 exert possible pathological role...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hashida R,Ohkura N,Saito H,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inborn errors of metabolism can cause epileptic encephalopathies. Biallelic loss-of-function variants in the ITPA gene, encoding inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPase), have been reported in epileptic encephalopathies with lack of myelination of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, brainstem tracts, and ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Sakamoto M,Kouhei D,Haniffa M,Silva S,Troncoso M,Santander P,Schonstedt V,Stecher X,Okamoto N,Hamanaka K,Mizuguchi T,Mitsuhashi S,Miyake N,Matsumoto N

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:The identification of anticipation in schizophrenia is a recent focus in the genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia, although it involves some controversial methodological issues. We explored the evidence of anticipation among 44 Japanese two-generation pairs with schizophrenia found by reviewing nine years of admissio...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Imamura A,Honda S,Nakane Y,Okazaki Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many susceptibility loci for cardiometabolic disorders. Most of the associated variants reside in non-coding regions of the genome including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are thought to play critical roles in diverse biological processes. Here, we leverage...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ghanbari M,Peters MJ,de Vries PS,Boer CG,van Rooij JGJ,Lee YC,Kumar V,Uitterlinden AG,Ikram MA,Wijmenga C,Ordovas JM,Smith CE,van Meurs JBJ,Erkeland SJ,Franco OH,Dehghan A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies and integrative genomics approaches have demonstrated significant associations between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the chromosome 15q25 region that includes iron-responsive element binding protein 2 gene (IREB2) and CHRNA3/5...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhou H,Yang J,Li D,Xiao J,Wang B,Wang L,Ma C,Xu S,Ou X,Feng Y

更新日期：2012-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a distinctive chronic inflammatory lung disease predominantly found in Asian populations. Although its etiology is unknown, DPB is considered to be a multifactorial disease of whose susceptibility is determined by genetic predisposition unique to Asians. We and others have previously ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Emi M,Keicho N,Tokunaga K,Katsumata H,Souma S,Nakata K,Taguchi Y,Ohishi N,Azuma A,Kudoh S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-spectrum autism, referred to as pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), may be associated with genetic factors. We examined 241 siblings in 269 Japanese families with affected children. The sibling incidence of PDD was 10.0% whereas the prevalence of PDD in the general population in the same geographic region wa...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Sumi S,Taniai H,Miyachi T,Tanemura M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex has been implicated in schizophrenia (SZ) and affective disorders by gene expression studies. Owing to reciprocal connectivity, the thalamic nuclei and their cortical fields act as functional units. Altered thalamic gene expression would be expected to occur in association with cortical dysfuncti...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Chu TT,Liu Y,Kemether E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM), a peptide characterized by persistent hypotensive activity, is thought to be involved when the control mechanism of blood pressure is deranged, because its plasma concentration is upregulated in hypertensive patients. The receptor for ADM, a molecular complex consisting of calcitonin-receptor-lik...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakazawa I,Nakajima T,Harada H,Ishigami T,Umemura S,Emi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked recessive congenital motor nystagmus was identified in two Chinese families living in the Guangdong province of China. Nystagmus was noticed in early childhood. Only males in the families were affected and all obligate carriers did not have nystagmus. Linkage study was performed using microsatellite markers a...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Guo X,Li S,Jia X,Xiao X,Wang P,Zhang Q

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intellectual disability (ID) accounts for 1% of the general population, and it is caused by the interplay between the genetic and/or environmental factors. The genetic components responsible for the development of ID are highly heterogeneous, and the phenotype and severity of the disease vary in patients even if they ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Miyake N,Heydari S,Garshasbi M,Saitoh S,Nasiri J,Hamanaka K,Takata A,Matsumoto N,Beheshti FH,Chaleshtori ARS

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00