Different inducibility and possible significance of several concomitant "fragile sites" in two brothers.

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：:This report concerns two new mutations in the sterol 27-hydroxylase gene in two patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX). In a Surinam-Creole patient (patient A), a G deletion on position cDNA 546/547 in exon 3 led to a frameshift and the introduction of a premature termination codon. In a Dutch patient (pat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Verrips A,Steenbergen-Spanjers GC,Luyten JA,van den Heuvel LP,Keyser A,Gabreëls FJ,Wevers RA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed a T-->C mutation at position +96 of the untranslated region 3' to the terminating codon of the beta-globin gene in members of two Czech families and one black family. Data from initial studies suggested that this change was the cause of a beta-thalassemia, but continued analyses have provided convinci...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Divoky V,Baysal E,Oner R,Cürük MA,Walker EL 3rd,Indrak K,Huisman TH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To dissect the genetic architecture of sexual dimorphism in obesity-related traits, we evaluated the sex-genotype interaction, sex-specific heritability and genome-wide linkages for seven measurements related to obesity. A total of 1,365 non-diabetic Chinese subjects from the family study of the Stanford Asia-Pacific ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Chiu YF,Chuang LM,Kao HY,Shih KC,Lin MW,Lee WJ,Quertermous T,Curb JD,Chen I,Rodriguez BL,Hsiung CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors strongly influence risk of common human diseases and treatment outcomes but the causative variants remain largely unknown; this gap has been called the 'missing heritability'. We propose several hypotheses that in combination have the potential to narrow the gap. First, given a multi-stage path from we...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sadee W,Hartmann K,Seweryn M,Pietrzak M,Handelman SK,Rempala GA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a de novo supernumerary marker chromosome (SMC) poses problems in genetic counseling. The consequences of the additional chromosomal material may range from harmless to detrimental. As the composition of a SMC cannot be deciphered by traditional banding analysis, sophisticated methods are needed for th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Langer S,Fauth C,Rocchi M,Murken J,Speicher MR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a large number of human serum transferrin (TF) variants have been described, only one RFLP (AvaI) has so far been found. Here we report three new RFLPs (MvaI in intron 5 and exon 7, BbvI in exon 7) and correlations between RFLPs and between RFLPs and serum TF types. There were strong, but not always complete,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Beckman LE,Van Landeghem GF,Sikström C,Beckman L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple linkage regions have been reported in schizophrenia, and some appear to harbor susceptibility genes that are differentially expressed in postmortem brain tissue derived from unrelated individuals. We combined traditional genome-wide linkage analysis in a multiplex family with lymphocytic genome-wide expressio...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Vawter MP,Atz ME,Rollins BL,Cooper-Casey KM,Shao L,Byerley WF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene locus for hereditary retinoblastoma is on human chromosome 13, band q14. With this gene localization in mind, we cloned DNA fragments from this chromosome. Three of the fragments identify restriction fragment length polymorphisms. These three fragments are from the region 13q12-13q22, the chromosome region wh...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dryja TP,Rapaport JM,Weichselbaum R,Bruns GA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of trisomy 21q223 with the Down's phenotype were analysed by in situ hybridization with specific probes previously located in the sub-bands 21q221 (SOD-A) and 21q223 (BCEI and COL6A). These studies give evidence that the clinical picture of Down's syndrome is at least to a great extent correlated with trisom...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Pellissier MC,Laffage M,Philip N,Passage E,Mattei MG,Mattei JF

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a dominantly inherited neuromuscular disorder characterised by muscle weakness and wasting. There are two forms of DM; both of which are caused by the expansion of repeated DNA sequences. DM1 is associated with a CTG repeat located in the 3' untranslated region of a gene, DMPK and DM2 with a...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Machuca-Tzili L,Thorpe H,Robinson TE,Sewry C,Brook JD

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a survey of the mutations of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) gene in Italian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), we identified a novel point mutation, that creates a new EcoRI site at the 5' end of exon 7, in a heterozygous FH subject (FH-100). The sequence of a cDNA fragment encompas...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lelli N,Garuti R,Pedrazzi P,Ghisellini M,Simone ML,Tiozzo R,Cattin L,Valenti M,Rolleri M,Bertolini S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fragile site on chromosome 12, at 12q24.13, was found in the lymphocytes of two members of a family during the study for detection of a fragile X chromosome. The site was found to be heritable and folate-sensitive, and it fulfills all four criteria for a fragile site. It thus can now be confirmed as the heritable fr...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Amarose AP,Huttenlocher PR,Sprudzs RM,Laitsch TJ,Pettenati MJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent studies have revealed a substantial portion of the genes underlying human hearing loss, the extensive genetic landscape has not been completely explored. Here, we report a loss-of-function variant (c.72delA) in MPZL2 in three unrelated multiplex families from Turkey and Iran with autosomal recessive nonsy...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bademci G,Abad C,Incesulu A,Rad A,Alper O,Kolb SM,Cengiz FB,Diaz-Horta O,Silan F,Mihci E,Ocak E,Najafi M,Maroofian R,Yilmaz E,Nur BG,Duman D,Guo S,Sant DW,Wang G,Monje PV,Haaf T,Blanton SH,Vona B,Walz K,Te

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a polymorphic microsatellite (IVS17BCA) in intron 17B of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It consists of an 11 to 20 CA/GT dinucleotide repeat, located 424 bp from exon 17B. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Morral N,Girbau E,Zielenski J,Nunes V,Casals T,Tsui LC,Estivill X

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndromes (Apert, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Jackson-Weiss and Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans) result from mutations in FGFR genes. Fourteen unrelated patients with FGFR2-related craniosynostosis syndromes were screened for mutations in exons IIIa and IIIc of FGFR2. Eight o...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hollway GE,Suthers GK,Haan EA,Thompson E,David DJ,Gecz J,Mulley JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic syndromes involving both brain and eye abnormalities are numerous and include syndromes such as Warburg micro syndrome, Kaufman oculocerebrofacial syndrome, Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome, Kahrizi syndrome and others. Using exome sequencing, we have been able to identify homozygous mutation p.(Tyr39Cys)...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Basel-Vanagaite L,Smirin-Yosef P,Essakow JL,Tzur S,Lagovsky I,Maya I,Pasmanik-Chor M,Yeheskel A,Konen O,Orenstein N,Weisz Hubshman M,Drasinover V,Magal N,Peretz Amit G,Zalzstein Y,Zeharia A,Shohat M,Straussberg R,Mont

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial and twin studies have shown that the individual variability of the normal human electroencephalogram (EEG) is largely genetically determined. In epileptology, these genetic parameters of the EEG background activity are almost totally neglected. The aim of the present study has been to investigate whether a sp...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Doose H,Castiglione E,Waltz S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the possible role of genetic polymorphism of three drug-metabolizing enzymes, debrisoquine/sparteine hydroxylase (CYP2D6), glutathione S-transferase mu (GSTM1), and N-acetyltransferase (NAT2), as a putative genetic component of human longevity, was explored. A total of 817 DNA samples from a cent...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Muiras ML,Verasdonck P,Cottet F,Schächter F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin is a developmentally regulated serum protein synthesized in the liver mainly during adulthood. Family studies using variant forms of albumin established autosomal linkage between albumin and group-specific component protein (GS). Since GC has been assigned to human chromosome 4, albumin can be indirectly assig...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kao FT,Hawkins JW,Law ML,Dugaiczyk A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) is characterised by intra-uterine growth retardation, while Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a clinically heterogeneous overgrowth syndrome. Both TNDM and BWS may be caused by aberrant loss of methylation (LOM) at imprinted loci on chromosomes 6q24 and 11p15.5 respective...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Mackay DJ,Hahnemann JM,Boonen SE,Poerksen S,Bunyan DJ,White HE,Durston VJ,Thomas NS,Robinson DO,Shield JP,Clayton-Smith J,Temple IK

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery that the extra chromosome in about 30% of cases of 47, trisomy 21 is of paternal origin has revived interest in the possibility of paternal age as a risk factor for a Down syndrome birth, independent of maternal age. Parental age distribution for 611 Down's syndrome 47, +21 cases was studied. The ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Roth MP,Feingold J,Baumgarten A,Bigel P,Stoll C

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Three cases of partial trisomy for the distal segment of chromosome 13 are reported. Common clinical features included normal birth weight, postnatal asphyxia, convulsions, severe psychomotor retardation, normal growth, and a distinct pattern of dysmorphias consisting of trigonocephalic head with prominent metopic sut...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schinzel A,Hayashi K,Schmid W

更新日期：1976-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A single base substitution is responsible for the PI-Z mutation in alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. The Z mutation, which is in exon V of the AAT gene, was analysed directly using a primer designed with a single base substitution in the DNA sequence. During the polymerase chain reaction with this primer, a restri...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dry PJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the LDL receptor gene were used for haplotype analysis in 12 unrelated patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. These patients were drawn from the Black, Coloured, and White population groups and collectively represent 24 mutant alleles underlying the FH ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Henderson HE,Kotze MJ,Berger GM

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laird et al. (1987) hypothesized that there are at least four cis-acting alleles or 'chromosome states' at Xq27 that increasingly delay replication at this chromosomal area resulting in its increasing fragility in vitro. When on the inactive X chromosome, the proposed third ('mutated') allele can permanently block rea...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yu WD,Wenger SL,Steele MW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementation tests after polyethylene glycol fusion have been performed between 10 citrullinemic strains with argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency and between five strains with argininosuccinate lyase deficiency. No complementation was observed between the citrullinemic strains, while two groups of complementati...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cathelineau L,Pham Dinh D,Briand P,Kamoun P

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size of the heterochromatic regions of chromosomes 1 and 16 was measured in a Test group of women with histories of recurrent spontaneous abortion and a Control group of fertile women. Measurements were made on Giemsa banded preparations and the euchromatic regions of 1q and 16q were used to correct for between-ce...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ford JH,Callen DF,Roberts CG,Jahnke AB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are heterogeneous disorders with a high heritability and complex genetic architecture. Due to the central role of the fragile X mental retardation gene 1 protein (FMRP) pathway in ASD we investigated common functional variants of ASD risk genes regulating FMRP. We genotyped ten SNPs in ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Waltes R,Duketis E,Knapp M,Anney RJ,Huguet G,Schlitt S,Jarczok TA,Sachse M,Kämpfer LM,Kleinböck T,Poustka F,Bölte S,Schmötzer G,Voran A,Huy E,Meyer J,Bourgeron T,Klauck SM,Freitag CM,Chiocchetti AG

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00