A case of Shwachman syndrome with increased spontaneous chromosome breakage.

abstract：:A functionally inactive plasminogen (PLG) variant designated as PLG M5 is polymorphic in the Japanese population and has a feature common to PLG with type-I mutation that has a codon 601 missense mutation in exon 15 (GCT for Ala-->ACT for Thr). This study was conducted to clarify whether the type-I mutation of PLG is ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kikuchi S,Yamanouchi Y,Li L,Kobayashi K,Ijima H,Miyazaki R,Tsuchiya S,Hamaguchi H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic DNA amplification and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which demonstrate different sizes of DNA fragments, were used to detect the common mutations causing beta-thalassemia and hemoglobin (Hb) E in Thai people. The 4-bp deletion at codons 41 and 42 can be detected directly by polyacrylamide gel electropho...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Winichagoon P,Kownkon J,Yenchitsomanus P,Thonglairoam V,Siritanaratkul N,Fucharoen S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of trisomy 6p21 leads to 6pter resulting from a maternal balanced t(2;6)(p25;p21) translocation is reported. The main clinical abnormalities were psychomotor retardation, hypotrophy, blepharophimosis, nystagmus, high nasal bridge, small mouth, sacral dimple, and systolic murmur. Other anomalies might have been ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bernheim A,Berger R,Vaugier G,Thieffry JC,Matet Y

更新日期：1979-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pairs of cultured amniotic cells and maternal fibroblasts ("feto-maternal pairs") were studied for hexosaminidase A (HXA) and arylsulfatase A (ASA) activity. These lysosomal enzyme activities are genetically deficient in Tay-Sachs disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy, respectively. After HXA was standardized by re...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Harzer K,Hayashi K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN is one of the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor genes in human cancers. Mutations occur in either heritable or sporadic fashion. Sequencing of cDNA from patients and normal individuals often reveals splicing variants (SVs) of PTEN, some of which are non-mutation related. To investigate whether these SVs we...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Liu Y,Malaviarachchi P,Beggs M,Emanuel PD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inactivated X chromosome has a site of unusually frequent folding in region Xq1, whereas a fold in Xq1 is uncommon on the active X. We investigated the pattern of X chromosome folding in high-resolution GTG- and RBG-stained preparations from four women. In early metaphase cells, slightly more than 50% of late-repl...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Van Dyke DL,Worsham M,Weiss L

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With rapid developments in genomic and digital technologies, genomic data sharing has become a key issue for the achievement of precision medicine in South Korea. The legal and administrative framework for data sharing and protection in this country is currently under intense scrutiny from national and international s...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kim H,Kim SY,Joly Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Three prostate cancer susceptibility genes have been reported to be linked to different regions on chromosome 1: HPC1 at 1q24-25, PCAP at 1q42-43, and CAPB at 1p36. Replication studies analyzing each of these regions have yielded inconsistent results. To evaluate linkage across this chromosome systematically, we perfo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Xu J,Zheng SL,Chang B,Smith JR,Carpten JD,Stine OC,Isaacs SD,Wiley KE,Henning L,Ewing C,Bujnovszky P,Bleeker ER,Walsh PC,Trent JM,Meyers DA,Isaacs WB

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several single-gene disorders with clinical and radiological characteristics similar to those observed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have been described. To evaluate whether this phenotypic overlap can be ascribed to a common genetic etiology, 28 genes known to present pathogenic mutations for 24 of these disord...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Traboulsee AL,Sadovnick AD,Encarnacion M,Bernales CQ,Yee IM,Criscuoli MG,Vilariño-Güell C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a systematic screening for mutations in the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator among Danish cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, we identified a mutation in exon 3 (394delTT); this mutation was found to be relatively common in Denmark. We therefore screened for 394delTT in Sweden and Norway, where ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schwartz M,Anvret M,Claustres M,Eiken HG,Eiklid K,Schaedel C,Stolpe L,Tranebjaerg L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA patterns from a pseudoautosomal variable number tandem repeat-like minisatellite (locus DXYS20) were compared in two samples: a Caucasian and a Black sample. We defined 3 types of DNA patterns named A, B and C, and found that these patterns have different frequencies in the Caucasian and Black groups. A set of all...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rappold GA,Henke A,Pohlschmid M,Huisman TH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper an intercalary deletion of band 8q23 is reported in another patient with Langer-Giedion syndrome. These data confirm that the deletion in 8q responsible for this malformation syndrome is located at band 8q23. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Fryns JP,Heremans G,Marien J,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in LMNA gene encoding lamins A and C. The disease is characterized by early onset joint contractures during childhood associated with humero-peroneal muscular wasting and weakness, and by the development of a cardiac disease in adulthood. Impo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Granger B,Gueneau L,Drouin-Garraud V,Pedergnana V,Gagnon F,Ben Yaou R,Tezenas du Montcel S,Bonne G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uniparental disomy (UPD) is defined as the presence of a chromosome pair that derives from only one parent in a diploid individual. The human TRKA gene on chromosome 1q21-q22 encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase for nerve growth factor and is responsible for an autosomal recessive genetic disorder: congenital insensitiv...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Miura Y,Hiura M,Torigoe K,Numata O,Kuwahara A,Matsunaga M,Hasegawa S,Boku N,Ino H,Mardy S,Endo F,Matsuda I,Indo Y

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1278insTATC is the most prevalent beta-hexosaminidase A ( HEXA) gene mutation causing Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), one of the four lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) occurring at elevated frequencies among Ashkenazi Jews (AJs). To investigate the genetic history of this mutation in the AJ population, a conserved haplot...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Frisch A,Colombo R,Michaelovsky E,Karpati M,Goldman B,Peleg L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion and truncation mutations in the X-linked gene CASK are associated with severe intellectual disability (ID), microcephaly and pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia in girls (MICPCH). The molecular origin of CASK-linked MICPCH is presumed to be due to disruption of the CASK-Tbr-1 interaction. This hypothesis, howev...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： LaConte LEW,Chavan V,Elias AF,Hudson C,Schwanke C,Styren K,Shoof J,Kok F,Srivastava S,Mukherjee K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PAX2 is a member of the PAX multigene family encoding transcription factors active in specific tissues during embryogenesis. Several PAX/Pax genes (PAX and Pax describe homologous genes in human and mice, respectively) have been shown to possess critical morphogenetic functions as identified by the analysis of mice ta...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tavassoli K,Rüger W,Horst J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl with 46, XX, del (11) (q23), inv (9) (p13, q13) is described. The patient shows many dysplastic signs mainly of the face and skull. The pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 has been inherited from the mother (46, XX, inv (9) (p13, q13)). ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Zabel B,Hansen S,Hilig U,Gröting-Imhof H

更新日期：1977-04-07 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：:Peripheral blood lymphocytes from eight Fanconi anemia (FA) patients, 14 FA heterozygotes, and nine normal subjects have been tested for their susceptibility to chromosomal breakage induction by diepoxybutane (DEB) and by two peroxides. In addition, the effect of five antioxidants was investigated in standard cultures...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dallapiccola B,Porfirio B,Mokini V,Alimena G,Isacchi G,Gandini E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopetrosis is the result of mutations affecting osteoclast function. Careful analyses of osteopetrosis have provided instrumental information on bone remodeling, including the coupling of bone formation to bone resorption. Based on a range of novel genetic mutations and the resulting osteoclast phenotypes, we discu...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Segovia-Silvestre T,Neutzsky-Wulff AV,Sorensen MG,Christiansen C,Bollerslev J,Karsdal MA,Henriksen K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two previous single case reports from the literature showed the presence or absence of centromeric antigens at the site of the inactive centromeres in one (X;X) and in one (9;11) dicentric chromosome. We studied nine different dicentric chromosomes using anticentromeric antibodies and immunofluorescence techniques. In...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Peretti D,Maraschio P,Lambiase S,Lo Curto F,Zuffardi O

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene causing adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) has recently been cloned. Three intragenic polymorphisms were reported to be detectable by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. Here, we describe an assay using polymerase-chain-reaction-based amplification and subsequent enzymatic digestion of genomic seq...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kraus C,Ballhausen WG

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened fourteen kindreds with X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets with four microsatellite markers, viz AFM163yh2, DXS999 (AFM234yf12), DXS443 and DXS365, in order to refine the genetic map flanking the gene, and to define a close flanking interval for the construction of a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) a...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rowe PS,Goulding J,Read A,Lehrach H,Francis F,Hanauer A,Oudet C,Biancalana V,Kooh SW,Davies KE

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have had a tremendous success in the identification of common DNA sequence variants associated with complex human diseases and traits. However, because of their design, GWAS are largely inappropriate to characterize the role of rare and low-frequency DNA variants on human phenoty...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Low-Kam C,Rhainds D,Lo KS,Provost S,Mongrain I,Dubois A,Perreault S,Robinson JF,Hegele RA,Dubé MP,Tardif JC,Lettre G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The X chromosomes of individuals with isolated steroid sulphatase deficiency (X-linked ichthyosis) from ten families were studied by flow karyotype analysis. In four of the families, a small but significant reduction in the relative fluorescence of the X chromosome was detected consistent with a deletion ranging from ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cooke A,Gillard EF,Yates JR,Mitchell MJ,Aitken DA,Weir DM,Affara NA,Ferguson-Smith MA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide, which mitochondria mainly produce in vascular endothelial cells, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. Accordingly, mitochondrial functional differences are thought to be one of the most important factors for the risk of myocardial infarction among vari...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Nishigaki Y,Yamada Y,Fuku N,Matsuo H,Segawa T,Watanabe S,Kato K,Yokoi K,Yamaguchi S,Nozawa Y,Tanaka M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and distribution of aphidicolin (APC)-induced common fragile sites (cfs) were analyzed in human embryonic cells of different origins. Embryonic lung fibroblasts (MRC-5), amniocytes (AMINO) and embryonic retina cells (HERO790) are as sensitive to the APC-induced clastogenic effect as peripheral lymphocyte...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Caporossi D,Vernole P,Nicoletti B,Tedeschi B

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have conducted a comprehensive study of the molecular basis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in 350 German CF patients. A screening approach based on single-strand conformation analysis and direct sequencing of genomic polymerase chain reaction products has allowed us to detect the molecular defects on 95.4% of the CF chrom...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dörk T,Mekus F,Schmidt K,Bosshammer J,Fislage R,Heuer T,Dziadek V,Neumann T,Kälin N,Wulbrand U

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00