Erratum to: Huntington disease mutation in Venezuela: age of onset, haplotype analyses and geographic aggregation.

abstract：:The use of novel sequencing and high-throughput techniques has become widespread, and are now readily available to obtain the comprehensive transcription profile of the human genome. Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are transcripts that have no apparent protein-coding capacity, but they have important roles in human physiology...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kita Y,Yonemori K,Osako Y,Baba K,Mori S,Maemura K,Natsugoe S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of OCRL cause Lowe syndrome, which is characterised by congenital cataracts, infantile hypotonia with mental retardation, and renal tubular dysfunction and Dent-2 disease, which only affects the kidney. While few patients with an intermediate phenotype between these diseases have been reported, the mechanism...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakano E,Yoshida A,Miyama Y,Yabuuchi T,Kajiho Y,Kanda S,Miura K,Oka A,Harita Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MEIS2 aberrations are considered to be the cause of intellectual disability, cleft palate and cardiac septal defect, as MEIS2 copy number variation is often observed with these phenotypes. To our knowledge, only one nucleotide-level change-specifically, an in-frame MEIS2 deletion-has so far been reported. Here, we rep...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Fujita A,Isidor B,Piloquet H,Corre P,Okamoto N,Nakashima M,Tsurusaki Y,Saitsu H,Miyake N,Matsumoto N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease caused by a decreased activity of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS). Regarding the abnormalities of the HMBS gene, many different mutations have been reported worldwide; however, few families from Japan have been studied. In this work, we ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Maeda N,Horie Y,Adachi K,Nanba E,Kawasaki H,Daimon M,Kudo Y,Kondo M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple pterygium syndrome (MPS) is an autosomal recessively inherited condition that becomes evident before birth, with pterygium at multiple joints and akinesia. There are two forms of this syndrome that are differentiated by clinical severity: the milder form, Escobar type (OMIM#265000), and the more severe form, ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Seo J,Choi IH,Lee JS,Yoo Y,Kim NK,Choi M,Ko JM,Shin YB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors predisposing to the phenotypic features of familial combined hyperlipidemia have not been clearly defined. In the course of investigating familial coronary artery disease in Utah, we identified a three-generation family in which multiple members were affected with type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP IIa), type ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wu LL,Hopkins PN,Xin Y,Stephenson SH,Williams RR,Nobe Y,Kajita M,Nakajima T,Emi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygosity for the C677T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase ( MTHFR) gene is a risk factor for neural tube defects (NTDs) in many populations, including Italians. Another common mutation on the MTHFR gene, A1298C, has also been described as a risk mutation. Furthermore, several studies have suggeste...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： De Marco P,Calevo MG,Moroni A,Arata L,Merello E,Finnell RH,Zhu H,Andreussi L,Cama A,Capra V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Karretjie people of the South African Great Karoo are itinerants who subsist by sheep shearing. Although officially classified 'Coloured', they are aware of their Khoe and San roots. To investigate the maternal and paternal ancestries of the Karretjie people we analyzed their mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA var...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Schlebusch CM,de Jongh M,Soodyall H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is responsible for the majority of deaths among all types of cancer. Lifestyle factors may not only be the main risk factor for GI cancer but reactive oxygen species (ROS) may also be involved. The single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) 609C>T (rs1800566) and 465C>T (rs1131341) i...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Freriksen JJ,Salomon J,Roelofs HM,Te Morsche RH,van der Stappen JW,Dura P,Witteman BJ,Lacko M,Peters WH

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder that is clinically characterized by cerebellar ataxia and various associated symptoms. The disease is caused by an unstable expansion of the CAG repeat in the MJD gene. This gene is mapped to chromosome 14q32.1. To determine its genomic s...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ichikawa Y,Goto J,Hattori M,Toyoda A,Ishii K,Jeong SY,Hashida H,Masuda N,Ogata K,Kasai F,Hirai M,Maciel P,Rouleau GA,Sakaki Y,Kanazawa I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations of the EVER1/TMC6 gene are associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), which is characterized by an abnormal susceptibility to human papillomaviruses that were considered to be innocuous for the general population. In this study, we have employed polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencin...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tate G,Suzuki T,Kishimoto K,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that a subject with Cockayne syndrome type A was a compound heterozygote for two new mutations in CKN1 (MIM 216400): a missense mutation (A205P) and a nonsense (E13X) mutation. We also identified and characterized a new common single nucleotide polymorphism in CKN1 in five groups. ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Cao H,Williams C,Carter M,Hegele RA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT2) are key enzymes for transporting long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria. Deficiencies of these enzymes, which are clinically characterized by life-threatening non-ketotic hypoglycemia and rhabdomyolysis, cannot be distinguished b...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Fukushima T,Kaneoka H,Yasuno T,Sasaguri Y,Tokuyasu T,Tokoro K,Fukao T,Saito T

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Intracellular concentrations of the nucleotide inosine triphosphate (ITP) are regulated by ITP-ase (EC 3.6.1.19), which is encoded by ITPA on chromosome 20p. Subjects with complete deficiency of ITP-ase activity (MIM 147520) have elevated ITP concentrations in erythrocytes, but no obvious clinical abnormalities. Based...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Cao H,Hegele RA

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Dyslipidemia and insulin resistance contribute to the endothelial cell dysfunction in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and increase the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The genes linking susceptibility to gestational hypertension (GH) and/or preeclampsia (PE) to the long-term risk of CVD are st...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Bernard N,Girouard J,Forest JC,Giguère Y

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：: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：:Fucosidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by a defect of the alpha-L: -fucosidase (FUCA1) gene. Worldwide 26 mutations underlying the disease have been reported. By direct DNA sequencing of exons and flanking introns, homozygous Y126X mutation and Q281R polymorphism were found in a Taiwanese patient with ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Lin SP,Chang JH,de la Cadena MP,Chang TF,Lee-Chen GJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of twin studies have shown that autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are attributable to complex multigenic interactions rather than to a single susceptibility gene. However, the growing number of distinct, individually rare genetic causes of ASDs, mostly copy number variations (CNVs), favors an alternative to the...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nishiyama T,Notohara M,Sumi S,Takami S,Kishino H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mixed models to determine narrow-sense heritability and related quantities such as SNP heritability has received much recent attention. Less attention has been paid to the inherent variability in these estimates. One approach for quantifying variability in estimates of heritability is a frequentist approach...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Furlotte NA,Heckerman D,Lippert C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature-onset diabetes of the young, type 2 (MODY2) is associated with mutations in the glucokinase (GCK) gene that result in impaired glucokinase activity. Although more than 200 inactivating GCK mutations have been reported, only less than 20% of these mutations have been functionally characterized. In this work, we ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Estalella I,Garcia-Gimeno MA,Marina A,Castaño L,Sanz P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the voltage-gated chloride/proton antiporter ClC-5 gene, CLCN5, are associated with Dent's disease, an X-linked renal tubulopathy. Our interest is to identify and characterize disease-causing CLCN5 mutations, especially those that alter the splicing of the pre-mRNA. We analyzed the CLCN5 gene from nine un...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Ramos-Trujillo E,González-Acosta H,Flores C,García-Nieto V,Guillén E,Gracia S,Vicente C,Espinosa L,Maseda MAF,Santos F,Camacho JA,Claverie-Martín F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyle disease (PYL) is an extremely rare disorder of irregular development of long bone. Recently, homozygous mutations in secreted frizzled-related protein 4 gene (SFRP4) gene were found to underlie this condition. Sequencing of coding regions of SFRP4 gene from an 11-year-old female with PYL was performed. A novel ho...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Galada C,Shah H,Shukla A,Girisha KM

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Genetic testing for BRCA1/2 mutations has become the standard clinical practice. Recent findings suggest the clinical significance of multigene panel testing of BRCA1/2 and other cancer-related genes. However, the clinical features of patients with breast cancer with germline mutations identified using multigene panel...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hata C,Nakaoka H,Xiang Y,Wang D,Yang A,Liu D,Liu F,Zou Q,Wei L,Zheng K,Inoue I,You H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction rates of the dicentrics and translocations involving chromosomes 2 and 4 in peripheral lymphocytes irradiated with X-rays at a dose of 3 Gy were examined using a conventional Giemsa staining method and a chromosome painting method. In total, 228 reciprocal exchanges detected in 982 metaphases were classified...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhang W,Hayata I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00