On the nature of sickle-cell disease in the Arabian Peninsula.

abstract：:Hereditary ovalocytosis in Papua New Guinea is restricted to areas of endemic malaria and may confer increased resistance to the disease. The incidence of malaria was investigated in 1616 Melanesiams of known red cell morphology and severity of infection determined in a smaller subsample. Ovalocytics tended to be more...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Serjeantson S,Bryson K,Amato D,Babona D

更新日期：1977-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP loci that were significantly correlated with outcomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We performed a case-control study nested in a well-characterized cohort of booster recipients to a...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Wu TW,Chu CC,Ho TY,Chang Liao HW,Lin SK,Lin M,Lin HH,Wang LY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is widely appreciated that prostate cancers vary substantially in their propensity to progress to a life-threatening stage, the molecular events responsible for this progression have not been identified. Understanding these molecular mechanisms could provide important prognostic information relevant to more e...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schaid DJ,McDonnell SK,Zarfas KE,Cunningham JM,Hebbring S,Thibodeau SN,Eeles RA,Easton DF,Foulkes WD,Simard J,Giles GG,Hopper JL,Mahle L,Moller P,Badzioch M,Bishop DT,Evans C,Edwards S,Meitz J,Bullock S,Hope Q,G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant DNA methodology has greatly increased our knowledge of the molecular pathology of the human genome at the same time as providing the means of diagnosing inherited disease at the DNA level. Direct detection and analysis of a wide range of genetic lesions are now possible using cloned gene or oligonucleotide...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cooper DN,Schmidtke J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA markers (A, B, C, DR loci) were determined for the members of 52 unrelated families with at least one child suffering from congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency, permitting genotyping. The gene frequencies of the 52 index cases were compared with those obtained from the patients' normal h...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Couillin P,Kottler-Missonnier ML,Grisard MC,Hors J,Feingold J,Boué J,Boué A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare oligogenic disorder exhibiting both clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Although the BBS phenotype is variable both between and within families, the syndrome is characterized by the hallmarks of developmental and learning difficulties, post-axial polydactylia, obesity, hypogenital...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Eichers ER,Abd-El-Barr MM,Paylor R,Lewis RA,Bi W,Lin X,Meehan TP,Stockton DW,Wu SM,Lindsay E,Justice MJ,Beales PL,Katsanis N,Lupski JR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome (HHS) has been shown to result from 'gain-of-function' mutations of the glutamate dehydrogenase (GlDH) gene, GLUD1. In the original report, all mutations were found in a narrow range of 27 base pairs within exons 11 and 12 which predicted an effect on the presumed allosteric...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Santer R,Kinner M,Passarge M,Superti-Furga A,Mayatepek E,Meissner T,Schneppenheim R,Schaub J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophilia B (HB) is an X-linked disorder caused by defects of F9 encoded coagulation factor IX, which is an ideal model for gene therapy. Most existing HB gene therapies are based on viral mediated gene supplementation, which could increase immunoreaction. In this study, CRISPR/Cas9 system was used for gene correctio...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Huai C,Jia C,Sun R,Xu P,Min T,Wang Q,Zheng C,Chen H,Lu D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 300 base pair deletion near the 3'-end of the gene encoding Type II (cartilage) collagen has been implicated in the pathogenesis of perinatal lethal osteogenesis imperfecta. We have found similar deletions occurring at a high frequency in normal Asian Indian and West Indian populations generated by a length polymorp...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sykes BC,Ogilvie DJ,Wordsworth BP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with Shwachman syndrome, a high incidence of chromosome breakage was found. Chromosome studies done on three occasions on the patient's PHA-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes showed elevated frequencies of spontaneous chromosome aberrations compared with those in normal individuals. The patient's lym...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tada H,Ri T,Yoshida H,Ishimoto K,Kaneko M,Yamashiro Y,Shinohara T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-strand conformational polymorphism found in the DNA of a patient with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) was shown to be caused by a deletion of a CCACC or CACCT sequence and an adjacent transversion, located about 500 base pairs downstream from the region that codes for a functional domain of the NF1 gene product. Th...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Stark M,Assum G,Krone W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predisposing genetic defect in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 has been assigned to chromosomal region 11q13. Our previous attempts to identify the MEN1 gene have resulted in the isolation of the phospholipase C beta 3 gene from the actual region. PLCB3 plays an important role in signal transduction and, moreo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Weber G,Grimmond S,Lagercrantz J,Friedman E,Phelan C,Carson E,Hayward N,Jacobovitz O,Nordenskjöld M,Larsson C

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:We have calculated the relative frequency and the birth prevalence of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) in The Netherlands based on all 963 enzymatically confirmed cases diagnosed during the period 1970-1996. The combined birth prevalence for all LSDs is 14 per 100,000 live births. Glycogenosis type II is the most fre...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Poorthuis BJ,Wevers RA,Kleijer WJ,Groener JE,de Jong JG,van Weely S,Niezen-Koning KE,van Diggelen OP

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative in situ hybridization in various primate species has revealed a pseudoautosomal location for the human ANT3 gene and an X-specific location for the steroid sulfatase (STS) gene throughout the higher primate species up to the New World monkeys. However, ANT3 and STS map together on an autosome of two prosim...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Toder R,Rappold GA,Schiebel K,Schempp W

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic components identified by each of two closely related cDNA clones for the major 35 kilodalton non-serum surfactant-associated proteins (PSP-A) were shown to derive from human chromosome 10 by Southern blot analysis of DNAs from human-rodent somatic cell hybrids. By in situ hybridization to human metaphase c...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bruns G,Stroh H,Veldman GM,Latt SA,Floros J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum has been shown to be a useful material for fetal gender determination and for screening tests for abnormal pregnancies except during early gestational ages. Maternal serum samples were obtained from 81 pregnant women during the 5th-10th weeks of gestation. Fetal gender was determ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Honda H,Miharu N,Ohashi Y,Samura O,Kinutani M,Hara T,Ohama K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) have been associated with disease, particularly future cardiovascular events. Twin studies estimate 50% CRP heritability, so the identification of genetic variants influencing CRP expression is important. Existing studies in populations of European ancestry have identified nume...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rhodes B,Morris DL,Subrahmanyan L,Aubin C,de Leon CF,Kelly JF,Evans DA,Whittaker JC,Oksenberg JR,De Jager PL,Vyse TJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a quantitative trait in human plasma. Lp(a) consists of a low-density lipoprotein and the plasminogen-related apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)]. The apo(a) gene determines a size polymorphism of the protein, which is related to Lp(a) levels in plasma. In an attempt to gain a deeper insight into the ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kraft HG,Köchl S,Menzel HJ,Sandholzer C,Utermann G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality. PTB pathophysiology overlaps with those of adult cardiovascular, immune and metabolic disorders (CIMD), with mechanisms including inflammation, immunotolerance, thrombosis, and nutrient metabolism. Whereas many genetic factors for CIMD have been identified,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Falah N,McElroy J,Snegovskikh V,Lockwood CJ,Norwitz E,Murray JC,Kuczynski E,Menon R,Teramo K,Muglia LJ,Morgan T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common form of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is caused by mutations in the CYBB gene that is carried on the X-chromosome and give rise to the X-linked form of the disease. The product of this gene is the large subunit of flavocytochrome b558, gp91phox, the catalytic core of the superoxide-generating enz...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Noack D,Heyworth PG,Kyono W,Cross AR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in several different neuronal pathways have been related to intellectual disability (ID). Such mutations often are found on the X chromosome in males since they result in functional null alleles. So far, microdeletions at Xq24 reported in males always have been associated with a syndromic fo...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Vandewalle J,Bauters M,Van Esch H,Belet S,Verbeeck J,Fieremans N,Holvoet M,Vento J,Spreiz A,Kotzot D,Haberlandt E,Rosenfeld J,Andrieux J,Delobel B,Dehouck MB,Devriendt K,Fryns JP,Marynen P,Goldstein A,Froyen G

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an association between genetic variants and a phenotype has been established, further study goals comprise the classification of patients according to disease risk or the estimation of disease probability. To accomplish this, different statistical methods are required, and specifically machine-learning approache...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kruppa J,Ziegler A,König IR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new procedure for determining the chromosomal origin of marker chromosomes has been carried out. The origin of marker chromosomes that were unidentifiable by standard banding techniques could be verified by reverse chromosome painting. This technique includes microdissection, followed by in vitro DNA amplification a...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Viersbach R,Schwanitz G,Nöthen MM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sample of 981 and 998 South African Negroes belonging to seven different ethnic groups were screened for G-6-PD and 6-PGD phenotypes, respectively. The results are discussed in terms of the interethnic variability and the possible adaptive values of these genetic polymorphisms. Particular attention is paid to the geog...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hitzeroth HW,Bender K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by branchial arch anomalies, hearing loss and renal dysmorphology. Although haploinsufficiency of EYA1 and SIX1 are known to cause BOR, copy number variation analysis has only been performed on a limited number of BOR patients. In this s...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Brophy PD,Alasti F,Darbro BW,Clarke J,Nishimura C,Cobb B,Smith RJ,Manak JR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic analysis of a 20-year-old sterile male revealed a 45,X0 karyotype with no evidence for Y-chromosomal material on any of the chromosomes analysed by Q-, G- and C-banding. DNA analysis with 17 different Y chromosome-derived probes revealed the presence of Yp DNA sequences in the patient's genome. In situ hyb...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Arnemann J,Schnittger S,Hinkel GK,Tolkendorf E,Schmidtke J,Hansmann I

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2). As female somatic cells are mosaic for expression of mutant MECP2, we performed single cell cloning of T lymphocytes from four RTT patients with MECP2 mutations to isolat...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Balmer D,Arredondo J,Samaco RC,LaSalle JM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of H-Y phenotype in the human. This assay, which measures the inhibition of the reaction of a monoclonal anti-H-Y antibody and a mouse testis extract as a source of H-Y antigen, was applied to the supernatant of lymphocytes from ten normal mal...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Farber CM,Liebenthal D,Wachtel SS,Cunningham-Rundles C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new polymorphism upstream of the gene for monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), an important enzyme in human physiology and behavior. The polymorphism, which is located 1.2 kb upstream of the MAOA coding sequences, consists of a 30-bp repeated sequence present in 3, 3.5, 4, or 5 copies. The polymorphism is in link...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sabol SZ,Hu S,Hamer D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00