Two novel mutations in the aquaporin-2 and the vasopressin V2 receptor genes in patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

abstract：:CAG/CTG repeat expansions cause at least 12 different neurological disorders, and additional disorders of this type probably exist. Using the repeat expansion detection (RED) assay, we identified an expanded CAG/CTG repeat in a 50-year-old woman with an autosomal dominant syndrome with prominent progressive sensory ne...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Holmes SE,Wentzell JS,Seixas AI,Callahan C,Silveira I,Ross CA,Margolis RL

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:We compared the fragile X (fraX) expression in T and B lymphocytes from four hemizygous males with fraX. Blood cultures were stimulated with a T cell mitogen (phytohemagglutinin:PHA) and with a B cell mitogen (pokeweed mitogen:PWM). A significant decrease in fraX expression was observed in cultures stimulated with PWM...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Marchese CA,Lin MS,Wilson MG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present clinical, cytogenetic, and linkage data of four DNA probes from the terminal long arm of the X chromosome in ten new families with fragile X syndrome. A prior/posterior method of multipoint linkage analysis is employed to combine these results with published data to refine the linkage map of terminal Xq. Te...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Buchanan JA,Buckton KE,Gosden CM,Newton MS,Clayton JF,Christie S,Hastie N

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turner syndrome is a sex chromosome aneuploidy with characteristic malformations. Amniotic fluid, a complex biological material, could contribute to the understanding of Turner syndrome pathogenesis. In this pilot study, global gene expression analysis of cell-free RNA in amniotic fluid supernatant was utilized to ide...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Massingham LJ,Johnson KL,Scholl TM,Slonim DK,Wick HC,Bianchi DW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently observed a significantly increased risk for lung cancer in carriers of p53 germline mutations. Because cigarette smoking is known to play an important role in increasing the risk for lung cancer in the general population, we wanted to determine the role of cigarette smoking in lung cancer risk in people wi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hwang SJ,Cheng LS,Lozano G,Amos CI,Gu X,Strong LC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary constriction in human chromosome 1 consists of a proximal segment stained by the GC-specific fluorochrome mithramycin and a distal segment stained by such fluorochromes as DAPI or DIPI, which show enhanced fluorescence intensities in AT-rich regions of the chromosomes. A study involving 21 individuals re...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Sigmund J,Schwarz S

更新日期：1979-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a newborn girl with Zellweger syndrome and a pericentric inversion of chromosome 7, 46,XX, inv(7)(p12q11.23), is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by marked deficiency of peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzymes in hepatic cells from autopsy samples. This is the second case of Zellweger syndrome associated w...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Naritomi K,Izumikawa Y,Ohshiro S,Yoshida K,Shimozawa N,Suzuki Y,Orii T,Hirayama K

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven nucleotide sequence polymorphisms were detected within exons of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis followed by direct sequence analysis on amplified DNA. Four nucleotide changes at nucleotide positions 1617, 1725, 2232, and 2635 were new ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yamakawa-Kobayashi K,Kobayashi T,Obara T,Hamaguchi H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone size (BS) is one of the major risk factors for osteoporotic fractures. BS variation is genetically determined to a substantial degree with heritability over 50%, but specific genes underlying variation of BS are still largely unknown. To identify specific genes for BS in Chinese, initial genome-wide association s...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lei SF,Shen H,Yang TL,Guo Y,Dong SS,Xu XH,Deng FY,Tian Q,Liu YJ,Liu YZ,Li J,Deng HW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spi1 is an oncogene specifically activated in acute murine erythroleukemias induced by the Friend spleen focus forming virus (SFFV). Three probes were used for the chromosomal assignment of the human SPI1 oncogene: cDb1 and RaB2 correspond respectively to murine Spi1 and human SPI1 cDNA probes; C45a6B probe is a murin...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Nguyen VC,Ray D,Gross MS,de Tand MF,Frézal J,Moreau-Gachelin F

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five live-born infants with Patau syndrome were studied for the nondisjunctional origin of the extra chromosome. Transmission modes of chromosomes 13 from parents to a child were determined using both QFQ- and RFA-heteromorphisms as markers, and the origin was ascertained in all of the patients. The extra chromosome h...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ishikiriyama S,Niikawa N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data of the chromosome abnormalities in 15 colorectal tumors are presented. Rearrangements of the short arm of chromosome 17, leading to deletions of this arm or its part were noted in 12 tumors; in 2 other cases, one of the homologs of pair 17 was lost. The losses of at least one homolog of other chromosomal pair...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Konstantinova LN,Fleischman EW,Knisch VI,Perevozchikov AG,Kopnin BP

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies were carried out on 150 oocytes obtained in a human in vitro fertilization (IVF) program. Although all cells lacked signs of fertilization at light microscopy, 46 (30.7%) appeared to show cytological evidence of fertilization. At least one-third of these cells (with development arrested before firs...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Pieters MH,Geraedts JP,Dumoulin JC,Evers JL,Bras M,Kornips FH,Menheere PP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely rare diseases are increasingly recognized due to wide-spread, inexpensive genomic sequencing. Understanding the incidence of rare disease is important for appreciating its health impact and allocating recourses for research. However, estimating incidence of rare disease is challenging because the individual ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Bainbridge MN

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human patched gene have recently been detected in patients with naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. We have characterised a further 5 novel germ line mutations in patients presenting with multiple odontogenic keratocysts. Four mutations cause premature stop codons and one mutation results in an ami...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Lench NJ,Telford EA,High AS,Markham AF,Wicking C,Wainwright BJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease can induce a metaplastic change of the distal oesophagus called Barrett's oesophagus whereby the normal squamous epithelium is substituted by a columnar epithelium. Patients with Barrett's oesophagus are at increased risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma which occurs through dysp...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： di Pietro M,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives the results of studies on the effects of malathion on human lymphocytes stimulated by PHA, including cell survival, chromosomal aberration and nucleic acid content. Increasing malathion doses (10-70 micrograms/ml) were introduced into cultures of human lymphotyes at different times relative to the tim...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Walter Z,Czajkowska A,Lipecka K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwannomas may develop sporadically or in association with NF2 and schwannomatosis. The fundamental aberration in schwannomas is the bi-allelic inactivation of the NF2 gene. However, clinical and molecular data suggest that these tumors share a common pathogenetic mechanism related to as yet undefined 22q-loci. Linka...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Díaz de Ståhl T,Hansson CM,de Bustos C,Mantripragada KK,Piotrowski A,Benetkiewicz M,Jarbo C,Wiklund L,Mathiesen T,Nyberg G,Collins VP,Evans DG,Ichimura K,Dumanski JP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of the beta-globin gene by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing were used for a fast and reliable identification of the beta-globin variant Hb D Los Angeles and revealed the predicted G----C substitution in codon 121. The same method showed the molecular defect in Hb Presbyterian to ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Schnee J,Aulehla-Scholz C,Eigel A,Horst J

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:A continuous increase in the incidence of Down syndrome in Sweden was noted during 1979-1981. This increase mainly occurred among children of younger mothers and was more pronounced for the males than for the females. There was no evidence of a significant seasonal variation, increased frequency of prematurely born ch...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Iselius L,Lindsten J

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with a balanced translocation t(3;11)(p27;q23) has had three abnormal children. The first child died in infancy, and of the two survivors who show segregation of the derivative maternal translocated chromosomes, one exhibits partial trisomy 11q and the other partial monosomy 11q. The two cases are compared wit...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Ridler MA,McKeown JA

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An easy-to-use, simulation-based power calculator (ASP) for linkage analysis using sib-pair designs (concordant or discordant) has been developed and made publicly available via the Internet. The program employs a diallelic model for the trait locus, at which parental/offspring genotypes are simulated, assuming Hardy-...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Krawczak M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) gene located at 17q 11.2 contains 60 exons and spans 350 kb of genomic DNA. Mutation analysis has been hampered by the large size of the gene, the high rate of new mutations, a lack of mutational clustering and the presence of numerous homologous loci. Mutation detection methods base...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Osborn MJ,Upadhyaya M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeodomain transcription factors (TFs) Pax6 (OMIM: 607108) and Prox1 (OMIM: 601546) critically regulate gene expression in lens development. While PAX6 mutations in humans can cause cataract, aniridia, microphthalmia, and anophthalmia, among other defects, Prox1 deletion in mice causes severe lens abnormalities, ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Aryal S,Viet J,Weatherbee BAT,Siddam AD,Hernandez FG,Gautier-Courteille C,Paillard L,Lachke SA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the characterization of 60% of low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene mutations in 150 unrelated Greek familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) heterozygous children by the analysis of six LDLR gene mutations. The linkage disequilibrium of two polymorphic microsatellites (D19S394 and D19S221) flank...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Traeger-Synodinos J,Mavroidis N,Kanavakis E,Drogari E,Humphries SE,Day IN,Kattamis C,Matsaniotis N

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stargardt disease (STGD) is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. Linkage analysis in families with recessive STGD has recently shown genetic homogeneity and a location of the underlying gene at 1p22-p21 in a 4-cM interval. Haplotype analysis in seven Dutch STGD families with 11 highly ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hoyng CB,Poppelaars F,van de Pol TJ,Kremer H,Pinckers AJ,Deutman AF,Cremers FP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid sulfatase (STS) activities in female fibroblast strains are significantly higher than in male strains, as determined by cleavage of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate. The difference is probably not due to hormonal control of gene expression, but suggests that for this X-linked locus there is no gene dosage compen...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Müller CR,Migl B,Traupe H,Ropers HH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 200 missed abortions was performed to determine whether morphological criteria alone are sufficient to ascertain a chromosomal aetiology. Placental changes were classified into five morphological and four morphometric groups, according to the severity of alterations, and were then correlated w...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Rehder H,Coerdt W,Eggers R,Klink F,Schwinger E

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00