Exhaustive screening of the 21-hydroxylase gene in a population of hyperandrogenic women.

abstract：:COCH is the most abundantly expressed gene in the cochlea. Unsurprisingly, mutations in COCH underly hearing loss in mice and humans. Two forms of hearing loss are linked to mutations in COCH, the well-established autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, with or without vestibular dysfunction (DFNA9) via a gain-o...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Booth KT,Ghaffar A,Rashid M,Hovey LT,Hussain M,Frees K,Renkes EM,Nishimura CJ,Shahzad M,Smith RJ,Ahmed Z,Azaiez H,Riazuddin S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is caused by a variety of underlying defects. Approximately 40% of cases are thought to be of the X-linked type (SCIDX1), which is phenotypically characterised by the absence, or very low numbers, of T cells, but normal or even high B cell numbers. The gene responsible for SCIDX...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Jones AM,Clark PA,Katz F,Genet S,McMahon C,Alterman L,Cant A,Kinnon C

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of Southern blot analysis on a panel of tumor-derived somatic cell hybrids and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques was used to map a series of DNA markers relative to the 1q21 breakpoint of the renal cell carcinoma (RCC)-associated (X;1)-(p11;q21) translocation. This breakpoint maps betw...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Weterman MA,Wilbrink M,Dijkhuizen T,van den Berg E,Geurts van Kessel A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA haplotype constellations of the beta-globin gene cluster have been analyzed in German families with hemoglobinopathies (Hb Freiburg, Hb Köln, Hb Presbyterian) and beta-thalassemias. The polymorphic patterns obtained were compared to those found in families from Greece, Italy, and Turkey affected by beta-thalassemi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Oehme R,Kohne E,Horst J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethyl methanesulfonate induced several times as many sister chromatid exchanges (SCE's) in lymphocytes from individuals affected with Bloom's syndrome as in lymphocytes from controls or heterozygotes. In cultures of cells from an individual with Bloom's syndrome who had two populations of lymphocytes circulating in hi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Krepinsky AB,Heddle JA,German J

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:The sickle-cell gene contributes substantially to the presentation of anaemia in certain areas of the Arabian Peninsula. However, the clinical presentation of the homozygous state of Hb S is less severe than that observed in other ethnic groups, such as American negroes. In the present paper, biosynthesis studies perf...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： El-Hazmi MA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify two variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) within a region of repetitive DNA located in intron 40 of the von Willebrand factor (vWf) gene. Heterozygosity for VNTR I was observed in 30 out of 39 normal unrelated individuals tested (77%), and for VNTR II in 29 out...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Cumming AM,Armstrong JG,Pendry K,Burn AM,Wensley RT

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing is a major cellular mechanism in metazoans for generating proteomic diversity. A large proportion of protein-coding genes in multicellular organisms undergo alternative splicing, and in humans, it has been estimated that nearly 90 % of protein-coding genes-much larger than expected-are subject to ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gamazon ER,Stranger BE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the corneal dystrophies (CDs) have shown that most cases of granular CD, Avellino CD, and lattice CD type I are caused by mutations in the human transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid diagnostic assay to detect mutations in the TGFBI gene. S...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Yoshida S,Yamaji Y,Yoshida A,Noda Y,Kumano Y,Ishibashi T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) cells show an increased sensitivity to 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) plus UVa treatment; after an initial reduction of their semiconservative DNA synthesis rate, they do not recover like normal cells. We microinjected extracts from normal cells into FA fibroblasts from complementation group A and deter...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gök MM,Wunder E

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consanguinity of parents (born in France) of individuals who have a recessive disease has been studied. The frequency of first cousin marriages is less than 0.2% in the general French population. Among the parents of affected individuals the following frequencies of first cousin matings were observed: cystic fibro...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Tchen P,Bois E,Feingold J,Feingold N,Kaplan J

更新日期：1977-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-copy DNA sequences defining several pseudoautosomal loci on the human sex chromosomes are shown to be highly conserved in the genome of the chimpanzee. Segregation analysis of polymorphic pseudoautosomal probes in a chimpanzee pedigree revealed that the transmission of the paternal alleles was not strictly sex-...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Weber B,Weissenbach J,Schempp W

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature ovarian failure (POF) is an unexplained amenorrhoea (>6 months) with raised levels of gonadotropins (FSH>40 U/L) occurring before the age of 40 years. Recent studies have elucidated the role of oocyte derived growth factors (BMP15 and GDF9) in maintenance of folliculogenesis, granulosa cell (GC) proliferatio...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Dixit H,Rao LK,Padmalatha VV,Kanakavalli M,Deenadayal M,Gupta N,Chakrabarty B,Singh L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of flow cytometry in the detection of the serological H-Y antigen, and to survey expression of H-Y in the normal human population. Peripheral blood leukocytes (granulocytes) were reacted with monoclonal H-Y antibody, gw-16, and with FITC-conjugated goat anti-mouse I...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Kent M,Wachtel S,Thaler HT

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three common alleles, epsilon2, epsilon3, and epsilon4, of the gene coding for apolipoprotein E (apoE) have been identified as predictors of interindividual variation in measures of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, and ultimately risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), within many populations. Here we evaluated the uti...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Stengård JH,Weiss KM,Sing CF

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient debrisoquine/sparteine type oxidation is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Of all Caucasians, 5-10% are poor metabolisers, due to the absence of cytochrome P4502D6. Extensive metabolisers (EMs) exhibit highly variable metabolic activity. We investigated the relationship between CYP2D6 activity and g...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Mura C,Panserat S,Vincent-Viry M,Galteau MM,Jacqz-Aigrain E,Krishnamoorthy R

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation accumulation has been proposed as a cause of senescence. During this process, age-related genetic and epigenetic mutations steadily accumulate. Cascading deleterious effects of mutations might initiate a steady "accumulation of deficits" in cells, despite the existence of repair mechanisms, leading to cellula...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Innan H,Veitia R,Govindaraju DR

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel heterozygous TGG-->TAG (Trp-29-->Term) substitution was detected in three members of a family with inherited type 1 protein C deficiency and recurrent venous thrombosis. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Millar DS,Grundy CB,Bignell P,Mitchell DC,Corden D,Woods P,Kakkar VV,Cooper DN

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a low-frequency (1.1 %) coding variant (G45R; rs200573126) in the adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) which was the basis for a multipoint microsatellite linkage signal (LOD = 8.2) for plasma adiponectin levels in Hispanic families. We have empirically evaluated the ability of data from targeted common ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Hellwege JN,Palmer ND,Mark Brown W,Ziegler JT,Sandy An S,Guo X,Ida Chen YD,Taylor K,Hawkins GA,Ng MC,Speliotes EK,Lorenzo C,Norris JM,Rotter JI,Wagenknecht LE,Langefeld CD,Bowden DW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An new type of translocation, t(10;13)(q25;q11), is observed in a phenotypically normal male who was examined for subfertility. The meiotic behavior of the rearranged chromosomes indicates that crossing-over is very frequent in a rather small segment such as the short arm of chromosome 13 and constant in the distal ba...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Laurent C,Biemont MC,Cognat M,Dutrillaux B

更新日期：1977-11-02 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：: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：:The largest class of de novo chromosomal rearrangements in Down syndrome are rea(21q21q). Classically, these rearrangements have been termed Robertsonian translocations, implying an attachment of two different chromosome 21 homologues. Additionally, a Robertsonian translocation between two chromosomes 21 cannot be dis...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Shaffer LG,Jackson-Cook CK,Meyer JM,Brown JA,Spence JE

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction endonucleases have been recently proved to be active on fixed chromosomes, thus they are useful in chromatin structure studies. Within this class of enzymes, Alu I is able to detect the presence and localization of highly repetitive DNA sequences in human and in other mammalian and dipteran species. In thi...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： De Stefano GF,Romano E,Ferrucci L

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：:Members of three generations of a single family were examined and found to have a balanced translocation t(11;16)(q13;p11). Cytogenetic investigation and investigation of a number of gene markers is consistent with the current view that the Hp-alpha locus is situated in the proximity of band 16q22. ...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Gerner-Smidt P,Friedrich U,Petersen GB,Tischfield JA

更新日期：1978-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Concomitance of four fragile sites (at 16p13, 16q22, 16q23, Yq12) in the lymphocyte cultures of two brothers is reported. The expression of each of these fragile sites was enhanced (or induced) by different culture conditions. Some of the inducing conditions are already known and others are reported here for the first...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Shabtai F,Orlin J,Hart J,Halbrecht I,Klar D,Friedman J

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the ATM gene. The ATM gene spans more than 150 kb at chromosomal region 11q23.1 and encodes a product of 3,056 amino acids. The ATM protein is a serine/threonine protein kinase and is involved in oxidative stress, cell cycle control,...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Babaei M,Mitui M,Olson ER,Gatti RA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a myocardial disease characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of right ventricular free wall myocardium and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. A missense mutation, c.1073C>T (p.S358L) in the transmembrane protein 43 (TMEM43) gene, has been genetically id...

journal_title：Human genetics

authors： Baskin B,Skinner JR,Sanatani S,Terespolsky D,Krahn AD,Ray PN,Scherer SW,Hamilton RM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00