Myotilin, a novel sarcomeric protein with two Ig-like domains, is encoded by a candidate gene for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

abstract：:Human single gene disorders that affect the nervous system provide a host of natural mutations that can be deployed in the quest to understand its development and function. A paradigm for this approach is the study of disorders caused by mutations in the gene for the neural cell recognition molecule L1. L1 is the foun...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kenwrick S,Watkins A,De Angelis E

更新日期：2000-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, which affects quality of life for millions of elderly individuals worldwide. AMD is associated with a diverse spectrum of clinical phenotypes, all of which include the death of photoreceptors in the central part of the human retina (cal...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Swaroop A,Branham KE,Chen W,Abecasis G

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) tagging is widely used as a way of saving genotyping costs in association studies. A number of different tagging methods have been developed to reduce the number of markers to be genotyped while maintaining power for detecting effects on non-assayed SNPs. How the different methods ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ke X,Miretti MM,Broxholme J,Hunt S,Beck S,Bentley DR,Deloukas P,Cardon LR

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome, a common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). As a selective RNA-binding protein, FMRP is localized predominately in cytoplasm, where it regulates translational control. However, there is a small portion of FMRP present in the n...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang W,Cheng Y,Li Y,Chen Z,Jin P,Chen D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraspeckles are nuclear bodies formed by a set of specialized proteins assembled on the long non-coding RNA NEAT1; they have a role in nuclear retention of hyperedited transcripts and are associated with response to cellular stress. Fused in sarcoma (FUS) protein, linked to a number of neurodegenerative disorders, is...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shelkovnikova TA,Robinson HK,Troakes C,Ninkina N,Buchman VL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important class of genetic variants that affect disease susceptibility may lie within regulatory elements that influence gene expression. Regulatory sequences are difficult to identify and may be distant from the genes they regulate, but many lie within evolutionarily conserved regions (ECRs). We used comparative g...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Palles C,Johnson N,Coupland B,Taylor C,Carvajal J,Holly J,Fentiman IS,Silva Idos S,Ashworth A,Peto J,Fletcher O

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex inherited spinal deformity whose etiology has been elusive. While common genetic variants are associated with AIS, they explain only a small portion of disease risk. To explore the role of rare variants in AIS susceptibility, exome sequence data of 391 severe AIS case...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haller G,Alvarado D,Mccall K,Yang P,Cruchaga C,Harms M,Goate A,Willing M,Morcuende JA,Baschal E,Miller NH,Wise C,Dobbs MB,Gurnett CA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5 ) has been shown to play an important role in determining plasma triglyceride concentrations in humans. We describe here a novel variant, c.553G>T, in the apolipoprotein A5 gene that is associated with hypertriglyceridemia. In contrast to some other polymorphisms, which occur in non-c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kao JT,Wen HC,Chien KL,Hsu HC,Lin SW

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is the phenomenon whereby mono-allelic expression of certain genes occurs depending on their parental origin. The observation that imprinting only occurs in placental mammals has led to the suggestion that it may play a role in this form of reproduction. In the present study we have investigated the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hiby SE,Lough M,Keverne EB,Surani MA,Loke YW,King A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL), Batten disease, is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease associated with mutations in CLN3. CLN3 has no known homology to other proteins and a function has not yet been described. The predominant mutation in CLN3 is a 1.02 kb genomic deletion that accounts for...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haskell RE,Carr CJ,Pearce DA,Bennett MJ,Davidson BL

更新日期：2000-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) defects are found in a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of mitochondrial disorders. To date, mutations in only two nuclear genes causing COX deficiency have been described. We report here a genetic linkage study of a consanguineous family with an isolated COX defect and subsequ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Valnot I,von Kleist-Retzow JC,Barrientos A,Gorbatyuk M,Taanman JW,Mehaye B,Rustin P,Tzagoloff A,Munnich A,Rötig A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene cause Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Neurofibromin, the protein product of NF1, functions as a negative regulator of Ras activity. Some NF1 patients develop cardiovascular disease, which represents an underrecognized disease complication and contributes to excess morbidity a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Stansfield BK,Bessler WK,Mali R,Mund JA,Downing B,Li F,Sarchet KN,DiStasi MR,Conway SJ,Kapur R,Ingram DA Jr

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic diseases that lead to muscle wasting and, in most cases, premature death. Cytokines and inflammatory factors are released during the disease process where they promote deleterious signaling events that directly participate in myofiber death. Here, we show that p38α, a kinase...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wissing ER,Boyer JG,Kwong JQ,Sargent MA,Karch J,McNally EM,Otsu K,Molkentin JD

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy (FSHD) results from deletions in the subtelomeric macrosatellite D4Z4 array on the 4q35 region. Upregulation of the DUX4 retrogene from the last D4Z4 repeated unit is thought to underlie FSHD pathophysiology. However, no one knows what triggers muscle defect and when alteration arises. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Broucqsault N,Morere J,Gaillard MC,Dumonceaux J,Torrents J,Salort-Campana E,Maues De Paula A,Bartoli M,Fernandez C,Chesnais AL,Ferreboeuf M,Sarda L,Dufour H,Desnuelle C,Attarian S,Levy N,Nguyen K,Magdinier F,Roche S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are post-transcriptional and epigenetic regulators, whose implication in neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases remains poorly understood. We analyzed publicly available microarray data sets to identify dysregulated lncRNAs in multiple sclerosis (MS), a neuroinflammatory autoimmune di...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cardamone G,Paraboschi EM,Soldà G,Cantoni C,Supino D,Piccio L,Duga S,Asselta R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA from 19 Japanese patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) representing 16 different families was examined to identify the genetic alterations of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). Ten of 19 patients had a 46,XX karyotype and nine had a 46,XY karyotype. Six of the 46,XX p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nakae J,Tajima T,Sugawara T,Arakane F,Hanaki K,Hotsubo T,Igarashi N,Igarashi Y,Ishii T,Koda N,Kondo T,Kohno H,Nakagawa Y,Tachibana K,Takeshima Y,Tsubouchi K,Strauss JF 3rd,Fujieda K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the gamma chain of the lymphocyte interleukin-2 receptor has been cloned and shown to be required to associate with the beta chain in order for IL-2 internalization and cell activation to occur (1). We considered this gene, IL2RG, a candidate for the X-linked form of severe combined immunodeficiency ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Puck JM,Deschênes SM,Porter JC,Dutra AS,Brown CJ,Willard HF,Henthorn PS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome in which affected individuals have a greatly increased predisposition to the development of haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and retina, renal cell carcinoma and phaeochromocytoma. The VHL gene has been mapped to chromos...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Richards FM,Phipps ME,Latif F,Yao M,Crossey PA,Foster K,Linehan WM,Affara NA,Lerman MI,Zbar B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported increased mitochondrial fission and decreased fusion, increased amyloid beta (Aβ) interaction with the mitochondrial fission protein Drp1, increased mitochondrial fragmentation, impaired axonal transport of mitochondria and synaptic degeneration in neurons affected by AD. In the present study, we ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Manczak M,Reddy PH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkin E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity and its role in mitochondria homeostasis are thought to play a role in Parkinson's disease (PD). We now report that AF-6 is a novel parkin interacting protein that modulates parkin ubiquitin-ligase activity and mitochondrial roles. Parkin interacts with the AF-6 PDZ region through i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haskin J,Szargel R,Shani V,Mekies LN,Rott R,Lim GG,Lim KL,Bandopadhyay R,Wolosker H,Engelender S

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by mental retardation, obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly and hypogonadism. Individuals with this disorder also have an increased incidence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and renal and cardiac anomalies. We previously identified a locu...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sheffield VC,Carmi R,Kwitek-Black A,Rokhlina T,Nishimura D,Duyk GM,Elbedour K,Sunden SL,Stone EM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major global risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Genome-wide association studies have identified several genetic variants at the NPR3 locus associated with BP, but the functional impact of these variants remains to be determined. Here we confirmed, by a genome-wide association stu...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ren M,Ng FL,Warren HR,Witkowska K,Baron M,Jia Z,Cabrera C,Zhang R,Mifsud B,Munroe PB,Xiao Q,Townsend-Nicholson A,Hobbs AJ,Ye S,Caulfield MJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turner syndrome is a complex human disorder that generally associates a 45,X karyotype to a female phenotype presenting with gonadal dysgenesis, short stature and a number of characteristic somatic features. It has been hypothesized that this specific phenotype was the consequence of the haploinsufficiency of some X-l...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barbaux S,Vilain E,Raoul O,Gilgenkrantz S,Jeandidier E,Chadenas D,Souleyreau N,Fellous M,McElreavey K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptively transferred antigen-specific T cells that recognize tumor antigens through their native receptors have many potential benefits as treatment for virus-associated diseases and malignancies, due to their ability to selectively recognize tumor antigens, expand and persist to provide long-term protection. Infusi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Manzo T,Heslop HE,Rooney CM

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the piwi family are defined by conserved PAZ and Piwi domains and play important roles in stem-cell self-renewal, RNA silencing and translational regulation in various organisms. Both, mouse and human Piwil2 genes, members of the piwi gene family, are specifically expressed in testis. We report here enhan...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lee JH,Schütte D,Wulf G,Füzesi L,Radzun HJ,Schweyer S,Engel W,Nayernia K

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G and the virion infectivity factor (vif) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are a pair of antagonistic molecules. In the absence of vif, APOBEC3G induces a high rate of dC to dU mutations in the nascent reverse transcripts of HIV that leads to the degradation of the HIV genome. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang J,Webb DM

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a number of novel genetic associations with complex human diseases. In spite of these successes, results from GWAS generally explain only a small proportion of disease heritability, an observation termed the 'missing heritability problem'. Several sources f...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cusanovich DA,Billstrand C,Zhou X,Chavarria C,De Leon S,Michelini K,Pai AA,Ober C,Gilad Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XX males and XY females have a sex reversal disorder which can be caused by an abnormal interchange between the X and the Y chromosomes. We have isolated and characterized a novel gene on the Y chromosome, PRKY. This gene is highly homologous to a previously isolated gene from Xp22.3, PRKX, and represents a member of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schiebel K,Winkelmann M,Mertz A,Xu X,Page DC,Weil D,Petit C,Rappold GA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapse abnormalities in Huntington's disease (HD) patients can precede clinical diagnosis and neuron loss by decades. The polyglutamine expansion in the huntingtin (htt) protein that underlies this disorder leads to perturbations in many cellular pathways, including the disruption of Rab11-dependent endosomal recycli...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Steinert JR,Campesan S,Richards P,Kyriacou CP,Forsythe ID,Giorgini F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have identified over 150 loci associated with lipid traits, however, no large-scale studies exist for Hispanics and other minority populations. Additionally, the genetic architecture of lipid-influencing loci remains largely unknown. We performed one of the most racially/ethnically dive...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zubair N,Graff M,Luis Ambite J,Bush WS,Kichaev G,Lu Y,Manichaikul A,Sheu WH,Absher D,Assimes TL,Bielinski SJ,Bottinger EP,Buzkova P,Chuang LM,Chung RH,Cochran B,Dumitrescu L,Gottesman O,Haessler JW,Haiman C,Heiss

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00