A genome-wide scan for coronary heart disease suggests in Indo-Mauritians a susceptibility locus on chromosome 16p13 and replicates linkage with the metabolic syndrome on 3q27.

abstract：:The first steps of ether lipid biosynthesis are exclusively localized to peroxisomes and hence some peroxisomal disorders are characterized by a severe deficiency of plasmalogens, the main ether lipids in humans. Here we report on gene defects of plasmalogen biosynthesis, chromosomal localization of the corresponding ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Thai TP,Rodemer C,Jauch A,Hunziker A,Moser A,Gorgas K,Just WW

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in SOX18, VEGFC and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 3 underlie the hereditary lymphatic disorders hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia (HLT), Milroy-like lymphedema and Milroy disease, respectively. Genes responsible for hereditary lymphedema are key regulators of lymphatic vascular development in the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kartopawiro J,Bower NI,Karnezis T,Kazenwadel J,Betterman KL,Lesieur E,Koltowska K,Astin J,Crosier P,Vermeren S,Achen MG,Stacker SA,Smith KA,Harvey NL,François M,Hogan BM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waardenburg syndrome type 2 (WS2) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a combination of pigmentary and auditory abnormalities. Approximately 20% of WS2 cases are associated with mutations in the gene encoding microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). MITF plays a critical role in the develop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yajima I,Sato S,Kimura T,Yasumoto K,Shibahara S,Goding CR,Yamamoto H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We, amongst others, have shown that CC homozygosity at the -22C>T promoter polymorphism in presenilin 1 (PSEN1) is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also, studies in AD brains suggested that CC homozygosity increased the risk for AD by increasing the Abeta load. We characterized the PSEN1 pr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Theuns J,Remacle J,Killick R,Corsmit E,Vennekens K,Huylebroeck D,Cruts M,Van Broeckhoven C

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear Factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a major transcription regulator of immune response, apoptosis and cell-growth control genes, and is upregulated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease. The NFKB1 gene encodes the NF-kappaB p105/p50 isoforms. Genome-wide screens in IBD ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Karban AS,Okazaki T,Panhuysen CI,Gallegos T,Potter JJ,Bailey-Wilson JE,Silverberg MS,Duerr RH,Cho JH,Gregersen PK,Wu Y,Achkar JP,Dassopoulos T,Mezey E,Bayless TM,Nouvet FJ,Brant SR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly toxic lesions, which, if not properly repaired, can give rise to genomic instability. Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), a well-orchestrated, multistep process involving numerous proteins essential for cell viability, represents one major pathway to repair DSBs in mammalian c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rosin N,Elcioglu NH,Beleggia F,Isgüven P,Altmüller J,Thiele H,Steindl K,Joset P,Rauch A,Nürnberg P,Wollnik B,Yigit G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous inv mice lack a functional inversin protein and exhibit situs inversus plus severe cystic changes in the kidney and pancreas. Although the inversin sequence has provided few clues to its function, we and others have previously identified calmodulin as a binding partner. We now provide evidence that inversin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Morgan D,Eley L,Sayer J,Strachan T,Yates LM,Craighead AS,Goodship JA

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, incorporating non-canonical Wnt signalling, controls embryonic convergent (CE) extension, polarized cell division and ciliary orientation. It also limits diameters of differentiating renal tubules, with mutation of certain components of the pathway causing cystic kidneys. Mutati...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yates LL,Papakrivopoulou J,Long DA,Goggolidou P,Connolly JO,Woolf AS,Dean CH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein-E (apoE) protects against coronary artery disease via hepatic removal of atherogenic remnant lipoproteins, sequestration of cholesterol from vessel walls and local anti-oxidant, anti-platelet and anti-inflammatory actions. ApoE gene transfer may thus ameliorate a hyperlipidaemic profile and have benefic...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Athanasopoulos T,Owen JS,Hassall D,Dunckley MG,Drew J,Goodman J,Tagalakis AD,Riddell DR,Dickson G

更新日期：2000-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptor protein-2 sigma subunit (AP2σ2) is pivotal for clathrin-mediated endocytosis of plasma membrane constituents such as the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). Mutations of the AP2σ2 Arg15 residue result in familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia type 3 (FHH3), a disorder of extracellular calcium (Ca(2+) o) homeos...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hannan FM,Howles SA,Rogers A,Cranston T,Gorvin CM,Babinsky VN,Reed AA,Thakker CE,Bockenhauer D,Brown RS,Connell JM,Cook J,Darzy K,Ehtisham S,Graham U,Hulse T,Hunter SJ,Izatt L,Kumar D,McKenna MJ,McKnight JA,Morr

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN, a tumor suppressor phosphatase that dephosphorylates both protein and lipid substrates, is mutated in both heritable and sporadic breast cancer. Until recently, PTEN-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were thought to occur through its well-documented cytoplasmic activities. We have shown that PTEN localize...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chung JH,Ostrowski MC,Romigh T,Minaguchi T,Waite KA,Eng C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imputation is commonly used in genome-wide association studies to expand the set of genetic variants available for analysis. Larger and more diverse reference panels, such as the final Phase 3 of the 1000 Genomes Project, hold promise for improving imputation accuracy in genetically diverse populations such as Hispani...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nelson SC,Stilp AM,Papanicolaou GJ,Taylor KD,Rotter JI,Thornton TA,Laurie CC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is hypothesized to have its roots in neurodevelopment. Although the precise neuropathology underlying schizophrenia has remained elusive, there are consistent reports of abnormalities in several brain areas. Chief among these is the hippocampus, an area...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Meyer KD,Morris JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colobomatous macrophthalmia with microcornea syndrome (MACOM, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) 602499) is an autosomal dominantly inherited malformation of the eye, which is characterized by microcornea with increased axial length, coloboma of the iris and of the optic disc, and severe myopia. We performed w...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Beleggia F,Li Y,Fan J,Elcioğlu NH,Toker E,Wieland T,Maumenee IH,Akarsu NA,Meitinger T,Strom TM,Lang R,Wollnik B

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive mutations in myosin 15, a class XV unconventional myosin, cause profound congenital deafness in humans and both deafness and vestibular dysfunction in mice homozygous for the shaker 2 and shaker 2(J) alleles. The shaker 2 allele is a previously described missense mutation of a highly conserved residue in the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Anderson DW,Probst FJ,Belyantseva IA,Fridell RA,Beyer L,Martin DM,Wu D,Kachar B,Friedman TB,Raphael Y,Camper SA

更新日期：2000-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomeric α-actinins (α-actinin-2 and -3) are a major component of the Z-disk in skeletal muscle, where they crosslink actin and other structural proteins to maintain an ordered myofibrillar array. Homozygosity for the common null polymorphism (R577X) in ACTN3 results in the absence of fast fiber-specific α-actinin-3...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Seto JT,Lek M,Quinlan KG,Houweling PJ,Zheng XF,Garton F,MacArthur DG,Raftery JM,Garvey SM,Hauser MA,Yang N,Head SI,North KN

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive childhood form of motor neuron disease. Previous studies have highlighted nerve- and muscle-specific events in SMA, including atrophy of muscle fibres and post-synaptic motor endplates, loss of lower motor neuron cell bodies and denervation of neur...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Murray LM,Comley LH,Thomson D,Parkinson N,Talbot K,Gillingwater TH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited peripheral neuropathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders that can affect patients of all ages. Children with inherited neuropathy often develop severe disability, but the genetic causes of recessive early-onset axonal neuropathies are not fully known. We have taken a whole-exome sequencing approach to ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ylikallio E,Pöyhönen R,Zimon M,De Vriendt E,Hilander T,Paetau A,Jordanova A,Lönnqvist T,Tyynismaa H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypomorphic mutations of the MRE11 gene are the hallmark of the radiosensitive ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD). Here, we describe a new family with two affected siblings, ATLD5 and ATLD6, now aged 37 and 36, respectively. They presented with late onset cerebellar degeneration slowly progressing until pubert...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Delia D,Piane M,Buscemi G,Savio C,Palmeri S,Lulli P,Carlessi L,Fontanella E,Chessa L

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are central to almost all cellular processes, and dysregulation of expression and function is associated with a range of disorders. A number of studies in human have recently shown that genetic factors significantly contribute gene expression variation. In contrast, very little is known about the genetic basi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lourdusamy A,Newhouse S,Lunnon K,Proitsi P,Powell J,Hodges A,Nelson SK,Stewart A,Williams S,Kloszewska I,Mecocci P,Soininen H,Tsolaki M,Vellas B,Lovestone S,AddNeuroMed Consortium.,Dobson R,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimag

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduced a targeted single base deletion at codon 307 of the rds-peripherin gene in mice, similar mutations being known to cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in man. Histopathological and electroretinographic analysis indicate that the retinopathy in mice homozygous for the codon 307 mutation appe...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： McNally N,Kenna PF,Rancourt D,Ahmed T,Stitt A,Colledge WH,Lloyd DG,Palfi A,O'Neill B,Humphries MM,Humphries P,Farrar GJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is complex autoimmune disease affecting the connective tissue; influenced by genetic and environmental components. Recently, we performed the first successful genome-wide association study (GWAS) of SSc. Here, we perform a large replication study to better dissect the genetic component of SSc....

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Martin JE,Broen JC,Carmona FD,Teruel M,Simeon CP,Vonk MC,van 't Slot R,Rodriguez-Rodriguez L,Vicente E,Fonollosa V,Ortego-Centeno N,González-Gay MA,García-Hernández FJ,de la Peña PG,Carreira P,Spanish Scleroderma Group.,V

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon that causes parent-origin-specific monoallelic expression of a small subset of genes, known as imprinted genes, by parentally inherited epigenetic marks. Imprinted genes at the delta-like homolog 1 gene (Dlk1)-type III iodothyronine deiodinase gene (Dio3) imprinted domain, regulated ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Saito T,Hara S,Kato T,Tamano M,Muramatsu A,Asahara H,Takada S

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HTRA2-BETA1 is an SR-like protein that regulates alternative splice site selection in a concentration-dependent manner. Its proper concentration is important as several pathological states are associated with its change. We investigated the mechanism that controls the cellular HTRA2-BETA1 concentration and found it ut...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Stoilov P,Daoud R,Nayler O,Stamm S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a Drosophila model of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome by expressing mouse prion protein (PrP) having leucine substitution at residue 101 (MoPrP(P101L)). Flies expressing MoPrP(P101L), but not wild-type MoPrP (MoPrP(3F4)), showed severe defects in climbing ability and early death. Expr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Choi JK,Jeon YC,Lee DW,Oh JM,Lee HP,Jeong BH,Carp RI,Koh YH,Kim YS

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and environmental influences are thought to interact in their contribution to the etiology of major neuropsychiatric disorders. One of the best replicated findings obtained in genome-wide association studies are genetic variants in the CACNA1C gene. Here, we used our constitutive heterozygous Cacna1c rat model...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Braun MD,Kisko TM,Witt SH,Rietschel M,Schwarting RKW,Wöhr M

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airway epithelial damage, bronchoconstriction, parenchymal destruction and mucus hypersecretion. Upon activation by a broad range of stimuli, transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) functions to control airway epithelial cell volume and epitheli...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhu G,ICGN Investigators.,Gulsvik A,Bakke P,Ghatta S,Anderson W,Lomas DA,Silverman EK,Pillai SG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-standing question concerning X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) has been how some genes avoid the otherwise stable chromosome-wide heterochromatinization of the inactive X chromosome. As 20% or more of human X-linked genes escape from inactivation, such genes are an important contributor to sex differences in gene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Peeters SB,Korecki AJ,Simpson EM,Brown CJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding FERM domain-containing 7 protein (FRMD7) are recognized as an important cause of X-linked idiopathic infantile nystagmus (IIN). However, the precise role of FRMD7 and its involvement in the pathogenesis of IIN are not understood. In the present study, we have explored the role of FRMD7 i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Betts-Henderson J,Bartesaghi S,Crosier M,Lindsay S,Chen HL,Salomoni P,Gottlob I,Nicotera P

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder and a leading genetic cause of infantile mortality. SMA is caused by mutation or deletion of Survival Motor Neuron-1 (SMN1). The clinical features of the disease are caused by specific degeneration of alpha-motor neurons in the spinal c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lorson CL,Rindt H,Shababi M

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00