Murine model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa generated by targeted deletion at codon 307 of the rds-peripherin gene.

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon whereby monoallelic gene expression occurs in a parent-of-origin-specific manner. A subset of imprinted genes acquires a tissue-specific imprinted status during the course of tissue development, and this process can be analyzed by means of an in vitro differentiation system utilizing...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kohama C,Kato H,Numata K,Hirose M,Takemasa T,Ogura A,Kiyosawa H

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS; also known as the RSH syndrome) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, leading to characteristic multi-organ developmental abnormalities, dysmorphic facies, limb malformations and mental retardation. Mutations in the gene for Delta(7)-dehydrocholesterol reductase (Delta(7)-re...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yu H,Lee MH,Starck L,Elias ER,Irons M,Salen G,Patel SB,Tint GS

更新日期：2000-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of the polyglutamine stretch in the MJD gene-encoded protein, ataxin-3. Using a series of deletion constructs expressing ataxin-3 fragments with expanded polyglutamine stretches, we observed aggregate formation and cell dea...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yoshizawa T,Yamagishi Y,Koseki N,Goto J,Yoshida H,Shibasaki F,Shoji S,Kanazawa I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a 448-amino-acid head-to-tail dimeric enzyme that hydrolyzes triglycerides within capillaries. LPL is secreted by parenchymal cells into the interstitial spaces; it then binds to GPIHBP1 (glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high density lipoprotein-binding protein 1) on the basolateral fa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gin P,Goulbourne CN,Adeyo O,Beigneux AP,Davies BS,Tat S,Voss CV,Bensadoun A,Fong LG,Young SG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a complex disease with unknown causes. However, in the past decade, POAG has been linked to six chromosomal regions, of which the gene MYOC encoding myocilin and the gene OPTN encoding optineurin have been identified to harbor causal mutations (disease-causing variants, DCV). POAG...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gong G,Kosoko-Lasaki O,Haynatzki GR,Wilson MR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased age, BMI and HbA1c levels are risk factors for several non-communicable diseases. However, the impact of these factors on the genome-wide DNA methylation pattern in human adipose tissue remains unknown. We analyzed the DNA methylation of ∼480 000 sites in human adipose tissue from 96 males and 94 females and...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rönn T,Volkov P,Gillberg L,Kokosar M,Perfilyev A,Jacobsen AL,Jørgensen SW,Brøns C,Jansson PA,Eriksson KF,Pedersen O,Hansen T,Groop L,Stener-Victorin E,Vaag A,Nilsson E,Ling C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intronic expansion of a hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene is the major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. However, the cellular function of the C9ORF72 protein remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that C9ORF72 regulate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Farg MA,Sundaramoorthy V,Sultana JM,Yang S,Atkinson RA,Levina V,Halloran MA,Gleeson PA,Blair IP,Soo KY,King AE,Atkin JD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumour suppressor gene PTEN encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase that recognizes protein substrates and phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate. PTEN seems to play multiple roles in tumour suppression and the blockade of phosphoinositide-3-kinase signalling is important for its growth suppressive effects, althou...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Weng LP,Smith WM,Brown JL,Eng C

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The autosomal dominant myopathy facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is causally related to a short Eco RI fragment detected by probe p13E-11. This remnant fragment is the result of a deletion of an integral number of tandemly arrayed 3.3 kb repeat units (D4Z4) on 4q35. Despite intensive efforts, no transcrib...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lemmers RJ,van der Maarel SM,van Deutekom JC,van der Wielen MJ,Deidda G,Dauwerse HG,Hewitt J,Hofker M,Bakker E,Padberg GW,Frants RR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by expansion of a glutamine repeat in huntingtin. Mutant huntingtin contains 36-55 repeats in adult HD patients and >60 repeats in juvenile HD patients. An N-terminal fragment of mutant huntingtin forms aggregates in neuronal nuclei in the brains of transgenic mice and HD patients. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li SH,Li XJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amphibian homologue of the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene has been isolated from Xenopus laevis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The 4455bp sequence encodes a predicted polypeptide of 1485 amino acids which has an overall homology at the amino acid level of 77...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tucker SJ,Tannahill D,Higgins CF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin sheath thickness is precisely regulated and essential for rapid propagation of action potentials along myelinated axons. In the peripheral nervous system, extrinsic signals from the axonal protein neuregulin 1 (NRG1) type III regulate Schwann cell fate and myelination. Here we ask if modulating NRG1 type III le...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Belin S,Ornaghi F,Shackleford G,Wang J,Scapin C,Lopez-Anido C,Silvestri N,Robertson N,Williamson C,Ishii A,Taveggia C,Svaren J,Bansal R,Schwab MH,Nave K,Fratta P,D'Antonio M,Poitelon Y,Feltri ML,Wrabetz L

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is caused by mutations in one of three genes: PKD1 on chromosome 16 accounts for approximately 85% of cases whereas PKD2 on chromosome 4 accounts for approximately 15%. Mutations in the PKD3 gene are rare. All patients present with similar clinical phenotypes, and t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Koptides M,Hadjimichael C,Koupepidou P,Pierides A,Constantinou Deltas C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular defects responsible for three cases of severe (type III) osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) were investigated. The mutation sites were localized in pro alpha 1(I) and pro alpha 2(I) mRNA molecules, respectively, by chemical cleavage of mismatch in heteroduplex nucleic acids. Mutation identification was achieve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Forlino A,Zolezzi F,Valli M,Pignatti PF,Cetta G,Brunelli PC,Mottes M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defective gene responsible for the recessively inherited immunodeficiency X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) has been shown to encode a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase of the Src family designated Btk (Bruton's tyrosine kinase). To facilitate the search for germline mutations of the Btk gene, we have characteri...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hagemann TL,Chen Y,Rosen FS,Kwan SP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases. However, the progressive nature of neuronal loss in genetic models of mitochondrial dysfunction suggests the presence of compensatory mechanisms promoting neuronal survival under these conditions. Here, we identified the e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Germain M,Nguyen AP,Khacho M,Patten DA,Screaton RA,Park DS,Slack RS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With 46 subunits, human mitochondrial complex I is the largest enzyme of the oxidative phosphorylation system. We have studied the assembly of complex I in cultured human cells. This will provide essential information about the nature of complex I deficiencies and will enhance our understanding of mitochondrial diseas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ugalde C,Vogel R,Huijbens R,Van Den Heuvel B,Smeitink J,Nijtmans L

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the paired-domain transcription factor PAX9 are associated with non-syndromic tooth agenesis that preferentially affects posterior dentition. Of the 18 mutations identified to date, eight are phenotypically well-characterized missense mutations within the DNA-binding paired domain. We determined the struc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang Y,Groppe JC,Wu J,Ogawa T,Mues G,D'Souza RN,Kapadia H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (XLDCM) is a clinical phenotype of dystrophinopathy which is characterized by preferential myocardial involvement without any overt clinical signs of skeletal myopathy. To date, several mutations in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene, DMD , have been identified in patients with XLDCM,...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yoshida K,Nakamura A,Yazaki M,Ikeda S,Takeda S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a critical intermediate phenotype of allergic diseases. Although total IgE exhibits sexual dimorphism in humans (with males demonstrating higher IgE than females), the molecular basis of this difference is unknown. A genome-wide scan of 380 short-tandem repeat (STR) markers was pe...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Raby BA,Soto-Quiros ME,Avila L,Lake SL,Murphy A,Liang C,Fournier E,Spesny M,Sylvia JS,Verner A,Hudson TJ,Klanderman BJ,Freimer NB,Silverman EK,Celedón JC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-TDP) are two neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of TDP-43. TDP-43 is proteolitically cleaved to generate two major C-terminal fragments of 35 and 25 kDa. The latter, known as TDP-25, is a consistent feature of FT...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Caccamo A,Shaw DM,Guarino F,Messina A,Walker AW,Oddo S

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that AWT1 and WT1-AS are functionally imprinted in human kidney. In the adult kidney, expression of both transcripts is restricted to the paternal allele, with the silent maternal allele retaining methylation at the WT1 antisense regulatory region (WT1 ARR). Here, we report characterization of...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hancock AL,Brown KW,Moorwood K,Moon H,Holmgren C,Mardikar SH,Dallosso AR,Klenova E,Loukinov D,Ohlsson R,Lobanenkov VV,Malik K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glaucoma locus, GLC1A, was identified previously on chromosome 1q. A gene within this locus (encoding the protein myocilin) subsequently was shown to harbor mutations in 2-4% of primary open angle glaucoma patients. A total of 1703 patients was screened from five different populations representing three racial group...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fingert JH,Héon E,Liebmann JM,Yamamoto T,Craig JE,Rait J,Kawase K,Hoh ST,Buys YM,Dickinson J,Hockey RR,Williams-Lyn D,Trope G,Kitazawa Y,Ritch R,Mackey DA,Alward WL,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the GLA gene coding for α-galactosidase A (α-GalA). The deleterious mutations lead to accumulation of α-GalA substrates, including globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) and globotriaosylsphingosine. Progressive glycolipid storage results in cellular ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Welford RWD,Mühlemann A,Garzotti M,Rickert V,Groenen PMA,Morand O,Üçeyler N,Probst MR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the causes of high fever syndromes such as Kawasaki disease (KD) remains challenging. To investigate pathogen exposure signatures in suspected pathogen-mediated diseases such as KD, we performed immunoglobulin (Ig) profiling using a next-generation sequencing method. After intravenous Ig (IVIG) treatment, ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ko TM,Kiyotani K,Chang JS,Park JH,Yin Yew P,Chen YT,Wu JY,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) due to mutations in RBM20, a gene encoding an RNA-binding protein, is associated with high familial penetrance, risk of progressive heart failure and sudden death. Although genetic investigations and physiological models have established the linkage of RBM20 with early-onset DCM, the under...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Beraldi R,Li X,Martinez Fernandez A,Reyes S,Secreto F,Terzic A,Olson TM,Nelson TJ

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:'Pure' familial spastic paraplegias (FSP) are neurodegenerative disorders that are clinically characterized by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs and are inherited as autosomal dominant (DFSP) or autosomal recessive (RFSP) traits. The primary defect in FSP is unknown. Genetic linkage analysis was applied to fiv...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hentati A,Pericak-Vance MA,Hung WY,Belal S,Laing N,Boustany RM,Hentati F,Ben Hamida M,Siddique T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AFF (AF4/FMR2) family of genes includes four members: AFF1/AF4, AFF2/FMR2, AFF3/LAF4 and AFF4/AF5q31. AFF2/FMR2 is silenced in FRAXE intellectual disability, while the other three members have been reported to form fusion genes as a consequence of chromosome translocations with the myeloid/lymphoid or mixed lineag...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Melko M,Douguet D,Bensaid M,Zongaro S,Verheggen C,Gecz J,Bardoni B

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The positions of DNA replication initiation regions (IRs) at three human trinucleotide repeat (TNR) disease loci were examined in order to characterize the role played by IRs in explaining the known locus-specific variation in TNR instability levels. Using three different normal cell lines, candidate IRs were identifi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nenguke T,Aladjem MI,Gusella JF,Wexler NS,Arnheim N,Venezuela HD Project.

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zinc metalloprotease ZMPSTE24 plays a critical role in nuclear lamin biology by cleaving the prenylated and carboxylmethylated 15-amino acid tail from the C-terminus of prelamin A to yield mature lamin A. A defect in this proteolytic event, caused by a mutation in the lamin A gene (LMNA) that eliminates the ZMPSTE...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barrowman J,Wiley PA,Hudon-Miller SE,Hrycyna CA,Michaelis S

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00