Initiation of the breakage-fusion-bridge mechanism through common fragile site activation in human breast cancer cells: the model of PIP gene duplication from a break at FRA7I.

abstract：:Genetics of Holoprosencephaly (HPE), a congenital malformation of the developing human forebrain, is due to multiple genetic defects. Most genes that have been implicated in HPE belong to the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway. Here we describe a new candidate gene isolated from array comparative genomic hybridization r...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dupé V,Rochard L,Mercier S,Le Pétillon Y,Gicquel I,Bendavid C,Bourrouillou G,Kini U,Thauvin-Robinet C,Bohan TP,Odent S,Dubourg C,David V

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the association between common haplotypes in six relevant lipid metabolism genes with plasma lipid levels. We selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), hepatic triglyceride lipase (HL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol rece...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Knoblauch H,Bauerfeind A,Krähenbühl C,Daury A,Rohde K,Bejanin S,Essioux L,Schuster H,Luft FC,Reich JG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy, caused by defective laforin or malin, insidiously present in normal teenagers with cognitive decline, followed by rapidly intractable epilepsy, dementia and death. Pathology reveals neurodegeneration with neurofibrillary tangle formation and Lafora bodies (LBs). LBs are deposits ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lohi H,Ianzano L,Zhao XC,Chan EM,Turnbull J,Scherer SW,Ackerley CA,Minassian BA

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic and germline mutations in PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) are found in sporadic cancers and Cowden syndrome patients, respectively. Recent identification of naturally occurring cancer and germline mutations within the ATP-binding motifs of PTEN (heretofore referred to as PTEN ATP...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： He X,Ni Y,Wang Y,Romigh T,Eng C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-box transcription factor, TBX1, is the major candidate gene for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge/ Velo-cardio-facial syndrome) characterized by facial defects, thymus hypoplasia, cardiovascular anomalies and cleft palates. Here, we report that the loss of Tbx1 in mouse (Tbx1(-/-)) results in skeletal abnormalitie...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Funato N,Nakamura M,Richardson JA,Srivastava D,Yanagisawa H

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on cardiac contractility and architecture has been a matter of debate. A role for NOS in cardiac hypertrophy has recently been demonstrated by studies which have shown hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with altered contractility in constitutive NOS (cNOS) knockout m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ohsawa Y,Toko H,Katsura M,Morimoto K,Yamada H,Ichikawa Y,Murakami T,Ohkuma S,Komuro I,Sunada Y

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spastic paraplegia 35 (SPG35) (OMIM: 612319) or fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration (FAHN) is caused by deficiency of fatty acid 2-hydroxylase (FA2H). This enzyme synthesizes sphingolipids containing 2-hydroxylated fatty acids, which are particularly abundant in myelin. Fa2h-deficient (Fa2h-/-) mice de...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hardt R,Jordans S,Winter D,Gieselmann V,Wang-Eckhardt L,Eckhardt M

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper splicing is often crucial for gene functioning and its disruption may be strongly deleterious. Nevertheless, even the essential for splicing canonical dinucleotides of the splice sites are often polymorphic. Here, we use data from The 1000 Genomes Project to study single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kurmangaliyev YZ,Sutormin RA,Naumenko SA,Bazykin GA,Gelfand MS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splicing regulation is an important step of post-transcriptional gene regulation. It is a highly dynamic process orchestrated by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). RBP dysfunction and global splicing dysregulation have been implicated in many human diseases, but the in vivo functions of most RBPs and the splicing outcome up...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tan Q,Yalamanchili HK,Park J,De Maio A,Lu HC,Wan YW,White JJ,Bondar VV,Sayegh LS,Liu X,Gao Y,Sillitoe RV,Orr HT,Liu Z,Zoghbi HY

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are vital eukaryotic organelles that participate in lipid metabolism, in particular the metabolism of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA). The biogenesis of peroxisomes is regulated by a set of peroxin proteins (PEX). In humans, mutations affecting peroxin protein production or function result in devastati...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen H,Liu Z,Huang X

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a polyglutamine expansion mutation in the huntingtin protein that confers a toxic gain-of-function and causes the protein to become aggregate-prone. Aggregate-prone proteins are cleared by macroautophagy, and upregulating this process by rapamycin, which inhibits the mammalian ta...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sarkar S,Krishna G,Imarisio S,Saiki S,O'Kane CJ,Rubinsztein DC

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Menkes disease gene encodes a P-type transmembrane ATPase (ATP7A) that translocates cytosolic copper ions across intracellular membranes of compartments along the secretory pathway. ATP7A moves from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to the cell surface in response to exogenously added copper ions and recycles back to ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cobbold C,Coventry J,Ponnambalam S,Monaco AP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary atresia (BA) is characterized by the progressive fibrosclerosing obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary system during the first few weeks of life. Despite early diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention, the disease progresses to cirrhosis in many patients. The current theory for the pathogenesis of BA prop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Garcia-Barceló MM,Yeung MY,Miao XP,Tang CS,Cheng G,So MT,Ngan ES,Lui VC,Chen Y,Liu XL,Hui KJ,Li L,Guo WH,Sun XB,Tou JF,Chan KW,Wu XZ,Song YQ,Chan D,Cheung K,Chung PH,Wong KK,Sham PC,Cherny SS,Tam PK

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MLH1 have been shown to account for a major share of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). We searched for germline mutations in these genes in 35 HNPCC kindreds fulfilling the Amsterdam diagnostic criteria and in a further 20 kindreds with an average of four affect...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nyström-Lahti M,Wu Y,Moisio AL,Hofstra RM,Osinga J,Mecklin JP,Järvinen HJ,Leisti J,Buys CH,de la Chapelle A,Peltomäki P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow channel congenital myasthenic syndrome (SCCMS) is a disorder of the neuromuscular synapse caused by dominantly inherited missense mutations in genes that encode the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) subunits. Here we investigate the potential of post-transcriptional gene silencing using RNA interference (RNAi)...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Abdelgany A,Wood M,Beeson D

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a genetically complex neuropathy that affects retinal ganglion cells and is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. WDR36, a gene of unknown function, was recently identified as causative for POAG at locus GLC1G. Subsequent studies found disease-associated variants in control popu...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Skarie JM,Link BA

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA for Fanconi anaemia complementation group C (FACC) has recently been cloned. We have now isolated a yeast artificial chromosome clone containing the FACC gene, and used vectorette PCR to determine its exon structure. The 1674-nucleotide coding sequence of the gene is highly interrupted, and contains 14 exons ra...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gibson RA,Buchwald M,Roberts RG,Mathew CG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) receptor type II (TGFBR2) cause Loeys-Dietz syndrome, characterized by craniofacial and cardiovascular abnormalities. Mice with a deletion of Tgfbr2 in cranial neural crest cells (Tgfbr2(fl/fl);Wnt1-Cre mice) develop cleft palate as the result of abnormal TGFβ signal...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Iwata J,Suzuki A,Pelikan RC,Ho TV,Sanchez-Lara PA,Chai Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17p13.3 microduplication syndrome is a newly identified genetic disorder characterized by duplications in the 17p13.3 chromosome locus, resulting in a variety of disorders including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Importantly, a minimum duplication region has been defined, and this region exclusively contains the gene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cornell B,Wachi T,Zhukarev V,Toyo-Oka K

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in MECP2 cause the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome (RTT OMIM 312750). Alternative inclusion of MECP2/Mecp2 exon 1 with exons 3 and 4 encodes MeCP2-e1 or MeCP2-e2 protein isoforms with unique amino termini. While most MECP2 mutations are located in exons 3 and 4 thus affecting both isoforms, MECP2 e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yasui DH,Gonzales ML,Aflatooni JO,Crary FK,Hu DJ,Gavino BJ,Golub MS,Vincent JB,Carolyn Schanen N,Olson CO,Rastegar M,Lasalle JM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene account for >70% of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) and 15-20% of all inherited retinal degeneration. Gene replacement therapy for RPGR-XLRP was hampered by the relatively slow disease progression in mouse models and by difficulties in cloning the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu Z,Hiriyanna S,Qian H,Mookherjee S,Campos MM,Gao C,Fariss R,Sieving PA,Li T,Colosi P,Swaroop A

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress are central to the molecular pathology of many human diseases. Riboflavin responsive multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency (RR-MADD) is in most cases caused by variations in the gene coding for electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF-QO). Curr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cornelius N,Corydon TJ,Gregersen N,Olsen RK

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects affect at least 0.8% of newborn children and are a major cause of lethality prior to birth. Malformations of the arterial pole are particularly frequent. The myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk and aorta and the arterial tree associated with these great arteries are derived from spla...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vincent SD,Mayeuf-Louchart A,Watanabe Y,Brzezinski JA 4th,Miyagawa-Tomita S,Kelly RG,Buckingham M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F1Fo-ATP synthase is a key enzyme of mitochondrial energy provision producing most of cellular ATP. So far, mitochondrial diseases caused by isolated disorders of the ATP synthase have been shown to result from mutations in mtDNA genes for the subunits ATP6 and ATP8 or in nuclear genes encoding the biogenesis factors ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mayr JA,Havlícková V,Zimmermann F,Magler I,Kaplanová V,Jesina P,Pecinová A,Nusková H,Koch J,Sperl W,Houstek J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein is mutated in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMN is part of a multiprotein complex required for biogenesis of the Sm class of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Following assembly of the Sm core domain, snRNPs are transported to the nucleus via importin ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Narayanan U,Ospina JK,Frey MR,Hebert MD,Matera AG

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Previous data have shown that MECP2 RNA is present in all mouse and human tissues tested, but the timing of expression and regional distribution have not been explored. We investigated the spatial...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shahbazian MD,Antalffy B,Armstrong DL,Zoghbi HY

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpretation of genetic association results is difficult because signals often lack biological context. To generate hypotheses of the functional genetic etiology of complex cardiometabolic traits, we estimated the genetically determined component of gene expression from common variants using PrediXcan (1) and determ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Petty LE,Highland HM,Gamazon ER,Hu H,Karhade M,Chen HH,de Vries PS,Grove ML,Aguilar D,Bell GI,Huff CD,Hanis CL,Doddapaneni H,Munzy DM,Gibbs RA,Ma J,Parra EJ,Cruz M,Valladares-Salgado A,Arking DE,Barbeira A,Im HK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by the loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is a ubiquitously expressed, multi-domain RNA-binding protein, but its in vivo function remains poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that FMRP participates in...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu W,Jiang F,Bi X,Zhang YQ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in RET cause abnormal development of the enteric nervous system, a congenital condition known as Hirschsprung disease. Hirschsprung mutations in the extracellular domain of RET (RETECD) affect processing in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and prevent RET expression at the cell surface. We hav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kjaer S,Ibáñez CF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the concerted action of at least 13 different peroxisomal PEX proteins is needed for proper peroxisome biogenesis. Mutations in any of these PEX genes can lead to lethal neurometabolic disorders of the Zellweger syndrome spectrum (ZSS). Previously, we identified the W313G mutation located within the SH3 dom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Krause C,Rosewich H,Woehler A,Gärtner J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00