Molecular mechanisms in lymphangiogenesis: model systems and implications in human disease.

abstract：:Serum-trypsin-inhibitory-capacity (STIC) and alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) genotypes were evaluated in 83 twins and 112 paired parents-of-twins. An increased prevalence (17.0--21.9%) of intermediate AAT deficiency (STIC less than 0.95 units/ml) was detected in both of these groups as compared to a prevalence of 4.1% in 1,8...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lieberman J,Borhani NO,Feinleib M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report two families with myotonic dystrophy (DM) in which the asymptomatic parent proved to be in a pre-mutation state. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the region spanning the CTG expansion demonstrated that one father of the proband possessed (CTG)n repeats of n = 12 and 44 copies and the other of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yamagata H,Kinoshita M,Komori T,Kondo I,Miki T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with the oro-facial-digital syndrome II or Mohr syndrome presented laryngeal anomalies and hallucal and postaxial polysyndactyly of the feet. Those rare malformations are typically observed in patients with the Majewski syndrome, a lethal, short rib-polydactyly skeletal dysplasia with orofacial findings a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Silengo MC,Bell GL,Biagioli M,Franceschini P

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carriers for chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and patients with lupus erythematosus (LE) share several characteristics: They are mostly females, they reduce nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) poorly in their neutrophils, and, in some cases, they have similar skin lesions. We thus investigated 19 female LE patients for the...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Humbert JR,Fishman CB,Weston WL,DeArmey PA,Thoren CH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with trisomy for 18p and the proximal segment of 18q (trisomy 18q-) are reported and compared with similar cases from the literature. The phenotype of trisomy 18q- resembles that of full trisomy 18 but differs mainly in the birdlike face, small mouth, more pronounced microretrognathia, minor skeletal dysp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Turleau C,Chavin-Colin F,Narbouton R,Asensi D,de Grouchy J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genetic variations that contribute to human phenotypes associated with various diseases. SNPs are involved in the regulation of a broad range of physiological and pathological processes, such as cellular senescence, apoptosis, inflammation, and immune response, by upregulatin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Liu X,Han Z,Yang C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pakistani population has become an important resource for research on autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment (ARNSHI) due to the availability of large extended and highly consanguineous pedigrees. Here is presented the first report on the prevalence of gap junction beta-2 (GJB2) variants in Pakistan....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Santos RL,Wajid M,Pham TL,Hussan J,Ali G,Ahmad W,Leal SM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin is a peptide reported to be one of the most potent vasoconstrictors known. Presumably, endothelin could play a role in the physiological regulation of blood pressure in healthy or hypertensive people. We have studied a normal restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) at the endothelin-I (EDN1) locus d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Berge KE,Berg K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supernumerary marker chromosomes (SMC) can be associated with both normal and abnormal phenotypes. In addition, SMC are found at higher frequency in males with infertility. We identified a SMC, characterized as a del(15)(q11.2) chromosome, in a phenotypically normal male. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cotter PD,Ko E,Larabell SK,Rademaker AW,Martin RH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reciprocal translocations were studied in two groups of balanced carrier couples: 202 had 210 translocation aneuploid between (LB) infants, and 95 couples had repetitive abortions (AB) without liveborn aneuploids. The observed translocation aneuploidies in the LB group were compared to predicted potential aneuploidies...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Davis JR,Rogers BB,Hagaman RM,Thies CA,Veomett IC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the insulin receptor gene have been reported in cases of type A insulin resistance. We report herein two cases of type A insulin resistance, which involve some novel mutations. Case 1 is a heterozygote of the C253Y missense mutation and case 2 is a heterozygote of the Y864X nonsense mutation. In the C253Y...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Osawa H,Nishimiya T,Ochi M,Niiya T,Onuma H,Kitamuro F,Kaino Y,Kida K,Makino H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a paucity of research into the psychosocial impact of juvenile Huntington's disease (JHD) on the child and the family. The study reported here is part of larger project that aimed to address this and investigate the social and health care needs of those affected by JHD. Ten semistructured interviews wit...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Smith JA,Brewer HM,Eatough V,Stanley CA,Glendinning NW,Quarrell OW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A report is made on a rare isodicentric chromosome 18 in an abnormal male infant whose karyotype was 46,XY,idic(18)(p11.31----qter), confirmed by in situ hybridization using non-radioactive biotin-labelled 18 probe. His clinical features were similar to 18 trisomy syndrome. The literature concerning isochromosome 18 i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Meguid NA,Habibian R

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is an autosomal dominant disorder that has a high prevalence in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. A case-control study, based on a population register, of 373 MD patients who married in this region between 1855 and 1971 was conducted to determine whether their fertility was affected by the disorder. Six de...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dao TN,Mathieu J,Bouchard JP,De Braekeleer M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peeling skin disease (PSD) is an autosomal recessive skin disorder caused by mutations in CDSN and is characterized by superficial peeling of the upper epidermis. Corneodesmosin (CDSN) is a major component of corneodesmosomes that plays an important role in maintaining epidermis integrity. Herein, we report a patient ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wada T,Matsuda Y,Muraoka M,Toma T,Takehara K,Fujimoto M,Yachie A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an investigation of cousin marriages in Iceland, five brothers and sisters were found to be homozygous for the "silent" allele of plasma cholinesterase. Clinical information on two family members is presented and discussed, and the possibility of the presence of a "nearly silent" plasma esterase allele, in one ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Arnason A,Jensson O,Gudmundsson S

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical wingless (Wnt) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathways involving CTNNB1 and TBX4, respectively, are crucial for the regulation of human development. Perturbations of these pathways and disruptions from biological homeostasis have been associated with abnormal morphogenesis of multiple organ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Karolak JA,Szafranski P,Kilner D,Patel C,Scurry B,Kinning E,Chandler K,Jhangiani SN,Coban Akdemir ZH,Lupski JR,Popek E,Stankiewicz P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent trisomy 21: four cases in three generations. While gonadal mosaicism can lead to recurrence of trisomy 21 (T21) for a single couple, the recurrence of free T21 in multiple members of a single pedigree has rarely been reported. We present an unusual pedigree with four cases of Down syndrome (DS) with free T21...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gair JL,Arbour L,Rupps R,Jiang R,Bruyère H,Robinson WP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare heritable syndromes may affect educational attainment. Here, we study education in neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) that is associated with multifaceted medical, social and cognitive consequences. Educational attainment in the Finnish population-based cohort of 1408 individuals with verified NF1 was compared with matche...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Johansson E,Kallionpää RA,Böckerman P,Peltonen J,Peltonen S

更新日期：2020-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is rarely inherited in an X-linked recessive mode in pure and complicated forms. Recently, molecular linkage studies have suggested that these variant X-linked HSP conditions result from locus heterogeneity. In this paper we report on the clinical and linkage analysis of a kindred w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goldblatt J,Ballo R,Sachs B,Moosa A

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described four DNaseI hypersensitive sites (DH 1 to DH4) in the 40-kb intergenic region between the plasminogen gene and the apo(a) gene. Here, we wanted to analyse whether any of these sites, located 4, 21, 28 and 34 kb upstream of the apo(a) transcriptional start site, would act as an enhancer on ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Acquati F,Rönicke V,Taramelli R,Müller HJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is described in which a mother and her two children carry a tandem duplication of the short arm of chromosome 8. Their phenotypes are similar and characterised by distinct facial dysmorphism, small stature and mild mental retardation. This is one of the first cases of direct familial transmission of a partial...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dhooge C,Van Roy N,Craen M,Speleman F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metacarpophalangeal pattern profile (MCPP) analysis was applied to patients with Pfeiffer and Chotzen syndromes, dominantly inherited types of acrocephalosyndactyly (ACS). A characteristic MCPP was obtained for the group. However, it did not discriminate between patients with Chotzen syndrome and those with Pfeiffer s...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Escobar V,Bixler D

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding the genetic determinants of intermediate quantitative traits, such as serum creatinine and urea, might aid in finding the determinants of disease phenotypes, such as renal failure, that are, in part, defined according to threshold values imposed upon such traits. We evaluated the association between common var...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hegele RA,Harris SB,Hanley AJ,Zinman B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare pediatric ciliopathy characterized by marked clinical variability and extensive genetic heterogeneity. Typical diagnosis of BBS is secured at a median of 9 years of age, and sometimes well into adolescence. Here, we report a patient in whom prenatal detection of increased nuchal f...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ashkinadze E,Rosen T,Brooks SS,Katsanis N,Davis EE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic MAGEL2 variants result in the phenotypes of Chitayat-Hall syndrome (CHS), Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We present five patients with mutations in MAGEL2, including the first patient reported with a missense variant, adding to the limited literature. Further, we performed a sys...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Patak J,Gilfert J,Byler M,Neerukonda V,Thiffault I,Cross L,Amudhavalli S,Pacio-Miguez M,Palomares-Bralo M,Garcia-Minaur S,Santos-Simarro F,Powis Z,Alcaraz W,Tang S,Jurgens J,Barry B,England E,Engle E,Hess J,Lebel RR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes, including HLA-A, -B, -C and -DR and complotypes (BF, C2, C4A and C4B) were determined in a large family with inherited C4 deficiency. The propositus, a 12-year-old girl with complete C4 deficiency and SLE, had the MHC haplotypes HLA-A2,Cw3,-B40,-DR6,BFS,C2C,C4AQO,C4AB...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sjöholm AG,Kjellman NI,Löw B

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosomal microarray analysis is the first-tier test for the evaluation of developmental disabilities and congenital anomalies. In this report, we present CMA results of 971 patient and 301 parent samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Among 971 patient samples, 133 (13.6%) had pathogenic variants. RESULTS:While...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ozyilmaz B,Kirbiyik O,Koc A,Ozdemir TR,Kaya OO,Guvenc MS,Erdoğan KM,Kutbay YB

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant EEC syndrome consists of ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P). We investigated an EEC kindred with 10 affected persons in three generations in order to map the causative mutation in this family and to map modifier genes that contribute to the expressi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ray AK,Marazita ML,Pathak R,Beever CL,Cooper ME,Goldstein T,Shaw DF,Field LL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the form of X-linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the form associated with a marker X chromosome (fragile site at Xq27 or 28) are the same entity. Although our data support this hypothesis, one family from the literature does not. Data are presented suggesting that actual meas...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Howard-Peebles PN,Stoddard GR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00