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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：:In vitro fertilization (IVF), blastomere biopsy of the 6-8 cell embryo, and single cell DNA diagnosis allows couples at risk of transmitting an X-linked or autosomal disease to start a pregnancy knowing their child will not be affected. We present a quick and reliable nested PCR strategy for sex determination at the s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chong SS,Kristjansson K,Cota J,Handyside AH,Hughes MR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monozygotic twin and other epidemiologic studies indicate that epigenetic processes may play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases that commonly affect the colonic mucosa. The peak onset of these disorders in young adulthood suggests that epigenetic changes normally occurring in the colo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kellermayer R,Balasa A,Zhang W,Lee S,Mirza S,Chakravarty A,Szigeti R,Laritsky E,Tatevian N,Smith CW,Shen L,Waterland RA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked motoneuron disease due to a CAG triplet-repeat expansion in the androgen receptor (AR) gene, which is translated into an elongated polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in AR protein (ARpolyQ). ARpolyQ toxicity is activated by the AR ligand testosterone (or dihydrotestost...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Giorgetti E,Rusmini P,Crippa V,Cristofani R,Boncoraglio A,Cicardi ME,Galbiati M,Poletti A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is a heterogeneous movement disorder characterized by recurrent dyskinesia attacks triggered by sudden movement. PRRT2 has been identified as the first causative gene of PKD. However, it is only responsible for approximately half of affected individuals, indicating that other lo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yin XM,Lin JH,Cao L,Zhang TM,Zeng S,Zhang KL,Tian WT,Hu ZM,Li N,Wang JL,Guo JF,Wang RX,Xia K,Zhang ZH,Yin F,Peng J,Liao WP,Yi YH,Liu JY,Yang ZX,Chen Z,Mao X,Yan XX,Jiang H,Shen L,Chen SD,Zhang LM,Tan

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular protein homeostasis is achieved by a delicate network of molecular chaperones and various proteolytic processes such as ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) to avoid a build-up of misfolded protein aggregates. The latter is a common denominator of neurodegeneration. Neurons are found to be particularly vulnerabl...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kim E,Wang B,Sastry N,Masliah E,Nelson PT,Cai H,Liao FF

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniosynostosis, the abnormal development of the calvarial sutures, occurs as an autosomal dominant trait in many clinically distinct syndromes. We performed linkage analysis of a provisionally novel type of autosomal dominant craniosynostosis in a large three generational family. Linkage was established between the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Müller U,Warman ML,Mulliken JB,Weber JL

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Mitochondrial genetic determinant for the development of CHD remains poorly explored. We report there the clinical, genetic, molecular and biochemical characterization of a four-generation Chinese family with maternally inherited CHD. Thirteen of 32...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jia Z,Wang X,Qin Y,Xue L,Jiang P,Meng Y,Shi S,Wang Y,Qin Mo J,Guan MX

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) II deficiency is the most common inherited disorder of lipid metabolism affecting skeletal muscle. To facilitate the identification of disease-causing mutations in the CPT II gene (CPT1), we have established the genomic organization of this gene. CPT1 spans approximately 20 kb of 1...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Verderio E,Cavadini P,Montermini L,Wang H,Lamantea E,Finocchiaro G,DiDonato S,Gellera C,Taroni F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia and oculomotor apraxia. The gene mutated in AOA2, SETX, encodes senataxin, a putative DNA/RNA helicase which shares high homology to the yeast Sen1p protein and has been shown to play a role ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Suraweera A,Lim Y,Woods R,Birrell GW,Nasim T,Becherel OJ,Lavin MF

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, multifactorial and polygenic skeletal disease that, in its severest form, requires joint replacement surgery to restore mobility and to relieve chronic pain. Using tissues from the articulating joints of 260 patients with OA and a range of in vitro experiments, including CRISPR-Cas9, w...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rice SJ,Aubourg G,Sorial AK,Almarza D,Tselepi M,Deehan DJ,Reynard LN,Loughlin J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human chr15q11-q13 imprinted cluster is linked to several disorders, including Prader-Willi (PWS) and Angelman (AS) syndromes. Recently, disease modeling approaches based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been used to study these syndromes. A concern regarding the use of these cells for imprinted dise...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pólvora-Brandão D,Joaquim M,Godinho I,Aprile D,Álvaro AR,Onofre I,Raposo AC,Pereira de Almeida L,Duarte ST,da Rocha ST

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) deficiency is the major cause of homocystinuria in humans. The most frequent symptoms of homocystinuria include: dislocated optic lenses, vascular disorders, skeletal abnormalities and mental retardation. Patients with this deficiency have elevated levels of homocyst(e)ine, methionine...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kraus JP,Le K,Swaroop M,Ohura T,Tahara T,Rosenberg LE,Roper MD,Kozich V

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DAZ gene cluster on the human Y chromosome is a candidate for the Azoospermia Factor (AZFc). According to the current evolutionary model, the DAZ cluster derived from the autosomal homolog DAZL1 through duplications and rearrangements and is confined to Old World monkeys, apes and humans. To study functional and e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gromoll J,Weinbauer GF,Skaletsky H,Schlatt S,Rocchietti-March M,Page DC,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During mitosis, Kif11, a kinesin motor protein, promotes bipolar spindle formation and chromosome movement, and during interphase, Kif11 mediates diverse trafficking processes in the cytoplasm. In humans, inactivating mutations in KIF11 are associated with (1) retinal hypovascularization with or without microcephaly a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang Y,Smallwood PM,Williams J,Nathans J

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blot analysis of the COL4A5 gene in a 6 year old Italian Alport patient (proband VIZ) showed the loss of an MspI site that was present in the mother and control DNAs. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing revealed a single G-->A nucleotide change. The mutation results in substitution of a glutamic acid for a g...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Renieri A,Seri M,Myers JC,Pihlajaniemi T,Massella L,Rizzoni G,De Marchi M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies has resulted in the identification of hundreds of genetic variants associated with growth and stature. Determining how these genetic variants influence growth is important, but most are non-coding, and there is little understanding of how these variants contribute to ad...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schierding W,Antony J,Cutfield WS,Horsfield JA,O'Sullivan JM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin-truncating variants (TTNtv) are the most common genetic cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. TTNtv occur in ~1% of the general population and causes subclinical cardiac remodeling in asymptomatic carriers. In rat models with either proximal or distal TTNtv, we previously showed altered cardiac metabolism at baseline...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhou J,Ng B,Ko NSJ,Fiedler LR,Khin E,Lim A,Sahib NE,Wu Y,Chothani SP,Schafer S,Bay BH,Sinha RA,Cook SA,Yen PM

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects comprise the most common form of major birth defects, affecting 0.7% of all newborn infants. Jacobsen syndrome (11q-) is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by deletions in distal 11q. We have previously determined that a wide spectrum of the most common congenital heart defects occur in 11q-, ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ye M,Coldren C,Liang X,Mattina T,Goldmuntz E,Benson DW,Ivy D,Perryman MB,Garrett-Sinha LA,Grossfeld P

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of thymidine kinase 2 (TK2), an essential component of the mitochondrial nucleotide salvage pathway, can give rise to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes (MDS). These clinically heterogeneous disorders are characterized by severe reduction in mtDNA copy number in affected tissues and are associated...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bartesaghi S,Betts-Henderson J,Cain K,Dinsdale D,Zhou X,Karlsson A,Salomoni P,Nicotera P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations in LKB1 have been reported to underlie familial Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) with intestinal hamartomatous polyps and an elevated risk of various neoplasms. To investigate the prevalence of LKB1 germline mutations in PJS more generally, we studied samples from 33 unrelated PJS patients including eig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ylikorkala A,Avizienyte E,Tomlinson IP,Tiainen M,Roth S,Loukola A,Hemminki A,Johansson M,Sistonen P,Markie D,Neale K,Phillips R,Zauber P,Twama T,Sampson J,Järvinen H,Mäkelä TP,Aaltonen LA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular deposition of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide, a metabolite of sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP), is a critical step in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1) is highly expressed in AD brains and its genetic variants are linked to AD r...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kim BM,You MH,Chen CH,Suh J,Tanzi RE,Ho Lee T

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are ubiquitously expressed enzymes implicated in several dominant and recessive disease phenotypes. The canonical function of ARSs is to couple an amino acid to a cognate transfer RNA (tRNA). We identified three novel disease-associated missense mutations in the alanyl-tRNA synthetase...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Weterman MAJ,Kuo M,Kenter SB,Gordillo S,Karjosukarso DW,Takase R,Bronk M,Oprescu S,van Ruissen F,Witteveen RJW,Bienfait HME,Breuning M,Verhamme C,Hou YM,de Visser M,Antonellis A,Baas F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich's ataxia is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the frataxin gene that produces a predominantly mitochondrial protein whose primary function appears to be mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) biosynthesis. Previously we demonstrated that frataxin interacts with multiple components of the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shan Y,Cortopassi G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of the effects of genetic risk score (GRS) on secondary prevention is scarce and mixed. We investigated whether coronary artery disease (CAD) susceptible loci can be used to predict the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in a cohort with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). A total of 1667 patien...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jiang J,Zheng Q,Han Y,Qiao S,Chen J,Yuan Z,Yu B,Ge L,Jia J,Gong Y,Wang Z,Chen D,Zhang Y,Huo Y

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：:Recent findings from genetic epidemiology and from genome-wide association studies point strongly to a partial overlap in the genes that contribute susceptibility to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD). Previous data have also directly implicated one of the best supported schizophrenia-associated loci, zinc finger...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Williams HJ,Craddock N,Russo G,Hamshere ML,Moskvina V,Dwyer S,Smith RL,Green E,Grozeva D,Holmans P,Owen MJ,O'Donovan MC

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that testis-specific gene antigen (TSGA10) could be considered as a cancer testis antigen (CTA), except for one study which has identified it as a tumor suppressor gene. In order to exert its function, TSGA10 interacts closely with hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α) and since this interaction...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mansouri K,Mostafie A,Rezazadeh D,Shahlaei M,Modarressi MH

更新日期：2016-01-15 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