L-2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria: identification of a mutant gene C14orf160, localized on chromosome 14q22.1.

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal X-linked recessive disorder with a high spontaneous mutation rate and no effective treatment, hence development of genetic based therapies is an important goal. We report that expression of a recombinant human minidystrophin cDNA, compatible with current viral vectors, can...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wells DJ,Wells KE,Asante EA,Turner G,Sunada Y,Campbell KP,Walsh FS,Dickson G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant mutations in the gene encoding the ubiquitously-expressed splicing factor PRPF31 cause retinitis pigmentosa, a form of hereditary retinal degeneration, with reduced penetrance. We and others have previously shown that penetrance is tightly correlated with PRPF31 expression, as lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs)...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rio Frio T,Civic N,Ransijn A,Beckmann JS,Rivolta C

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal facial dermal dysplasia (FFDD) Type IV is a rare syndrome characterized by facial lesions resembling aplasia cutis in a preauricular distribution along the line of fusion of the maxillary and mandibular prominences. To identify the causative gene(s), exome sequencing was performed in a family with two affected s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Slavotinek AM,Mehrotra P,Nazarenko I,Tang PL,Lao R,Cameron D,Li B,Chu C,Chou C,Marqueling AL,Yahyavi M,Cordoro K,Frieden I,Glaser T,Prescott T,Morren MA,Devriendt K,Kwok PY,Petkovich M,Desnick RJ

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have defined unexpectedly extensive copy number variation at the human anti-microbial alpha-defensin genes DEFA1 and DEFA3, encoding human neutrophil peptides HNP-1, HNP-2 and HNP-3. There was variation in both number and position of DEFA1/DEFA3 genes in arrays of 19 kb tandem repeats on 8p23.1, so that the DEFA1 a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Aldred PM,Hollox EJ,Armour JA

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene are known to confer a predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. We have first characterized 19 sequence variants in the BRCA1 gene during mutation screening by direct sequencing using DNA samples from breast/ovarian cancer patients or obligate carriers. The frequencies of these...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Durocher F,Shattuck-Eidens D,McClure M,Labrie F,Skolnick MH,Goldgar DE,Simard J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal, muscle degenerative disease causing premature death of affected children. DMD is characterized by mutations in the dystrophin gene that result in a loss of the dystrophin protein. Loss of dystrophin causes an associated reduction in proteins of the dystrophin glycoprotein...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fontelonga TM,Jordan B,Nunes AM,Barraza-Flores P,Bolden N,Wuebbles RD,Griner LM,Hu X,Ferrer M,Marugan J,Southall N,Burkin DJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA), a common skeletal disease, is a leading cause of disability among the elderly populations. OA is characterized by gradual loss of articular cartilage, but the etiology and pathogenesis of OA are largely unknown. Epidemiological and genetic studies have demonstrated that genetic factors play an imp...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mototani H,Mabuchi A,Saito S,Fujioka M,Iida A,Takatori Y,Kotani A,Kubo T,Nakamura K,Sekine A,Murakami Y,Tsunoda T,Notoya K,Nakamura Y,Ikegawa S

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) defects are found in a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of mitochondrial disorders. To date, mutations in only two nuclear genes causing COX deficiency have been described. We report here a genetic linkage study of a consanguineous family with an isolated COX defect and subsequ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Valnot I,von Kleist-Retzow JC,Barrientos A,Gorbatyuk M,Taanman JW,Mehaye B,Rustin P,Tzagoloff A,Munnich A,Rötig A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin act in a common pathway to regulate mitochondrial dynamics, the involvement of which in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is increasingly being appreciated. However, how the PINK1/Parkin pathway influences mitochondrial function is not well understood, and t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yu W,Sun Y,Guo S,Lu B

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of impaired elastic fiber formation in recessive cutis laxa, we have investigated two disease-causing missense substitutions in fibulin-5, C217R and S227P. Pulse-chase immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that S227P mutant fibulin-5 was synthesized and secreted by skin fibrob...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hu Q,Loeys BL,Coucke PJ,De Paepe A,Mecham RP,Choi J,Davis EC,Urban Z

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast cancer gene, BRCA2, is essential for viability, yet patients with Fanconi anemia-D1 subtype are born alive with biallelic mutations in this gene. The hypomorphic nature of the mutations is believed to support viability, but this is not always apparent. One such mutation is IVS7+2T>G, which causes premature ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Thirthagiri E,Klarmann KD,Shukla AK,Southon E,Biswas K,Martin BK,North SL,Magidson V,Burkett S,Haines DC,Noer K,Matthai R,Tessarollo L,Loncarek J,Keller JR,Sharan SK

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The subcellular mechanisms of DMD remain poorly understood and there is currently no curative treatment available. Using a Caenorhabditis elegans model for DMD as a pharmacologic and genetic tool, we found that cyc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Giacomotto J,Brouilly N,Walter L,Mariol MC,Berger J,Ségalat L,Becker TS,Currie PD,Gieseler K

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRPS1 gene codes for a 1281 amino acids nuclear transcription factor with an unusual combination of different types of zinc finger motifs, including GATA-type DNA-binding and IKAROS-like zinc fingers. TRPS1 is a repressor of GATA-regulated genes and implicated in the human tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndromes. We fou...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kaiser FJ,Tavassoli K,Van den Bemd GJ,Chang GT,Horsthemke B,Möröy T,Lüdecke HJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four naturally occurring sequence variations have been found in the coding region of the DYT1 gene encoding torsinA. One of these, a 3 bp (DeltaGAG) deletion, underlies dominantly inherited cases of early-onset torsion dystonia. Others, including a single nucleotide polymorphism that replaces aspartic acid (D) at resi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kock N,Naismith TV,Boston HE,Ozelius LJ,Corey DP,Breakefield XO,Hanson PI

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 40 years, research into Parkinson's disease (PD) has been predominantly the province of epidemiologists interested in pursuing the connection between the disease and environmental factors such as viral infection or neurotoxins. Hereditary influences were actually discounted because of a high monozygotic t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nussbaum RL,Polymeropoulos MH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-secretase is a macromolecular complex that catalyzes intramembranous hydrolysis of more than 100 membrane-bound substrates. The complex is composed of presenilin (PS1 or PS2), anterior pharynx defect-1 (APH-1), nicastrin (NCT) and PEN-2 and early-onset; autosomal dominant forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are caused...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang X,Zhang C,Prokopenko D,Liang Y,Han W,Tanzi RE,Sisodia SS

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the RNA-binding protein EIF4A3 cause Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome (RCPS), an autosomal recessive condition mainly characterized by craniofacial and limb malformations. However, the pathogenic cellular mechanisms responsible for this syndrome are entirely unknown. Here, we use...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Miller EE,Kobayashi GS,Musso CM,Allen M,Ishiy FAA,de Caires LC Jr,Goulart E,Griesi-Oliveira K,Zechi-Ceide RM,Richieri-Costa A,Bertola DR,Passos-Bueno MR,Silver DL

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Xq28 has been of special interest in human genetics because a large number of diseases map to this region. As a step in the molecular analysis of the as yet uncloned disease genes, and as a test for the detailed analysis of larger regions of the genome, we have constructed YAC clone contigs covering the 7.5 Mb region ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rogner UC,Kioschis P,Wilke K,Gong W,Pick E,Dietrich A,Zechner U,Hameister H,Pragliola A,Herman GE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (EEF1A), is encoded by two distinct isoforms, EEF1A1 and EEF1A2; whereas EEF1A1 is expressed almost ubiquitously, EEF1A2 expression is limited such that it is only detectable in skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spinal cord. Currently, the role of EEF1A2 in normal cardiac development an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cao S,Smith LL,Padilla-Lopez SR,Guida BS,Blume E,Shi J,Morton SU,Brownstein CA,Beggs AH,Kruer MC,Agrawal PB

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD) are caused by mutations in the human dystrophin gene. About two-thirds of DMD/BMD patients exhibit gross rearrangements in the gene whereas the mutations in the remaining one third are thought to be point mutations or minor structural lesions. By means of various prog...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lenk U,Hanke R,Thiele H,Speer A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striated muscle sarcomeres are highly organized structures composed of actin (thin) and myosin (thick) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The integrity of sarcomeres is controlled by a set of structural proteins, among which are titin, a giant molecule that contains several immunoglobulin (Ig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Salmikangas P,Mykkänen OM,Grönholm M,Heiska L,Kere J,Carpén O

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Recent studies suggest that the genome is organized into blocks of haplotypes, and efforts to create a genome-wide haplotype map of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are already underway. Haplotype blocks are defined algorithmically and to date several algorithms have been proposed. However, little is known about...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schulze TG,Zhang K,Chen YS,Akula N,Sun F,McMahon FJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary trafficking defects underlie the pathogenesis of severe human ciliopathies, including Joubert Syndrome (JBTS), Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, and some forms of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Mutations in the ciliary protein RPGR (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator) are common causes of RP-associated photoreceptor degen...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rao KN,Zhang W,Li L,Anand M,Khanna H

更新日期：2016-10-15 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：:Two common inflammatory skin disorders with impaired barrier, atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis, share distinct genetic linkage to the Epidermal Differentiation Complex (EDC) locus on 1q21. The EDC is comprised of tandemly arrayed gene families encoding proteins involved in skin cell differentiation. Discovery of s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： de Guzman Strong C,Conlan S,Deming CB,Cheng J,Sears KE,Segre JA

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a prevalent, debilitating and costly disorder with an ongoing unmet medical need. Human genetic studies have provided considerable insights into the molecular underpinnings of this complex brain disorder. Classical linkage studies have revealed the causes of familial hemiplegic migraine, while more recentl...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zameel Cader M

更新日期：2013-10-15 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：:Polycystin-1 (PC1), encoded by the PKD1 gene that is mutated in the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, regulates a number of processes including bone development. Activity of the transcription factor RunX2, which controls osteoblast differentiation, is reduced in Pkd1 mutant mice but the mechanism governing...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Merrick D,Mistry K,Wu J,Gresko N,Baggs JE,Hogenesch JB,Sun Z,Caplan MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the immense significance retrotransposons have had for genome evolution much about their biology is unknown, including the processes of forming their ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles and transporting them about the cell. Suppression of retrotransposon expression, together with the presence of retrotransposon ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Goodier JL,Mandal PK,Zhang L,Kazazian HH Jr

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00