Tagging-SNP haplotype analysis of the secretory PLA2IIa gene PLA2G2A shows strong association with serum levels of sPLA2IIa: results from the UDACS study.

abstract：:Mutations in genes encoding the epsilon, delta, beta and alpha subunits of the end plate acetylcholine (ACh) receptor (AChR) are described and functionally characterized in three slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome patients. All three had prolonged end plate currents and AChR channel opening episodes and an en...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Engel AG,Ohno K,Milone M,Wang HL,Nakano S,Bouzat C,Pruitt JN 2nd,Hutchinson DO,Brengman JM,Bren N,Sieb JP,Sine SM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple studies have underscored the importance of loss of tumor suppressor genes in the development of human cancer. To identify these genes, we used somatic cell hybrids in a functional assay for tumor suppression in vivo. A tumor suppressor gene in 11p15.5 was detected by transferring single human chromosomes into...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Reid LH,West A,Gioeli DG,Phillips KK,Kelleher KF,Araujo D,Stanbridge EJ,Dowdy SF,Gerhard DS,Weissman BE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human POLG gene encodes the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (pol gamma). Mutations in pol gamma are associated with a spectrum of disease phenotypes including autosomal dominant and recessive forms of progressive external ophthalmoplegia, spino-cerebellar ataxia and epilepsy, and Alpers-Hut...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Baruffini E,Lodi T,Dallabona C,Puglisi A,Zeviani M,Ferrero I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the functional effects of nonsense mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in the COXI and ND5 genes in a colorectal tumor cell line. Surprisingly, these cells had an efficient oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS); however, when mitochondria from these cells were transferred to an osteosarcoma nuclear backgr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Srivastava S,Barrett JN,Moraes CT

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract within the SCA1 product, ataxin-1. Previously, using transgenic mice, it was demonstrated that in order for a mutant allele of ataxin-1 to cause disease it must be transported to the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yue S,Serra HG,Zoghbi HY,Orr HT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the molecular changes that arise during neural differentiation and fate specification is crucial for building accurate in vitro models of neurodegenerative diseases using human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Here we review the importance of hESCs and derived progenitors in treating and modeling neurological...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yeo GW,Coufal N,Aigner S,Winner B,Scolnick JA,Marchetto MC,Muotri AR,Carson C,Gage FH

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a complex congenital syndrome caused by a monoallelic deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4. Seizures in WHS have been associated with deletion of LETM1 gene. LETM1 encodes for the human homologue of yeast Mdm38p, a mitochondria-shaping protein of unclear function. Here we show th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dimmer KS,Navoni F,Casarin A,Trevisson E,Endele S,Winterpacht A,Salviati L,Scorrano L

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a frequent neurocristopathy characterized by the absence of submucosal and myenteric plexuses in a variable length of the gastrointestinal tract. Pedigrees and segregation analyses suggested the involvement of one or several dominant genes with low penetrance in HSCR. Considering that RE...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Doray B,Salomon R,Amiel J,Pelet A,Touraine R,Billaud M,Attié T,Bachy B,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a molecular study with 21 microsatellites on a sample of 82 trisomy 13 conceptuses, the largest number of cases studied to date. The parental origin was determined in every case and in 89% the extra chromosome 13 was of maternal origin with an almost equal number of maternal MI and MII errors. The latter ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bugge M,Collins A,Hertz JM,Eiberg H,Lundsteen C,Brandt CA,Bak M,Hansen C,Delozier CD,Lespinasse J,Tranebjaerg L,Hahnemann JM,Rasmussen K,Bruun-Petersen G,Duprez L,Tommerup N,Petersen MB

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variants in one-carbon folate metabolism have been identified as risk factors for disease because they may impair the production or use of one-carbon folates required for nucleotide synthesis and methylation. p.R653Q (1958G>A) is a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the 10-formyltetrahydrofolate (formylTH...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Christensen KE,Deng L,Leung KY,Arning E,Bottiglieri T,Malysheva OV,Caudill MA,Krupenko NI,Greene ND,Jerome-Majewska L,MacKenzie RE,Rozen R

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:SPEG, a member of the myosin light chain kinase family, is localized at the level of triad surrounding myofibrils in skeletal muscles. In humans, SPEG mutations are associated with centronuclear myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Using a striated muscle specific Speg-knockout (KO) mouse model, we have previously shown that ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Luo S,Li Q,Lin J,Murphy Q,Marty I,Zhang Y,Kazerounian S,Agrawal PB

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA from 19 Japanese patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) representing 16 different families was examined to identify the genetic alterations of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). Ten of 19 patients had a 46,XX karyotype and nine had a 46,XY karyotype. Six of the 46,XX p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nakae J,Tajima T,Sugawara T,Arakane F,Hanaki K,Hotsubo T,Igarashi N,Igarashi Y,Ishii T,Koda N,Kondo T,Kohno H,Nakagawa Y,Tachibana K,Takeshima Y,Tsubouchi K,Strauss JF 3rd,Fujieda K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in human mitochondrial tRNA genes are associated with a number of multisystemic disorders. Using an assay that combines tRNA oxidation and circularization we have determined the relative amounts and states of aminoacylation of mutant and wild-type tRNAs in tissue samples from patients with MELAS syndrome (mi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Börner GV,Zeviani M,Tiranti V,Carrara F,Hoffmann S,Gerbitz KD,Lochmüller H,Pongratz D,Klopstock T,Melberg A,Holme E,Pääbo S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HMG-domain containing transcription factor Sox10 is essential for neural crest (NC) development and for oligodendrocyte differentiation. Heterozygous SOX10 mutations in humans lead to corresponding defects in several NC-derived lineages and to leukodystrophies. Disease phenotypes range from Waardenburg syndrome an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cossais F,Wahlbuhl M,Kriesch J,Wegner M

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in APTX, which encodes the DNA strand-break repair protein aprataxin (APTX). CoQ10 deficiency has been identified in fibroblasts and muscle of AOA1 patients carrying the common W279X mutation, and aprataxin has been localized...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Garcia-Diaz B,Barca E,Balreira A,Lopez LC,Tadesse S,Krishna S,Naini A,Mariotti C,Castellotti B,Quinzii CM

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically, autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is caused by mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor or apolipoprotein B genes that result in defective clearance of plasma LDL by the liver, but a third gene (PCSK9), encoding a putative proprotein convertase, has recently been implicat...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sun XM,Eden ER,Tosi I,Neuwirth CK,Wile D,Naoumova RP,Soutar AK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ε4 allele of the APOE gene encoding apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a strong genetic risk factor for aging-related cognitive decline as well as late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to the common ε3 allele. In the central nervous system, apoE is produced primarily by astrocytes and functions in transporting lipi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhao J,Davis MD,Martens YA,Shinohara M,Graff-Radford NR,Younkin SG,Wszolek ZK,Kanekiyo T,Bu G

更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common pediatric neuromuscular disorder caused by insufficient levels of the survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein. Studies involving SMA patients and animal models expressing the human SMN2 gene have yielded relatively little information about the earliest cellular consequences of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kariya S,Park GH,Maeno-Hikichi Y,Leykekhman O,Lutz C,Arkovitz MS,Landmesser LT,Monani UR

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the link between mutant huntingtin (Htt) and neuronal damage in relation to mitochondria in Huntington's disease (HD). In an earlier study, we determined the relationship between mutant Htt and mitochondrial dynamics/synaptic viability in HD patients. We found mitochondrial...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shirendeb UP,Calkins MJ,Manczak M,Anekonda V,Dufour B,McBride JL,Mao P,Reddy PH

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The MITF/TFE subfamily of basic helix-loop-helix leucine-zipper (bHLH-LZ) transcription factors consists of four closely related members, TFE3, TFEB, TFEC and MITF, which can form both homo- and heterodimers. Previously, we demonstrated that in t(X;1)(p11;q21)-positive renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), the TFE3 gene on th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kuiper RP,Schepens M,Thijssen J,van Asseldonk M,van den Berg E,Bridge J,Schuuring E,Schoenmakers EF,van Kessel AG

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:First- and second-generation sequencing technologies have led the way in revolutionizing the field of genomics and beyond, motivating an astonishing number of scientific advances, including enabling a more complete understanding of whole genome sequences and the information encoded therein, a more complete characteriz...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schadt EE,Turner S,Kasarskis A

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have made great strides towards identifying putative genetic events underlying the evolution of the human brain and its emergent cognitive capacities. One of the most intriguing findings is the recurrent identification of adaptive evolution in genes associated with primary microcephaly, a developmental ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mekel-Bobrov N,Posthuma D,Gilbert SL,Lind P,Gosso MF,Luciano M,Harris SE,Bates TC,Polderman TJ,Whalley LJ,Fox H,Starr JM,Evans PD,Montgomery GW,Fernandes C,Heutink P,Martin NG,Boomsma DI,Deary IJ,Wright MJ,de Geus

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twist1 is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, essential during early development in mammals. While Twist1 induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), here we show that Twist1 overexpression enhances nuclear and mitotic aberrations. This is accompanied by an increase in whole chromosomal copy number ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Khot M,Sreekumar D,Jahagirdar S,Kulkarni A,Hari K,Faseela EE,Sabarinathan R,Jolly MK,Sengupta K

更新日期：2020-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Galphaq, encoded by the human GNAQ gene, is an effector subunit of the Gq heterotrimeric G-protein and the convergence point for signaling of multiple Gq-coupled neurohormonal receptors. To identify naturally occurring mutations that could modify GNAQ transcription, we examined genomic DNA isolated from 355 normal sub...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liggett SB,Kelly RJ,Parekh RR,Matkovich SJ,Benner BJ,Hahn HS,Syed FM,Galvez AS,Case KL,McGuire N,Odley AM,Sparks L,Kardia SL,Dorn GW 2nd

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Mannosidosis is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the MAN2B1 gene. The clinical presentation of α-mannosidosis is variable, but typically includes mental retardation, skeletal abnormalities and immune deficiency. In order to understand the molecular aetiology of α-mannosidosis, we describe here the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kuokkanen E,Riise Stensland HM,Smith W,Kjeldsen Buvang E,Van Nguyen L,Nilssen Ø,Heikinheimo P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkin is a multifunctional protein, including maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis. Recent evidence suggests that Parkin is recruited from the cytoplasm to damaged mitochondria with low membrane potential. We found that intracellular localization of Parkin changed with cellular growth phase. Parkin was preferentiall...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kuroda Y,Sako W,Goto S,Sawada T,Uchida D,Izumi Y,Takahashi T,Kagawa N,Matsumoto M,Matsumoto M,Takahashi R,Kaji R,Mitsui T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease is a devastating neurodegenerative condition associated with the formation of intraneuronal aggregates by mutant huntingtin. Aggregate formation is a property shared by the nine related diseases caused by polyglutamine codon expansion mutations and also by other neurodegenerative conditions like P...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vacher C,Garcia-Oroz L,Rubinsztein DC

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease is caused by an expanded polyglutamine tract in huntingtin protein, leading to accumulation of huntingtin in the nuclei of striatal neurons. The 18 amino-acid amino-terminus of huntingtin is an amphipathic alpha helical membrane-binding domain that can reversibly target to vesicles and the endopla...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Atwal RS,Xia J,Pinchev D,Taylor J,Epand RM,Truant R

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Mutations in the DFNB31 gene encoding the PDZ scaffold protein whirlin are causative for hearing loss in man and mouse. Whirlin is known to be essential for the elongation process of the stereocilia of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, though its complete spatial and temporal expression patterns remained elusive. H...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： van Wijk E,van der Zwaag B,Peters T,Zimmermann U,Te Brinke H,Kersten FF,Märker T,Aller E,Hoefsloot LH,Cremers CW,Cremers FP,Wolfrum U,Knipper M,Roepman R,Kremer H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00