Sonic Hedgehog, a key development gene, experienced intensified molecular evolution in primates.

abstract：:Identifying the causes of high fever syndromes such as Kawasaki disease (KD) remains challenging. To investigate pathogen exposure signatures in suspected pathogen-mediated diseases such as KD, we performed immunoglobulin (Ig) profiling using a next-generation sequencing method. After intravenous Ig (IVIG) treatment, ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ko TM,Kiyotani K,Chang JS,Park JH,Yin Yew P,Chen YT,Wu JY,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwann cells are the myelinating glia of the peripheral nervous system and dysfunction of these cells causes motor and sensory peripheral neuropathy. The transcription factor SOX10 is critical for Schwann cell development and maintenance, and many SOX10 target genes encode proteins required for Schwann cell function....

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fogarty EA,Brewer MH,Rodriguez-Molina JF,Law WD,Ma KH,Steinberg NM,Svaren J,Antonellis A

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanomas contain high frequencies of tumorigenic cells and their tumorigenic capacity resides in several distinct subpopulations within melanoma. Since their metastatic potential is linked to their ability to recruit lymphatic vessels, we aimed at identifying lymphangiogenic subpopulations by comparative in vitro ana...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Swoboda A,Schanab O,Tauber S,Bilban M,Berger W,Petzelbauer P,Mikula M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a disorder of male sexual development resulting in a wide range of clinical phenotypes. AIS is classified into two phenotypic forms: complete (CAIS) and partial (PAIS). To determine the molecular basis of the phenotypic diversity in AIS, we have studied 27 subjects (13 CAIS...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Batch JA,Williams DM,Davies HR,Brown BD,Evans BA,Hughes IA,Patterson MN

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. The purpose of this study is to identify novel genetic loci associated with the sight threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data for severe diabetic retinopathy as defined by diabetic macular edem...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grassi MA,Tikhomirov A,Ramalingam S,Below JE,Cox NJ,Nicolae DL

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL), a neurodegenerative storage disorder of childhood, is caused by mutations in the palmitoyl-protein thioesterase-1 (PPT1) gene. PPT1 cleaves thioester linkages in S-acylated (palmitoylated) proteins and its mutation causes abnormal intracellular accumulation of fatty-acy...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kim SJ,Zhang Z,Hitomi E,Lee YC,Mukherjee AB

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：: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：:Mutations of the novel renal glomerular genes NPHS1 and NPHS2 encoding nephrin and podocin cause two types of severe nephrotic syndrome presenting in early life, Finnish type congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNF) and a form of autosomal recessive familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (SRN1), respectively. To inves...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Koziell A,Grech V,Hussain S,Lee G,Lenkkeri U,Tryggvason K,Scambler P

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmalogens, the most prominent ether (phospho)lipids in mammals, are structural components of most cellular membranes. Due to their physicochemical properties and abundance in the central nervous system, a role of plasmalogens in neurotransmission has been proposed, but conclusive data are lacking. Here, we targeted...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dorninger F,König T,Scholze P,Berger ML,Zeitler G,Wiesinger C,Gundacker A,Pollak DD,Huck S,Just WW,Forss-Petter S,Pifl C,Berger J

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used inbred and congenic rat strains in F(2) segregation studies to discover epistasis in a polygenic model of hypertension. Previously, we have found evidence that the presence of a blood pressure quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 1 is conditional upon the allele status of chromosome 10. To prove t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Monti J,Plehm R,Schulz H,Ganten D,Kreutz R,Hübner N

更新日期：2003-02-15 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：:The presence of an extra Y chromosome in males is a relatively common occurrence, the 47,XYY karyotype being found in approximately 1 in 1000 male births. The error of disjunction must occur either during paternal meiosis II or as a post-zygotic mitotic error, both of which are rare events for other chromosomes. It is...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Robinson DO,Jacobs PA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamin B (FLNB) is a cytoplasmic protein that regulates the cytoskeletal network by cross-linking actin, linking cell membrane to the cytoskeleton and regulating intracellular signaling pathways responsible for skeletal development (Stossel, T.P., Condeelis, J., Cooley, L., Hartwig, J.H., Noegel, A., Schleicher, M. a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lu J,Lian G,Lenkinski R,De Grand A,Vaid RR,Bryce T,Stasenko M,Boskey A,Walsh C,Sheen V

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ARHI has been identified as a maternally imprinted tumor suppressor gene that maps to chromosome 1p31 and whose expression is markedly down-regulated in breast cancer. To explore possible mechanisms that could silence ARHI expression, we have tested the importance of DNA methylation, histone acetylation and histone me...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fujii S,Luo RZ,Yuan J,Kadota M,Oshimura M,Dent SR,Kondo Y,Issa JP,Bast RC Jr,Yu Y

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in GDAP1 lead to recessively or dominantly inherited peripheral neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, CMT), indicating that GDAP1 is essential for the viability of cells in the peripheral nervous system. GDAP1 contains domains characteristic of glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs), is located in the outer ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Noack R,Frede S,Albrecht P,Henke N,Pfeiffer A,Knoll K,Dehmel T,Meyer Zu Hörste G,Stettner M,Kieseier BC,Summer H,Golz S,Kochanski A,Wiedau-Pazos M,Arnold S,Lewerenz J,Methner A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of the 22q11.2 region distal to the 22q11.21 microdeletion syndrome region have recently been described in individuals with mental retardation and congenital anomalies. Because these deletions are mediated by low-copy repeats (LCRs), located distal to the 22q11.21 DiGeorge/velocardiofacial microdeletion regi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Coppinger J,McDonald-McGinn D,Zackai E,Shane K,Atkin JF,Asamoah A,Leland R,Weaver DD,Lansky-Shafer S,Schmidt K,Feldman H,Cohen W,Phalin J,Powell B,Ballif BC,Theisen A,Geiger E,Haldeman-Englert C,Shaikh TH,Saitta S,

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphic K variant of the butyrylcholinesterase ( BCHE-K ) gene recently has been demonstrated to have an elevated frequency in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients carrying the epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein (APO E) gene when compared with a control population. We therefore genotyped a large series of path...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Singleton AB,Smith G,Gibson AM,Woodward R,Perry RH,Ince PG,Edwardson JA,Morris CM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyglutamine expansion in certain proteins causes neurodegeneration in inherited disorders such as Huntington disease and X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy. Polyglutamine tracts promote protein aggregation in vitro and in vivo with a strict length-dependence that strongly implicates alternative protein folding an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Desai UA,Pallos J,Ma AA,Stockwell BR,Thompson LM,Marsh JL,Diamond MI

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anaemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, multiple congenital abnormalities, and an increased risk of cancer. FA cells are characterized by chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to DNA interstrand crosslinking agents. At least eight complem...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hussain S,Witt E,Huber PA,Medhurst AL,Ashworth A,Mathew CG

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. We studied 754 affected individuals, comprising 425 sibling pairs, to identify PD susceptibility genes. Screening of the parkin gene was performed in a subset of the sample having earlier age of PD onset or a positive LOD score with a marker ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pankratz N,Nichols WC,Uniacke SK,Halter C,Murrell J,Rudolph A,Shults CW,Conneally PM,Foroud T,Parkinson Study Group.

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The zebrafish has been the model of choice amongst developmental biologists for many years. This small freshwater species offers many advantages to the study of organ and tissue development that are not provided by other model systems. Against this background, modern molecular genetic approaches are being applied to e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dodd A,Curtis PM,Williams LC,Love DR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genetic mutations have been identified as monogenic causes of nephrotic syndrome (NS), but important knowledge gaps exist in the roles of these genes in kidney cell biology and renal diseases. More animal models are needed to assess the functions of these genes in vivo, and to determine how they cause NS in a tim...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fu Y,Zhu JY,Richman A,Zhao Z,Zhang F,Ray PE,Han Z

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdeletion at chromosomal position 15q13.3 has been described in intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and recently in idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Using independent IGE cohorts, we first aimed to confirm the association of 15q13.3 deletions and IGE. We then set out to determin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dibbens LM,Mullen S,Helbig I,Mefford HC,Bayly MA,Bellows S,Leu C,Trucks H,Obermeier T,Wittig M,Franke A,Caglayan H,Yapici Z,EPICURE Consortium.,Sander T,Eichler EE,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term goal of modeling Huntington's disease (HD) is to recapitulate the cardinal features of the disease in mice that express both mutant and wild-type (WT) huntingtin (Htt), as HD commonly manifests as a heterozygous condition in humans, and loss of WT Htt is associated with loss-of-function. In a new heterozyg...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Smith GA,Rocha EM,McLean JR,Hayes MA,Izen SC,Isacson O,Hallett PJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) G recently has been mapped to the X chromosome. All mammals have a Y chromosome-encoded homologue of HNRNP G called RBMY, which is implicated with a role in male fertility and is a candidate for the azoospermia factor gene. We have identified a new member of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elliott DJ,Venables JP,Newton CS,Lawson D,Boyle S,Eperon IC,Cooke HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by expansion of a glutamine repeat in huntingtin. Mutant huntingtin contains 36-55 repeats in adult HD patients and >60 repeats in juvenile HD patients. An N-terminal fragment of mutant huntingtin forms aggregates in neuronal nuclei in the brains of transgenic mice and HD patients. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li SH,Li XJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although considered the most common heritable cause of neurodevelopmental disability, precise prevalence figures for the FMR1 mutation in the general population are lacking. Since no fragile X premutation alleles have yet been observed to originate from FMR1 alleles within the normal size range, there is also little i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Reiss AL,Kazazian HH Jr,Krebs CM,McAughan A,Boehm CD,Abrams MT,Nelson DL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00