Over-expression of alpha-synuclein in human neural progenitors leads to specific changes in fate and differentiation.

abstract：:We previously showed that disruptive complex I mutations in mitochondrial DNA are the main genetic hallmark of oncocytic tumors of the thyroid and kidney. We here report a high frequency of homoplasmic disruptive mutations in a large panel of oncocytic pituitary and head-and-neck tumors. The presence of such mutations...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Ceccarelli C,Lang M,Cenacchi G,Capristo M,Pennisi LF,Morra I,Ciccarelli E,Melcarne A,Bartoletti-Stella A,Salfi N,Tallini G,Martinuzzi A,Carelli V,Attimonelli M,Rugolo M,Romeo G,Gasparre G

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM70, a 21-kDa protein localized in the inner mitochondrial membrane, has been shown to facilitate the biogenesis of mammalian F1Fo ATP synthase. Mutations of the TMEM70 gene represent the most frequent cause of isolated ATP synthase deficiency resulting in a severe mitochondrial disease presenting as neonatal encep...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vrbacký M,Kovalčíková J,Chawengsaksophak K,Beck IM,Mráček T,Nůsková H,Sedmera D,Papoušek F,Kolář F,Sobol M,Hozák P,Sedlacek R,Houštěk J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), (bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma), is an autosomal dominant human skin disorder. Recently, we and others have described mutations in keratins 1 and 10 (K1 and K10) in patients with this disease. Structure-function models predict that these mutations would impair normal...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rothnagel JA,Fisher MP,Axtell SM,Pittelkow MR,Anton-Lamprecht I,Huber M,Hohl D,Roop DR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) was first described as a potential mammalian cell transducing system, frequent reports purportedly solving the problems of scalable production have appeared. Yet few of these processes have enabled the development of robust and economical rAAV production. Two production ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kotin RM

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetics of Holoprosencephaly (HPE), a congenital malformation of the developing human forebrain, is due to multiple genetic defects. Most genes that have been implicated in HPE belong to the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway. Here we describe a new candidate gene isolated from array comparative genomic hybridization r...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dupé V,Rochard L,Mercier S,Le Pétillon Y,Gicquel I,Bendavid C,Bourrouillou G,Kini U,Thauvin-Robinet C,Bohan TP,Odent S,Dubourg C,David V

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous inv mice lack a functional inversin protein and exhibit situs inversus plus severe cystic changes in the kidney and pancreas. Although the inversin sequence has provided few clues to its function, we and others have previously identified calmodulin as a binding partner. We now provide evidence that inversin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Morgan D,Eley L,Sayer J,Strachan T,Yates LM,Craighead AS,Goodship JA

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the analysis of a prospective multicentre study to investigate genetic effects on the prognosis of newly treated epilepsy. Patients with a new clinical diagnosis of epilepsy requiring medication were recruited and followed up prospectively. The clinical outcome was defined as freedom from seizures for a min...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Speed D,Hoggart C,Petrovski S,Tachmazidou I,Coffey A,Jorgensen A,Eleftherohorinou H,De Iorio M,Todaro M,De T,Smith D,Smith PE,Jackson M,Cooper P,Kellett M,Howell S,Newton M,Yerra R,Tan M,French C,Reuber M,Sills

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a lipid-signaling molecule produced by sphingosine kinase in response to a wide number of stimuli. By acting through a family of widely expressed G protein-coupled receptors, S1P regulates diverse physiological processes. Here we examined the role of S1P signaling in neurodegeneration ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu YP,Mizugishi K,Bektas M,Sandhoff R,Proia RL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon that causes parent-origin-specific monoallelic expression of a small subset of genes, known as imprinted genes, by parentally inherited epigenetic marks. Imprinted genes at the delta-like homolog 1 gene (Dlk1)-type III iodothyronine deiodinase gene (Dio3) imprinted domain, regulated ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Saito T,Hara S,Kato T,Tamano M,Muramatsu A,Asahara H,Takada S

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing the mouse homologue of the human choroideremia cDNA as a probe, we have identified a homologous human gene. The consensus cDNA of this gene, designated human choroideremia-like (hCHML) gene, encompasses an open reading frame of 1968 base pairs. The deduced polypeptide of hCHML displays several regions of hom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cremers FP,Molloy CM,van de Pol DJ,van den Hurk JA,Bach I,Geurts van Kessel AH,Ropers HH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoglycans are a group of single-pass transmembrane glycoproteins. In striated muscle, sarcoglycans interact with dystrophin and other dystrophin-associated proteins (DAPs) to form the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex (DGC). The DGC protects the sarcolemma from contraction-induced injury. Duchenne muscular...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li D,Long C,Yue Y,Duan D

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) is an inherited immunodeficiency resulting from mutations in the gene for a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase (Btk). We have utilised reverse-transcription-based PCR in combination with the chemical cleavage and mismatch technique (CCM) to screen for Btk mutations in 42 unrelated p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jin H,Webster AD,Vihinen M,Sideras P,Vorechovsky I,Hammarstróm L,Bernatowska-Matuszkiewicz E,Smith CI,Bobrow M,Vetrie D

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large expansions of hexanucleotide GGGGCC (G4C2) repeats (hundreds to thousands) in the first intron of the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) locus are the strongest known genetic factor associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Different hypotheses exist about the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Swaminathan A,Bouffard M,Liao M,Ryan S,Callister JB,Pickering-Brown SM,Armstrong GAB,Drapeau P

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gene HIC1 (hypermethylated in cancer) maps to chromosome 17p13.3 and is deleted in the contiguous gene disorder Miller-Dieker syndrome (MDS) [Makos-Wales et al. (1995) Nature Med., 1, 570-577; Chong et al. (1996) Genome Res., 6, 735-741]. We isolated the murine homologue Hic1, encoding a zinc-finger protein ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grimm C,Spörle R,Schmid TE,Adler ID,Adamski J,Schughart K,Graw J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration in serum is elevated in atopic diseases such as asthma. A large genomic region on chromosome 5 has previously been implicated in the control of IgE levels and bronchial hyperreactivity and may, therefore, harbor genes predisposing to asthma. In an effort to confirm this linkage and...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Laitinen T,Kauppi P,Ignatius J,Ruotsalainen T,Daly MJ,Kääriäinen H,Kruglyak L,Laitinen H,de la Chapelle A,Lander ES,Laitinen LA,Kere J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-TDP) are two neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of TDP-43. TDP-43 is proteolitically cleaved to generate two major C-terminal fragments of 35 and 25 kDa. The latter, known as TDP-25, is a consistent feature of FT...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Caccamo A,Shaw DM,Guarino F,Messina A,Walker AW,Oddo S

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Long range restriction site maps of 13 Mb of mouse chromosome 1 and 11 Mb of human chromosome 1 were constructed using a framework provided by a detailed mouse genetic map. Where an unambiguous gene order could be determined in both species (14 genes), the human and mouse orders were identical. In addition, the distan...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Oakey RJ,Watson ML,Seldin MF

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDH3/P-cadherin is a classical cadherin. Overexpression of which has been associated with proliferative lesions of high histological grade, decreased cell polarity and poor survival of patients with breast cancer. In vitro studies showed that it can be up-regulated by ICI 182,780, suggesting that the lack of ERalpha s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Albergaria A,Ribeiro AS,Pinho S,Milanezi F,Carneiro V,Sousa B,Sousa S,Oliveira C,Machado JC,Seruca R,Paredes J,Schmitt F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that AWT1 and WT1-AS are functionally imprinted in human kidney. In the adult kidney, expression of both transcripts is restricted to the paternal allele, with the silent maternal allele retaining methylation at the WT1 antisense regulatory region (WT1 ARR). Here, we report characterization of...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hancock AL,Brown KW,Moorwood K,Moon H,Holmgren C,Mardikar SH,Dallosso AR,Klenova E,Loukinov D,Ohlsson R,Lobanenkov VV,Malik K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood levels of adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted protein correlated with metabolic and cardiovascular risks, are highly heritable. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies for adiponectin levels have identified 14 loci harboring variants associated with blood levels of adiponectin. To identify novel adiponectin-associa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu Y,Gao H,Li H,Tabara Y,Nakatochi M,Chiu YF,Park EJ,Wen W,Adair LS,Borja JB,Cai Q,Chang YC,Chen P,Croteau-Chonka DC,Fogarty MP,Gan W,He CT,Hsiung CA,Hwu CM,Ichihara S,Igase M,Jo J,Kato N,Kawamoto R,Kuzawa

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene function in cancer can be disrupted either through genetic alterations, which directly mutate or delete genes, or epigenetic alterations, which alter the heritable state of gene expression. The latter events are mediated by formation of transcriptionally repressive chromatin states around gene transcription start...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Baylin SB,Esteller M,Rountree MR,Bachman KE,Schuebel K,Herman JG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single variant approaches have been successful in identifying DNA methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTL), although as with complex traits they lack the statistical power to identify the effects from rare genetic variants. We have undertaken extensive analyses to identify regions of low frequency and rare...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Richardson TG,Shihab HA,Hemani G,Zheng J,Hannon E,Mill J,Carnero-Montoro E,Bell JT,Lyttleton O,McArdle WL,Ring SM,Rodriguez S,Campbell C,Smith GD,Relton CL,Timpson NJ,Gaunt TR

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:To investigate the putative role of BRCA1, a gene involved in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, in sporadic ovarian tumors among Japanese women, we examined 76 unselected primary ovarian cancers for mutations in the coding region of BRCA1 using the single-strand conformation polymorphism technique. Although no som...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Matsushima M,Kobayashi K,Emi M,Saito H,Saito J,Suzumori K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation (DNAm) has been linked to changes in chromatin structure, gene expression and disease. The DNAm level can be affected by genetic variation; although, how this differs by CpG dinucleotide density and genic location of the DNAm site is not well understood. Moreover, the effect of disease causing variants...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rowlatt A,Hernández-Suárez G,Sanabria-Salas MC,Serrano-López M,Rawlik K,Hernandez-Illan E,Alenda C,Castillejo A,Soto JL,Haley CS,Tenesa A

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited genetic disease caused by mutant huntingtin (htt) protein with expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts. A neuropathological hallmark of HD is the presence of neuronal inclusions of mutant htt. p62 is an important regulatory protein in selective autophagy, a process by ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kurosawa M,Matsumoto G,Kino Y,Okuno M,Kurosawa-Yamada M,Washizu C,Taniguchi H,Nakaso K,Yanagawa T,Warabi E,Shimogori T,Sakurai T,Hattori N,Nukina N

更新日期：2015-02-15 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：:Differential allelic expression has been shown to be common in mice, humans and maize, and variability in the expression of polymorphic alleles has been associated with human disease. Here, we describe the differential expression pattern of Paraoxonase-1, a gene involved in lipid metabolism and implicated in the forma...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Parker-Katiraee L,Bousiaki E,Monk D,Moore GE,Nakabayashi K,Scherer SW

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00