15q11-13 GABAA receptor genes are normally biallelically expressed in brain yet are subject to epigenetic dysregulation in autism-spectrum disorders.

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：:Accumulating data suggest a link between alterations/deficiencies in cytoskeletal proteins and the progression of cardiomyopathy and heart failure, although the molecular basis for this link remains unclear. Cypher/ZASP is a cytoskeletal protein localized in the sarcomeric Z-line. Mutations in its encoding gene have b...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zheng M,Cheng H,Li X,Zhang J,Cui L,Ouyang K,Han L,Zhao T,Gu Y,Dalton ND,Bang ML,Peterson KL,Chen J

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The autosomal recessive mouse mutation retinal degeneration 6 (rd6) causes small, white retinal spots and progressive photoreceptor degeneration similar to that observed in human flecked retinal diseases. Using a positional cloning approach, we determined that rd6 mice carry a splice donor mutation in the mouse homolo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kameya S,Hawes NL,Chang B,Heckenlively JR,Naggert JK,Nishina PM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are beneficial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Osteopontin (OPN), the protein product of SPP1, plays a role in DMD pathology modulating muscle inflammation and regeneration. A polymorphism in the SPP1 promoter (rs28357094) has been recognized as a genetic modifier of DMD, and there is evidence su...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vianello S,Pantic B,Fusto A,Bello L,Galletta E,Borgia D,Gavassini BF,Semplicini C,Sorarù G,Vitiello L,Pegoraro E

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer demonstrates the highest mortality in the UK. Previous studies have implicated allelic loss at chromosome 17q in the development of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), and a number of known and putative tumour-suppressor genes reside within this region. One candidate tumour-suppressor gene is cytoglobin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xinarianos G,McRonald FE,Risk JM,Bowers NL,Nikolaidis G,Field JK,Liloglou T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced sarcolemmal integrity in dystrophin-deficient muscles of mdx mice and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients has been reported to result in altered calcium homeostasis. Previous studies have shown a correlative relationship between calcium-dependent protease (calpain) activity in dystrophic muscle and musc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Spencer MJ,Mellgren RL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coproporphyrinogen oxidase is a mitochondrial heme-biosynthetic enzyme that converts coproporphyrinogen to protoporphyrinogen. Inherited deficiency of this enzyme causes the human genetic disease hereditary coproporphyria. Recently, we isolated, sequenced and expressed the cDNA encoding human coproporphyrinogen oxidas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Martasek P,Nordmann Y,Grandchamp B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During human spermatogenesis, germ cells undergo dynamic changes in chromatin organization/re-packaging and in transcriptomes. In order to better understand the underlying mechanism(s), scATAC-Seq of 5376 testicular cells from 3 normal men were performed. Data were analyzed in parallel with the scRNA-Seq data of human...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu X,Lu M,Yun D,Gao S,Chen S,Hu L,Wu Y,Wang X,Duan E,Cheng CY,Sun F

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Several human inherited diseases have been localized to the Xq13.3 region of the human X chromosome (X-linked dystonia with Parkinsonism, sideroblastic anemia, SCID, Menkes disease and X-linked mental retardation loci). Genes involved in the phenotypes have been isolated for only two of them (Menkes and SCIDX). It was...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gecz J,Pollard H,Consalez G,Villard L,Stayton C,Millasseau P,Khrestchatisky M,Fontes M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X Syndrome is the most common form of hereditary mental retardation. It is caused by a large expansion of the CGG trinucleotide repeat (>200 repeats) in the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of the FMR1 gene that leads to silencing of its transcript. Individuals with CGG repeat expansions approximately between 60 a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sofola OA,Jin P,Botas J,Nelson DL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a consanguineous couple who lost four pregnancies associated with skeletal dysplasia. Radiological examination of one fetus was inconclusive. Parental exome sequencing showed that both parents were heterozygous for a novel missense variant, p.(Pro133Leu), in the SLC35D1 gene encoding a nucleotide...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rautengarten C,Quarrell OW,Stals K,Caswell RC,De Franco E,Baple E,Burgess N,Jokhi R,Heazlewood JL,Offiah AC,Ebert B,Ellard S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome is characterized at the molecular level by expansion and methylation of a CGG trinucleotide repeat located within the FMR1 locus. The tissues of most full mutation carriers are mosaic for repeat size, but these mutational patterns tend to be well conserved when comparing multiple tissues within ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Burman RW,Popovich BW,Jacky PB,Turker MS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) protein is a pain receptor that elicits a hot sensation when an organism eats the capsaicin of red chili peppers. This calcium (Ca2+)-permeable cation channel is mostly expressed in the peripheral nervous system sensory neurons but also in the central nervous system...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kim J,Lee S,Kim J,Ham S,Park JHY,Han S,Jung YK,Shim I,Han JS,Lee KW,Kim J

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human embryo development occurs through a process that encompasses reprogramming, sequential cleavage divisions and mitotic chromosome segregation and embryonic genome activation. Chromosomal abnormalities may arise during germ cell and/or pre-implantation embryo development, and are a major cause of spontaneous misca...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ambartsumyan G,Clark AT

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hundreds of genome-wide association studies-implicated loci have been reported for adult obesity-related traits, less is known about the genetics specific for early-onset obesity and with only a few studies conducted in non-European populations to date. Searching for additional genetic variants associated wit...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bradfield JP,Vogelezang S,Felix JF,Chesi A,Helgeland Ø,Horikoshi M,Karhunen V,Lowry E,Cousminer DL,Ahluwalia TS,Thiering E,Boh ET,Zafarmand MH,Vilor-Tejedor N,Wang CA,Joro R,Chen Z,Gauderman WJ,Pitkänen N,Parra EJ,

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report identification of a novel genetic locus (GLC1P) for normal tension glaucoma (NTG) on chromosome 12q14 using linkage studies of an African-American pedigree (maximum non-parametric linkage score = 19.7, max LOD score = 2.7). Subsequent comparative genomic hybridization and quantitative polymerase chain reacti...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fingert JH,Robin AL,Stone JL,Roos BR,Davis LK,Scheetz TE,Bennett SR,Wassink TH,Kwon YH,Alward WL,Mullins RF,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：2011-06-15 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：:Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder that results from the expansion of a cryptic CAG repeat within the exon 1 of the SCA2 gene. The CAG repeat in normal individuals varies in length from 14 to 31 repeats and is frequently interrupted by one or more CAA triplets, whereas ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Choudhry S,Mukerji M,Srivastava AK,Jain S,Brahmachari SK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hay-Wells syndrome, also known as ankyloblepharon-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting (AEC) syndrome (OMIM 106260), is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by congenital ectodermal dysplasia, including alopecia, scalp infections, dystrophic nails, hypodontia, ankyloblepharon and cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： McGrath JA,Duijf PH,Doetsch V,Irvine AD,de Waal R,Vanmolkot KR,Wessagowit V,Kelly A,Atherton DJ,Griffiths WA,Orlow SJ,van Haeringen A,Ausems MG,Yang A,McKeon F,Bamshad MA,Brunner HG,Hamel BC,van Bokhoven H

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Cone photoreceptors (cones) are essential for high-resolution daylight vision and colour perception. Loss of cones in hereditary retinal diseases has a dramatic impact on human vision. The mechanisms underlying cone death are poorly understood, and consequently, there are no treatments available. Previous studies sugg...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kulkarni M,Trifunović D,Schubert T,Euler T,Paquet-Durand F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene B lymphocyte kinase (BLK) is associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and several other autoimmune disorders. The disease risk haplotype is known to be associated with reduced expression of BLK mRNA transcript in human B cell lines; however, little is known about cis-regulation of BL...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Simpfendorfer KR,Olsson LM,Manjarrez Orduño N,Khalili H,Simeone AM,Katz MS,Lee AT,Diamond B,Gregersen PK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the cone photoreceptor phosphodiesterase (PDE6C) have been recently reported in patients with autosomal recessive inherited achromatopsia (ACHM) and early-onset cone photoreceptor dysfunction. Here we present the results of a comprehensive study on PDE6C mutation...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grau T,Artemyev NO,Rosenberg T,Dollfus H,Haugen OH,Cumhur Sener E,Jurklies B,Andreasson S,Kernstock C,Larsen M,Zrenner E,Wissinger B,Kohl S

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomeric α-actinins (α-actinin-2 and -3) are a major component of the Z-disk in skeletal muscle, where they crosslink actin and other structural proteins to maintain an ordered myofibrillar array. Homozygosity for the common null polymorphism (R577X) in ACTN3 results in the absence of fast fiber-specific α-actinin-3...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Seto JT,Lek M,Quinlan KG,Houweling PJ,Zheng XF,Garton F,MacArthur DG,Raftery JM,Garvey SM,Hauser MA,Yang N,Head SI,North KN

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human RPGR gene cause one of the most common and severe forms of inherited retinal dystrophy, but the function of its protein product remains unclear. We have identified two genes resembling human RPGR (ZFRPGR1, ZFRPGR2) in zebrafish (Danio rerio), both of which are expressed within the nascent and ad...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shu X,Zeng Z,Gautier P,Lennon A,Gakovic M,Patton EE,Wright AF

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades the search for disease causing variants has been focusing exclusively on the coding genome. This highly selective approach has been extremely successful resulting in the identification of thousands of disease genes, but ignores the functional and therefore disease relevance of the rest of the gen...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Spielmann M,Mundlos S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, also known as Kennedy's disease) is one of nine neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by expansion of polyglutamine-encoding CAG repeats. Intracellular accumulation of abnormal proteins in these diseases, a pathological hallmark, is associated with defects in protein hom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bott LC,Badders NM,Chen KL,Harmison GG,Bautista E,Shih CC,Katsuno M,Sobue G,Taylor JP,Dantuma NP,Fischbeck KH,Rinaldi C

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported increased mitochondrial fission and decreased fusion, increased amyloid beta (Aβ) interaction with the mitochondrial fission protein Drp1, increased mitochondrial fragmentation, impaired axonal transport of mitochondria and synaptic degeneration in neurons affected by AD. In the present study, we ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Manczak M,Reddy PH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex inherited spinal deformity whose etiology has been elusive. While common genetic variants are associated with AIS, they explain only a small portion of disease risk. To explore the role of rare variants in AIS susceptibility, exome sequence data of 391 severe AIS case...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haller G,Alvarado D,Mccall K,Yang P,Cruchaga C,Harms M,Goate A,Willing M,Morcuende JA,Baschal E,Miller NH,Wise C,Dobbs MB,Gurnett CA

更新日期：2016-01-01 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