LETM1, deleted in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is required for normal mitochondrial morphology and cellular viability.

abstract：:Muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB), an autosomal recessive disorder prevalent in Finland, is characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, brain malformation and ocular abnormalities. Since the MEB phenotype overlaps substantially with those of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) and Walker-Warburg syndro...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Taniguchi K,Kobayashi K,Saito K,Yamanouchi H,Ohnuma A,Hayashi YK,Manya H,Jin DK,Lee M,Parano E,Falsaperla R,Pavone P,Van Coster R,Talim B,Steinbrecher A,Straub V,Nishino I,Topaloglu H,Voit T,Endo T,Toda T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat in the first exon of the HD gene, which results in a toxic polyglutamine stretch within huntingtin, the protein it encodes. Understanding the normal function of this essential protein is vital to u...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Strehlow AN,Li JZ,Myers RM

更新日期：2007-02-15 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：:Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) disease is a rare, neurodegenerative lysosomal cholesterol storage disorder, typified by progressive cognitive and motor function impairment. Affected individuals usually succumb to the disease in adolescence. 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) has emerged as a promising intervention that ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tortelli B,Fujiwara H,Bagel JH,Zhang J,Sidhu R,Jiang X,Yanjanin NM,Shankar RK,Carillo-Carasco N,Heiss J,Ottinger E,Porter FD,Schaffer JE,Vite CH,Ory DS

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of BRCA1 in breast and ovarian tumor suppression has been primarily ascribed to the maintenance of genome integrity. BRCA1 interacts with components of the non-homologous end-joining pathway previously shown to play a role in telomere maintenance in yeast. Here, we provide evidence that links Brca1 with telom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： McPherson JP,Hande MP,Poonepalli A,Lemmers B,Zablocki E,Migon E,Shehabeldin A,Porras A,Karaskova J,Vukovic B,Squire J,Hakem R

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) deficiency is the major cause of homocystinuria in humans. The most frequent symptoms of homocystinuria include: dislocated optic lenses, vascular disorders, skeletal abnormalities and mental retardation. Patients with this deficiency have elevated levels of homocyst(e)ine, methionine...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kraus JP,Le K,Swaroop M,Ohura T,Tahara T,Rosenberg LE,Roper MD,Kozich V

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We, amongst others, have shown that CC homozygosity at the -22C>T promoter polymorphism in presenilin 1 (PSEN1) is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also, studies in AD brains suggested that CC homozygosity increased the risk for AD by increasing the Abeta load. We characterized the PSEN1 pr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Theuns J,Remacle J,Killick R,Corsmit E,Vennekens K,Huylebroeck D,Cruts M,Van Broeckhoven C

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral sensory perception is established through an elaborate network of specialized neurons that mediate the translation of extraorganismal stimuli through the use of a broad array of receptors and downstream effector molecules. Studies of human genetic disorders, as well as mouse and other animal models, have id...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tan PL,Katsanis N

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the gamma chain of the lymphocyte interleukin-2 receptor has been cloned and shown to be required to associate with the beta chain in order for IL-2 internalization and cell activation to occur (1). We considered this gene, IL2RG, a candidate for the X-linked form of severe combined immunodeficiency ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Puck JM,Deschênes SM,Porter JC,Dutra AS,Brown CJ,Willard HF,Henthorn PS

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Dysfunction of mitochondrial translation is an increasingly important molecular cause of human disease, but structural defects of mitochondrial ribosomal subunits are rare. We used next-generation sequencing to identify a homozygous variant in the mitochondrial small ribosomal protein 14 (MRPS14, uS14m) in a patient m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jackson CB,Huemer M,Bolognini R,Martin F,Szinnai G,Donner BC,Richter U,Battersby BJ,Nuoffer JM,Suomalainen A,Schaller A

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome, a common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). As a selective RNA-binding protein, FMRP is localized predominately in cytoplasm, where it regulates translational control. However, there is a small portion of FMRP present in the n...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang W,Cheng Y,Li Y,Chen Z,Jin P,Chen D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy, deafness, onychodystrophy, osteodystrophy and intellectual disability are associated with a spectrum of mutations of human TBC1D24. The mechanisms underlying TBC1D24-associated disorders and the functions of TBC1D24 are not well understood. Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, we engineered a mouse with a prema...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tona R,Chen W,Nakano Y,Reyes LD,Petralia RS,Wang YX,Starost MF,Wafa TT,Morell RJ,Cravedi KD,du Hoffmann J,Miyoshi T,Munasinghe JP,Fitzgerald TS,Chudasama Y,Omori K,Pierpaoli C,Banfi B,Dong L,Belyantseva IA,Friedma

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target genes for the helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF), a member of the SNF/SWI family, were immunoprecipitated from HeLa chromatin fragments with an anti-HLTF antibody. A 182 bp fragment ( HEFT1 ) presented 87% sequence identity with 3.3 kb dispersed repeats from the 4q35 D4Z4 locus linked to facioscapulohume...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ding H,Beckers MC,Plaisance S,Marynen P,Collen D,Belayew A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN, a tumor suppressor phosphatase that dephosphorylates both protein and lipid substrates, is mutated in both heritable and sporadic breast cancer. Until recently, PTEN-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were thought to occur through its well-documented cytoplasmic activities. We have shown that PTEN localize...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chung JH,Ostrowski MC,Romigh T,Minaguchi T,Waite KA,Eng C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Taiwan Biobank (TWB) aims to build a nationwide research database that integrates genomic/epigenomic profiles, lifestyle patterns, dietary habits, environmental exposure history and long-term health outcomes of 300,000 residents of Taiwan. We describe here an investigation of the population structure of Han Chines...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen CH,Yang JH,Chiang CWK,Hsiung CN,Wu PE,Chang LC,Chu HW,Chang J,Song IW,Yang SL,Chen YT,Liu FT,Shen CY

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine individuals have been identified with deletions or translocations involving the short arm of chromosome 5. While most display the classical phenotype of the cri-du-chat syndrome, several of the patients do not have the syndrome or have only a subset of the clinical features. Somatic cell hybrids containing ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Overhauser J,Huang X,Gersh M,Wilson W,McMahon J,Bengtsson U,Rojas K,Meyer M,Wasmuth JJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease, a prevalent lysosomal storage disease (LSD), is caused by insufficient activity of acid β-glucosidase (GCase) and the resultant glucosylceramide (GC)/glucosylsphingosine (GS) accumulation in visceral organs (Type 1) and the central nervous system (Types 2 and 3). Recent clinical and genetic studies im...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xu YH,Xu K,Sun Y,Liou B,Quinn B,Li RH,Xue L,Zhang W,Setchell KD,Witte D,Grabowski GA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are vital eukaryotic organelles that participate in lipid metabolism, in particular the metabolism of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA). The biogenesis of peroxisomes is regulated by a set of peroxin proteins (PEX). In humans, mutations affecting peroxin protein production or function result in devastati...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen H,Liu Z,Huang X

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CREB-binding protein (CBP, CREBBP, KAT3A) and its closely related paralogue p300 (EP300, KAT3B), together termed p300/CBP, are histone/lysine acetyl-transferases that control gene expression by modifying chromatin-associated proteins. Here, we report roles for both of these chromatin-modifying enzymes in mouse sex det...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Carré GA,Siggers P,Xipolita M,Brindle P,Lutz B,Wells S,Greenfield A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculodentodigital syndrome (ODD) is a congenital, autosomal dominant disorder which affects the development of the face, eyes, limbs and dentition. Spastic paraparesis is thought to be an occasional manifestation of the disorder. Type III syndactyly, which occurs as part of ODD, has also been reported to occur as an i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gladwin A,Donnai D,Metcalfe K,Schrander-Stumpel C,Brueton L,Verloes A,Aylsworth A,Toriello H,Winter R,Dixon M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal-coloboma syndrome, also known as papillorenal syndrome, is an autosomal dominant human disorder in which optic disc coloboma is associated with kidney abnormalities. Mutations in the paired domain transcription factor PAX2 have been found to be the underlying cause of this disease. Disease severity varies betwee...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cross SH,McKie L,West K,Coghill EL,Favor J,Bhattacharya S,Brown SD,Jackson IJ

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5 ) has been shown to play an important role in determining plasma triglyceride concentrations in humans. We describe here a novel variant, c.553G>T, in the apolipoprotein A5 gene that is associated with hypertriglyceridemia. In contrast to some other polymorphisms, which occur in non-c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kao JT,Wen HC,Chien KL,Hsu HC,Lin SW

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Losing of ovarian functions prior to natural menopause age causes female infertility and early menopause. Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as the loss of ovarian activity before 40 years of age. Known genetic causes account for 25-30% of POI cases, demonstrating the high genetic heterogeneity of POI an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen Q,Ke H,Luo X,Wang L,Wu Y,Tang S,Li J,Jin L,Zhang F,Qin Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenilins 1 and 2 (PS1/2), causative molecules for familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), are multipass transmembrane proteins localized predominantly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus. Heteromeric protein complexes containing PS1/2 are thought to participate in several functions, including intramem...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang HQ,Nakaya Y,Du Z,Yamane T,Shirane M,Kudo T,Takeda M,Takebayashi K,Noda Y,Nakayama KI,Nishimura M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional impairment of the human homeobox gene SHOX causes short stature and Madelung deformity in Leri-Weill syndrome (LWS) and has recently been implicated in additional skeletal malformations frequently observed in Turner syndrome. To enhance our understanding of the underlying mechanism of action, we have establ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rao E,Blaschke RJ,Marchini A,Niesler B,Burnett M,Rappold GA

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a 448-amino-acid head-to-tail dimeric enzyme that hydrolyzes triglycerides within capillaries. LPL is secreted by parenchymal cells into the interstitial spaces; it then binds to GPIHBP1 (glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high density lipoprotein-binding protein 1) on the basolateral fa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gin P,Goulbourne CN,Adeyo O,Beigneux AP,Davies BS,Tat S,Voss CV,Bensadoun A,Fong LG,Young SG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyglutamine diseases are a family of nine neurodegenerative disorders caused by expansion in different genes of a CAG triplet repeat stretch, which encodes an elongated polyglutamine tract. This polyglutamine tract is thought to confer a toxic gain of function to the bearing proteins, which leads to late onset and p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pennuto M,Palazzolo I,Poletti A

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrum of complex oligogenic disorders called the ciliopathies have been connected to dysfunction of cilia. Among the ciliopathies are Nephronophthisis (NPHP), characterized by cystic kidney disease and retinal degeneration, and Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS), a gestational lethal condition with skeletal abnormaliti...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Masyukova SV,Winkelbauer ME,Williams CL,Pieczynski JN,Yoder BK

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by tumours of the parathyroids, pancreas and anterior pituitary that represents one of the familial cancer syndromes. The MEN1 locus has been previously localised to chromosome 11q13, and a <300 kb gene-rich region flanked centr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lemmens I,Van de Ven WJ,Kas K,Zhang CX,Giraud S,Wautot V,Buisson N,De Witte K,Salandre J,Lenoir G,Pugeat M,Calender A,Parente F,Quincey D,Gaudray P,De Wit MJ,Lips CJ,Höppener JW,Khodaei S,Grant AL,Weber G,Kytölä

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00