Usher syndromes due to MYO7A, PCDH15, USH2A or GPR98 mutations share retinal disease mechanism.

abstract：:Uterine leiomyomata (UL), also known as fibroids, are the most common pelvic tumors in women of reproductive age and are the primary indication for hysterectomy in the USA. Many lines of evidence indicate a strong genetic component to the development of these tumors. In fact, approximately 40% of UL have non-random, t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hodge JC,Morton CC

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the nuclear receptor gene, NR2E3, cause a disorder of human retinal photoreceptor development characterized by hyperfunction and excess of the minority S (short wavelength or blue) cone photoreceptor type, but near absence of function of the majority rod receptor. NR2E3 disease can also progress to blindn...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jacobson SG,Sumaroka A,Aleman TS,Cideciyan AV,Schwartz SB,Roman AJ,McInnes RR,Sheffield VC,Stone EM,Swaroop A,Wright AF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental genetic relatedness may lead to adverse health and fitness outcomes in the offspring. However, the degree to which it affects human delivery timing is unknown. We use genotype data from ≃25 000 parent-offspring trios from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study to optimize runs of homozygosity (RO...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sole-Navais P,Bacelis J,Helgeland Ø,Modzelewska D,Vaudel M,Flatley C,Andreassen O,Njølstad PR,Muglia LJ,Johansson S,Zhang G,Jacobsson B

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In model organisms, over 2,000 genes have been shown to modulate aging, the collection of which we call the ‘gerontome’. Although some individual aging-related genes have been the subject of intense scrutiny, their analysis as a whole has been limited. In particular, the genetic interaction of aging and age-related pa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fernandes M,Wan C,Tacutu R,Barardo D,Rajput A,Wang J,Thoppil H,Thornton D,Yang C,Freitas A,de Magalhães JP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of the polyglutamine stretch in the MJD gene-encoded protein, ataxin-3. Using a series of deletion constructs expressing ataxin-3 fragments with expanded polyglutamine stretches, we observed aggregate formation and cell dea...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yoshizawa T,Yamagishi Y,Koseki N,Goto J,Yoshida H,Shibasaki F,Shoji S,Kanazawa I

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:P-selectin is an adhesion molecule, expressed at the surface of activated cells, that mediates the interaction of activated endothelial cells or platelets with leukocytes. P-selectin expression is increased in atherosclerotic plaques, and high plasma levels of this molecule have been observed in patients with unstable...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Herrmann SM,Ricard S,Nicaud V,Mallet C,Evans A,Ruidavets JB,Arveiler D,Luc G,Cambien F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minibrain (mnb) gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a serine-threonine protein kinase with an essential role in postembryonic neurogenesis. A corresponding human gene with similar function to mnb could provide important insights into both normal brain development and the abnormal brain development and mental r...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Guimerá J,Casas C,Pucharcòs C,Solans A,Domènech A,Planas AM,Ashley J,Lovett M,Estivill X,Pritchard MA

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：: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：: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：:The Menkes disease gene encodes a P-type transmembrane ATPase (ATP7A) that translocates cytosolic copper ions across intracellular membranes of compartments along the secretory pathway. ATP7A moves from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to the cell surface in response to exogenously added copper ions and recycles back to ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cobbold C,Coventry J,Ponnambalam S,Monaco AP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetic basis that leads to Lewy Body (LB) pathology in 15-20% of Alzheimer disease cases (LBV/AD) was largely unknown. Alpha-synuclein (SNCA) and Leucine-rich repeat kinase2 (LRRK2) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the prototype of LB spectrum disorders. We tested th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Linnertz C,Lutz MW,Ervin JF,Allen J,Miller NR,Welsh-Bohmer KA,Roses AD,Chiba-Falek O

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia is caused by apolipoprotein (apo) B gene mutations and is frequently associated with a truncated apo-B protein in the plasma. Homozygosity for mutations yielding a truncated apo-B is extremely rare; fewer than five true homozygotes have been described in the world's literature. These p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Young SG,Bihain B,Flynn LM,Sanan DA,Ayrault-Jarrier M,Jacotot B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma glutamyl cysteine ligase (GCL) is the rate-limiting enzyme for intracellular glutathione (GSH) synthesis. The GSH concentration and GCL activity are declining with age in the central nervous system (CNS), and is accompanied by elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS). To study the biological effects of low GSH lev...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Feng W,Rosca M,Fan Y,Hu Y,Feng P,Lee HG,Monnier VM,Fan X

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Interpretation of genetic association results is difficult because signals often lack biological context. To generate hypotheses of the functional genetic etiology of complex cardiometabolic traits, we estimated the genetically determined component of gene expression from common variants using PrediXcan (1) and determ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Petty LE,Highland HM,Gamazon ER,Hu H,Karhade M,Chen HH,de Vries PS,Grove ML,Aguilar D,Bell GI,Huff CD,Hanis CL,Doddapaneni H,Munzy DM,Gibbs RA,Ma J,Parra EJ,Cruz M,Valladares-Salgado A,Arking DE,Barbeira A,Im HK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell pathology in lysosomal storage diseases is characterized by the formation of distended vacuoles with characteristics of lysosomes. Our previous studies in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPSIIIB), a disease in which a genetic defect induces the accumulation of undigested heparan sulfate (HS) fragments, led to th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Roy E,Bruyère J,Flamant P,Bigou S,Ausseil J,Vitry S,Heard JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial tumoral calcinosis (FTC) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ectopic calcifications and elevated serum phosphate levels. Recently, mutations in the GALNT3 gene have been described to cause FTC. The FTC phenotype is regarded as the metabolic mirror image of hypophosphatemic conditions, where ca...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Benet-Pagès A,Orlik P,Strom TM,Lorenz-Depiereux B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) or Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by defects in the acid alpha-glucosidase gene, which leads to lysosomal glycogen accumulation and enlargement of the lysosomes mainly in cardiac and muscle tissues, resulting in fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and res...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Douillard-Guilloux G,Raben N,Takikita S,Batista L,Caillaud C,Richard E

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The 17 genes of the T-box family are transcriptional regulators that are involved in all stages of embryonic development, including craniofacial, brain, heart, skeleton and immune system. Malformation syndromes have been linked to many of the T-box genes. For example, haploinsufficiency of TBX1 is responsible for many...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu N,Schoch K,Luo X,Pena LDM,Bhavana VH,Kukolich MK,Stringer S,Powis Z,Radtke K,Mroske C,Deak KL,McDonald MT,McConkie-Rosell A,Markert ML,Kranz PG,Stong N,Need AC,Bick D,Amaral MD,Worthey EA,Levy S,Undiagnosed

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations in LKB1 have been reported to underlie familial Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) with intestinal hamartomatous polyps and an elevated risk of various neoplasms. To investigate the prevalence of LKB1 germline mutations in PJS more generally, we studied samples from 33 unrelated PJS patients including eig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ylikorkala A,Avizienyte E,Tomlinson IP,Tiainen M,Roth S,Loukola A,Hemminki A,Johansson M,Sistonen P,Markie D,Neale K,Phillips R,Zauber P,Twama T,Sampson J,Järvinen H,Mäkelä TP,Aaltonen LA

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:An improved understanding of the expression of the cystic fibrosis gene (CFTR) will assist our approach to preventing the organ damage caused by cystic fibrosis (CF). We have studied the expression of CFTR in human fetal tissues at different gestational ages using in situ hybridization to detect CFTR mRNA. CFTR was pr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tizzano EF,Chitayat D,Buchwald M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen neurological diseases have been associated with the expansion of trinucleotide repeat regions. These diseases have been categorized into those that give rise to the translation of toxic polyglutamine proteins and those that are untranslated. Thus far, compelling evidence has not surfaced for the inclusion of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Peel AL,Rao RV,Cottrell BA,Hayden MR,Ellerby LM,Bredesen DE

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of amyloid beta (Abeta) from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) requires cleavages by beta- and gamma-secretases and plays a crucial role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Missense mutations in the APP gene causing familial AD are clustered around the beta-, alpha- and particular gamma-secretase cleav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： De Jonghe C,Esselens C,Kumar-Singh S,Craessaerts K,Serneels S,Checler F,Annaert W,Van Broeckhoven C,De Strooper B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is caused by loss of functional survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1), resulting in death of spinal motor neurons. Current therapeutic research focuses on modulating the expression of a partially functioning copy gene, SMN2, which is reta...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rose FF Jr,Mattis VB,Rindt H,Lorson CL

更新日期：2009-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ABP-280 is a ubiquitous actin binding protein present in the cytoskeleton of many different cell types. ABP-280 was mapped to distal Xq28, 50-60 kb downstream of the Green Colour Pigment (GCP) genes. To establish if ABP-280 may be a candidate for one of the muscle disease localized by linkage analysis to distal Xq28 w...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Maestrini E,Patrosso C,Mancini M,Rivella S,Rocchi M,Repetto M,Villa A,Frattini A,Zoppè M,Vezzoni P

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations at a single locus, PKHD1, are responsible for causing human autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). Recent studies suggest that the cystic disease might result from defects in planar cell polarity, but how the 4074 amino acid ciliary protein encoded by the longest open reading frame of this tr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kaimori JY,Nagasawa Y,Menezes LF,Garcia-Gonzalez MA,Deng J,Imai E,Onuchic LF,Guay-Woodford LM,Germino GG

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00