Translational readthrough by the aminoglycoside geneticin (G418) modulates SMN stability in vitro and improves motor function in SMA mice in vivo.

abstract：:Imprinting is an epigenetic mechanism leading to mono-allelic expression of imprinted genes. In order to inherit the differential epigenetic imprints from one generation to the next, these imprints have to be erased in the primordial germ cells and re-established in a sex-specific manner during gametogenesis. The exac...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Geuns E,De Rycke M,Van Steirteghem A,Liebaers I

更新日期：2003-11-15 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：:Glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD Ia) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by mutations in the G6PC gene, encoding the catalytic subunit of glucose-6-phosphatase. Early symptoms include severe fasting intolerance, failure to thrive and hepatomegaly, biochemically associated with nonketotic hypoglycemia, fasting...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Saeed A,Hoogerland JA,Wessel H,Heegsma J,Derks TGJ,van der Veer E,Mithieux G,Rajas F,Oosterveer MH,Faber KN

更新日期：2020-01-15 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：:DNA replication is a critical step for cells because of the propensity of replication forks to stall, as a consequence either of endogenous DNA damage or of the propensity of repeated sequences to form tertiary structures, which can impede fork progression. Moreover, as a result of stalled replication fork processing,...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Franchitto A,Pichierri P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, painful and debilitating disease of articulating joints resulting from the age-associated loss of cartilage. Well-powered genetic studies have identified a number of DNA polymorphisms that are associated with OA susceptibility. Like most complex trait loci, these OA loci are thought to...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rushton MD,Reynard LN,Young DA,Shepherd C,Aubourg G,Gee F,Darlay R,Deehan D,Cordell HJ,Loughlin J

更新日期：2015-12-20 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：:Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a genetically complex neuropathy that affects retinal ganglion cells and is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. WDR36, a gene of unknown function, was recently identified as causative for POAG at locus GLC1G. Subsequent studies found disease-associated variants in control popu...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Skarie JM,Link BA

更新日期：2008-08-15 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：:Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA; OMIM#253000), a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of N -acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS), has variable clinical phenotypes. To date we have identified 65 missense mutations in the GALNS gene from MPS IVA patients, but the correlation between genotype a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sukegawa K,Nakamura H,Kato Z,Tomatsu S,Montaño AM,Fukao T,Toietta G,Tortora P,Orii T,Kondo N

更新日期：2000-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Most quantitative trait loci (QTL) studies have focused on detecting the genetic effects of individual QTLs. This study thoroughly dissected the genetic components of type 2 diabetic mice, including a search for epistatic interactions and multi-locus additive effects that result in variation in diabetes-related phenot...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Togawa K,Moritani M,Yaguchi H,Itakura M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) cblB type is caused by mutations in the MMAB gene. This encodes the enzyme ATP:cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase (ATR), which converts reduced cob(I)alamin to an active adenosylcobalamin cofactor. We recently reported the presence of destabilizing pathogenic mutations that retain some resid...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jorge-Finnigan A,Brasil S,Underhaug J,Ruíz-Sala P,Merinero B,Banerjee R,Desviat LR,Ugarte M,Martinez A,Pérez B

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder characterized by loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord leading to muscle atrophy and death. Although motor neurons (MNs) are the most obviously affected cells in SMA, recent evidence suggest dysfunction in multiple cell types. Astrocytes are a crucial component of...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Patitucci TN,Ebert AD

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a polyglutamine-encoding CAG repeat expansion in the ATXN3 gene. This expansion leads to misfolding and aggregation of mutant ataxin-3 (ATXN3) and degeneration of select brain regions. A key unanswered question in SCA3 and other polyglutami...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ramani B,Panwar B,Moore LR,Wang B,Huang R,Guan Y,Paulson HL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM2 gangliosidoses are a group of lysosomal storage disorders which include Sandhoff disease and Tay-Sachs disease. Dysregulation of glutamate receptors has been recently postulated in the pathology of Sandhoff disease. Glutamate receptor association with neuronal pentraxins 1 and 2, and the neuronal pentraxin recepto...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hooper AWM,Alamilla JF,Venier RE,Gillespie DC,Igdoura SA

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation with O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is one of the protein glycosylations affecting various intracellular events. However, the role of O-GlcNAcylation in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is poorly understood. Mitochondrial adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) synthase is a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cha MY,Cho HJ,Kim C,Jung YO,Kang MJ,Murray ME,Hong HS,Choi YJ,Choi H,Kim DK,Choi H,Kim J,Dickson DW,Song HK,Cho JW,Yi EC,Kim J,Jin SM,Mook-Jung I

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in SOX18, VEGFC and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 3 underlie the hereditary lymphatic disorders hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia (HLT), Milroy-like lymphedema and Milroy disease, respectively. Genes responsible for hereditary lymphedema are key regulators of lymphatic vascular development in the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kartopawiro J,Bower NI,Karnezis T,Kazenwadel J,Betterman KL,Lesieur E,Koltowska K,Astin J,Crosier P,Vermeren S,Achen MG,Stacker SA,Smith KA,Harvey NL,François M,Hogan BM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterised by the association of branchial, otic and renal anomalies with variable degrees of severity. We have recently identified EYA1 , a human homologue of the Drosophila eyes absent gene, as the gene underlying this syndrome. The products of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Abdelhak S,Kalatzis V,Heilig R,Compain S,Samson D,Vincent C,Levi-Acobas F,Cruaud C,Le Merrer M,Mathieu M,König R,Vigneron J,Weissenbach J,Petit C,Weil D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defective gene responsible for the recessively inherited immunodeficiency X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) has been shown to encode a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase of the Src family designated Btk (Bruton's tyrosine kinase). To facilitate the search for germline mutations of the Btk gene, we have characteri...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hagemann TL,Chen Y,Rosen FS,Kwan SP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the RNA-binding protein EIF4A3 cause Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome (RCPS), an autosomal recessive condition mainly characterized by craniofacial and limb malformations. However, the pathogenic cellular mechanisms responsible for this syndrome are entirely unknown. Here, we use...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Miller EE,Kobayashi GS,Musso CM,Allen M,Ishiy FAA,de Caires LC Jr,Goulart E,Griesi-Oliveira K,Zechi-Ceide RM,Richieri-Costa A,Bertola DR,Passos-Bueno MR,Silver DL

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent analysis using family history weighting and co-observation classification modeling indicated that BRCA1 c.594-2A > C (IVS9-2A > C), previously described to cause exon 10 skipping (a truncating alteration), displays characteristics inconsistent with those of a high risk pathogenic BRCA1 variant. We used large-...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： de la Hoya M,Soukarieh O,López-Perolio I,Vega A,Walker LC,van Ierland Y,Baralle D,Santamariña M,Lattimore V,Wijnen J,Whiley P,Blanco A,Raponi M,Hauke J,Wappenschmidt B,Becker A,Hansen TV,Behar R,Investigators K,Nied

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Intronic expansion of a hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene is the major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. However, the cellular function of the C9ORF72 protein remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that C9ORF72 regulate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Farg MA,Sundaramoorthy V,Sultana JM,Yang S,Atkinson RA,Levina V,Halloran MA,Gleeson PA,Blair IP,Soo KY,King AE,Atkin JD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective loss of dopaminergic neurons is the final common pathway in Parkinson's disease. Expression of Parkin associated endothelin-receptor like receptor (Pael-R) in mouse brain was achieved by injecting adenoviral vectors carrying a modified neuron-specific promoter and Cre recombinase into the striatum. Upregulat...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kitao Y,Imai Y,Ozawa K,Kataoka A,Ikeda T,Soda M,Nakimawa K,Kiyama H,Stern DM,Hori O,Wakamatsu K,Ito S,Itohara S,Takahashi R,Ogawa S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human homologues of mouse cancer modifier genes may play a role in cancer risk and prognosis. A proportion of the familial risk of common cancers may be attributable to variants in such genes, each contributing to a small effect. The protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type J (PTPRJ) has been recently identified as ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lesueur F,Pharoah PD,Laing S,Ahmed S,Jordan C,Smith PL,Luben R,Wareham NJ,Easton DF,Dunning AM,Ponder BA

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic defect underlying myotonic dystrophy (DM) has been identified as the expansion of an unstable trinucleotide repeat sequence, and this discovery has led to new approaches to diagnosis and genetic counselling in families with the disorder. We report the genetic analysis of a consanguineous DM family in which...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cobo A,Martinez JM,Martorell L,Baiget M,Johnson K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia and oculomotor apraxia. The gene mutated in AOA2, SETX, encodes senataxin, a putative DNA/RNA helicase which shares high homology to the yeast Sen1p protein and has been shown to play a role ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Suraweera A,Lim Y,Woods R,Birrell GW,Nasim T,Becherel OJ,Lavin MF

更新日期：2009-09-15 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：:In humans, the concerted action of at least 13 different peroxisomal PEX proteins is needed for proper peroxisome biogenesis. Mutations in any of these PEX genes can lead to lethal neurometabolic disorders of the Zellweger syndrome spectrum (ZSS). Previously, we identified the W313G mutation located within the SH3 dom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Krause C,Rosewich H,Woehler A,Gärtner J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00