Functional role for senataxin, defective in ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2, in transcriptional regulation.

abstract：:The high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI) has a central role in mast cell degranulation and IgE mediated allergy. A systematic search through the coding regions of the beta subunit of Fc epsilon RI (Fc epsilon RI-beta) has identified a novel coding polymorphism in exon seven. An adenine to guanine substitutio...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hill MR,Cookson WO

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene cause a subset of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal motor neuron degenerative disease. Wild-type FUS is largely localized in the nucleus, but mutant FUS accumulates in the cytoplasm and forms inclusions. It is unclear whether FUS depletion from the nucleus o...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yang L,Zhang J,Kamelgarn M,Niu C,Gal J,Gong W,Zhu H

更新日期：2015-09-15 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：:Mutations in the ORF15 exon of the RPGR gene cause a common form of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, which often results in severe loss of vision. In dogs and mice, gene augmentation therapy has been shown to arrest the progressive degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors. However, the distribution of potentially tre...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Charng J,Cideciyan AV,Jacobson SG,Sumaroka A,Schwartz SB,Swider M,Roman AJ,Sheplock R,Anand M,Peden MC,Khanna H,Heon E,Wright AF,Swaroop A

更新日期：2016-12-15 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：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract within the SCA1 product, ataxin-1. Previously, using transgenic mice, it was demonstrated that in order for a mutant allele of ataxin-1 to cause disease it must be transported to the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yue S,Serra HG,Zoghbi HY,Orr HT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucolipidosis IV (MLIV) is an orphan neurodevelopmental disease that causes severe neurologic dysfunction and loss of vision. Currently there is no therapy for MLIV. It is caused by loss of function of the lysosomal channel mucolipin-1, also known as TRPML1. Knockout of the Mcoln1 gene in a mouse model mirrors clinica...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Weinstock LD,Furness AM,Herron SS,Smith SS,Sankar SB,DeRosa SG,Gao D,Mepyans ME,Scotto Rosato A,Medina DL,Vardi A,Ferreira NS,Cho SM,Futerman AH,Slaugenhaupt SA,Wood LB,Grishchuk Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent, de novo, meiotic non-allelic homologous recombination events between low copy repeats, termed LCR22s, leads to the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS; velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome). Although most 22q11.2DS patients have a similar sized 3 million base pair (Mb), LCR22A-D deletion, some hav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Guo T,Diacou A,Nomaru H,McDonald-McGinn DM,Hestand M,Demaerel W,Zhang L,Zhao Y,Ujueta F,Shan J,Montagna C,Zheng D,Crowley TB,Kushan-Wells L,Bearden CE,Kates WR,Gothelf D,Schneider M,Eliez S,Breckpot J,Swillen A,

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe and functionally characterize six mutations of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) epsilon subunit gene in three congenital myasthenic syndrome patients. Endplate studies demonstrated severe endplate AChR deficiency, dispersed endplate regions and well preserved junctional folds in all three patients. Electr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ohno K,Quiram PA,Milone M,Wang HL,Harper MC,Pruitt JN 2nd,Brengman JM,Pao L,Fischbeck KH,Crawford TO,Sine SM,Engel AG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our fundamental understanding of how several thousand diverse RNAs are recognized in the soma, sorted, packaged, transported and localized within the cell is fragmentary. The COPa and COPb proteins of the coatomer protein I (COPI) vesicle complex were reported to interact with specific RNAs and represent a candidate R...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Todd AG,Lin H,Ebert AD,Liu Y,Androphy EJ

更新日期：2013-02-15 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：:Several studies have shown that testis-specific gene antigen (TSGA10) could be considered as a cancer testis antigen (CTA), except for one study which has identified it as a tumor suppressor gene. In order to exert its function, TSGA10 interacts closely with hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α) and since this interaction...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mansouri K,Mostafie A,Rezazadeh D,Shahlaei M,Modarressi MH

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of several statistical methods currently used for detection of differentially expressed genes was attempted both by a simulation approach and by the analysis of data sets of human expressed sequence tags, obtained from UniGene. In the simulated mixed case, mimicking a situation close to reality, the gen...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Romualdi C,Bortoluzzi S,Danieli GA

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The CCG rich sequence immediately 3' to the CAG repeat that is expanded in Huntington's disease (HD) has recently been shown to be polymorphic with at least 4 alleles differing by multiples of 3 bp being found in the normal population. We have studied the allele distribution in 180 HD families resident in Scotland and...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barron LH,Rae A,Holloway S,Brock DJ,Warner JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases. However, the progressive nature of neuronal loss in genetic models of mitochondrial dysfunction suggests the presence of compensatory mechanisms promoting neuronal survival under these conditions. Here, we identified the e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Germain M,Nguyen AP,Khacho M,Patten DA,Screaton RA,Park DS,Slack RS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is an essential messenger of sexual differentiation in the foetus and is an emerging biomarker of postnatal reproductive function in females. Due to a paucity of adequately sized studies, the genetic determinants of circulating AMH levels are poorly characterized. In samples from 2815 adol...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Perry JR,McMahon G,Day FR,Ring SM,Nelson SM,Lawlor DA

更新日期：2016-01-15 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：: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：:The molecular defects responsible for three cases of severe (type III) osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) were investigated. The mutation sites were localized in pro alpha 1(I) and pro alpha 2(I) mRNA molecules, respectively, by chemical cleavage of mismatch in heteroduplex nucleic acids. Mutation identification was achieve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Forlino A,Zolezzi F,Valli M,Pignatti PF,Cetta G,Brunelli PC,Mottes M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menkes disease is an X-linked recessive copper deficiency disorder caused by mutations in the ATP7A (MNK) gene. The MNK gene encodes a copper-transporting P-type ATPase, MNK, which is localized predominantly in the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The MNK protein relocates to the plasma membrane in cells exposed to elevated...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Petris MJ,Strausak D,Mercer JF

更新日期：2000-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a pathological expansion of a CAG repeat in the first exon of the gene coding for huntingtin, resulting in an abnormally long polyglutamine stretch. Despite its widespread expression, mutant huntingtin leads to selective neuronal loss in the striatum and cortex. Here we report th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Modregger J,DiProspero NA,Charles V,Tagle DA,Plomann M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With 46 subunits, human mitochondrial complex I is the largest enzyme of the oxidative phosphorylation system. We have studied the assembly of complex I in cultured human cells. This will provide essential information about the nature of complex I deficiencies and will enhance our understanding of mitochondrial diseas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ugalde C,Vogel R,Huijbens R,Van Den Heuvel B,Smeitink J,Nijtmans L

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a genome-wide scan for susceptibility loci in bipolar disorder in a study sample colleted from the isolated Finnish population, consisting of 41 families with at least two affected siblings. We identified one distinct locus on 16p12 providing significant evidence for linkage in two-point analysis (Z(max)=...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ekholm JM,Kieseppä T,Hiekkalinna T,Partonen T,Paunio T,Perola M,Ekelund J,Lönnqvist J,Pekkarinen-Ijäs P,Peltonen L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that the genomic landscape of DNA methylation (DNAm) gets altered as a function of age, a process we here call 'epigenetic drift'. The biological, functional, clinical and evolutionary significance of this epigenetic drift, however, remains unclear. We here provide a brief review of epigenet...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Teschendorff AE,West J,Beck S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoglobin (CYGB) is frequently downregulated in many types of human malignancies, and its exogenous overexpression reduces proliferation of cancer cells. Despite its implied tumour suppressor (TSG) functions, its exact role in carcinogenesis remains unclear as CYGB upregulation is also associated with tumour hypoxia ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Oleksiewicz U,Liloglou T,Tasopoulou KM,Daskoulidou N,Bryan J,Gosney JR,Field JK,Xinarianos G

更新日期：2013-08-15 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：: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：:Beside the well-known polyglutamine expansions involved in several neurodegenerative disorders, convergent recent findings pointed to the expansion of polyalanine stretches as a disease mechanism in congenital malformations, skeletal dysplasia and nervous system anomalies. Polyalanine stretches have been predicted in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Amiel J,Trochet D,Clément-Ziza M,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypomorphic mutations of the MRE11 gene are the hallmark of the radiosensitive ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD). Here, we describe a new family with two affected siblings, ATLD5 and ATLD6, now aged 37 and 36, respectively. They presented with late onset cerebellar degeneration slowly progressing until pubert...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Delia D,Piane M,Buscemi G,Savio C,Palmeri S,Lulli P,Carlessi L,Fontanella E,Chessa L

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The DUX4 transcription factor is normally expressed in the cleavage-stage embryo and regulates genes involved in embryonic genome activation. Misexpression of DUX4 in skeletal muscle, however, is toxic and causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). We recently showed DUX4-induced toxicity is due, in part, t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shadle SC,Bennett SR,Wong CJ,Karreman NA,Campbell AE,van der Maarel SM,Bass BL,Tapscott SJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00