Saturating the region of the polycystic kidney disease gene with NotI linking clones.

abstract：:HLA class II loci are useful markers in human population genetics, because they are extremely variable and because new molecular techniques allow large-scale analysis of DNA allele frequencies. Direct DNA typing by hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (HLA oligotyping) after enzymatic in vitro P...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Tiercy JM,Sanchez-Mazas A,Excoffier L,Shi-Isaac X,Jeannet M,Mach B,Langaney A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal hereditary motor neuronopathy type VII (dHMN-VII) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by distal muscular atrophy and vocal cord paralysis. We performed a genomewide linkage search in a large Welsh pedigree with dHMN-VII and established linkage to chromosome 2q14. Analyses of a second family with dHM...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： McEntagart M,Norton N,Williams H,Teare MD,Dunstan M,Baker P,Houlden H,Reilly M,Wood N,Harper PS,Futreal PA,Williams N,Rahman N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebello-oculo-renal syndromes (CORSs) and Joubert syndrome (JS) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive syndromes that share a complex neuroradiological malformation resembling a molar tooth on brain axial images, a condition referred to as "molar tooth on imaging" (MTI) or the "molar tooth ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Valente EM,Salpietro DC,Brancati F,Bertini E,Galluccio T,Tortorella G,Briuglia S,Dallapiccola B

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthyretin (TTR) (122 Val----Ile), caused by a point mutation which destroys a MaeIII restriction site, is associated with cardiac amyloidosis in black individuals. To estimate the frequency of the MaeIII(-) gene in the black population without overt cardiac disease, DNA from 177 black individuals without amyloidos...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jacobson DR,Reveille JD,Buxbaum JN

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The late-infantile-onset forms are the most genetically heterogeneous group among the autosomal recessively inherited neurodegenerative disorders, the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). The Turkish variant was initially considered to be a distinct genetic entity, with clinical presentation similar to that of other...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Siintola E,Topcu M,Aula N,Lohi H,Minassian BA,Paterson AD,Liu XQ,Wilson C,Lahtinen U,Anttonen AK,Lehesjoki AE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One widely used measure of genetic similarity for pairs of relatives is gene identity-by-descent (IBD) sharing. Genes that are copies of a single gene in a common ancestor of the individuals who now carry them are said to be IBD. One obvious extension of the IBD concept is IBD gene(s) shared by more than two individua...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Guo SW

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomes of two patients with ring 13 (r13) were studied using high-resolution RBG banding of prometaphase cells. The rings of the two patients differ slightly in breakpoints. Cell with multiple single, double-sized rings, quadruple-sized rings, rod- and ring-shaped fragments, and fragments showing varied state...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jones IM,Palmer CG,Weaver DD,Hodes ME

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the genetic cause of the X-linked syndrome of psychosis, pyramidal signs, and macro-orchidism (PPM-X) in a three-generation family manifesting the disorder as a mutation in the methyl-CpG binding-protein 2 (MECP2) gene in Xq28. The A140V mutation was found in all affected males and all carrier females i...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Klauck SM,Lindsay S,Beyer KS,Splitt M,Burn J,Poustka A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a genomewide linkage analysis of six separate measurements of body mass index (BMI) taken over a span of 28 years, from 1971 to 1998, in the Framingham Heart Study. Variance-components linkage analysis was performed on 330 families, using 401 polymorphic markers. The number of individuals with data at eac...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Atwood LD,Heard-Costa NL,Cupples LA,Jaquish CE,Wilson PW,D'Agostino RB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pheochromocytomas are an important cause of secondary hypertension. Although pheochromocytoma susceptibility may be associated with germline mutations in the tumor-suppressor genes VHL and NF1 and in the proto-oncogene RET, the genetic basis for most cases of nonsyndromic familial pheochromocytoma is unknown. Rece...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Astuti D,Latif F,Dallol A,Dahia PL,Douglas F,George E,Sköldberg F,Husebye ES,Eng C,Maher ER

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 20 years, the focus of national efforts to improve K-12 science education has ranged from curriculum and professional development of teachers to the adoption of science standards and high-stakes testing. In spite of this work, students in the United States continue to lag behind their peers in other coun...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Dougherty MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Families in which both parents are heterozygotes for the same autosomal dominant neoplasia syndrome are extremely unusual. Recently, we had the unique opportunity to evaluate three symptomatic siblings from the union between two unrelated individuals affected by multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). When the thr...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Brandi ML,Weber G,Svensson A,Falchetti A,Tonelli F,Castello R,Furlani L,Scappaticci S,Fraccaro M,Larsson C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an inverse relationship between serum bilirubin concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease. The strength of the association is similar to that of smoking, systolic blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol. We carried out a genomewide scan in a Framingham Heart Study. Our study sample consisted of 330 famil...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Lin JP,Cupples LA,Wilson PW,Heard-Costa N,O'Donnell CJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a group of genetic disorders characterized by abnormal iron deposition in the basal ganglia. We report that de novo mutations in WDR45, a gene located at Xp11.23 and encoding a beta-propeller scaffold protein with a putative role in autophagy, cause a distinctiv...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Haack TB,Hogarth P,Kruer MC,Gregory A,Wieland T,Schwarzmayr T,Graf E,Sanford L,Meyer E,Kara E,Cuno SM,Harik SI,Dandu VH,Nardocci N,Zorzi G,Dunaway T,Tarnopolsky M,Skinner S,Frucht S,Hanspal E,Schrander-Stumpel C,

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "duty to recontact" refers to the possible ethical and/or legal obligation of genetics service providers (GSPs) to recontact former patients about advances in research that might be relevant to them. Although currently this practice is not part of standard care, some argue that such an obligation may be estab...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Fitzpatrick JL,Hahn C,Costa T,Huggins MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder caused by environmental and genetic factors. We have previously shown linkage of PD to chromosome 8p. Subsequently, fibroblast growth factor 20 (FGF20) at 8p21.3-22 was identified as a risk factor in several association studies. To identify the risk-conferr...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Wang G,van der Walt JM,Mayhew G,Li YJ,Züchner S,Scott WK,Martin ER,Vance JM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potocki-Shaffer syndrome (PSS) is a contiguous gene disorder due to the interstitial deletion of band p11.2 of chromosome 11 and is characterized by multiple exostoses, parietal foramina, intellectual disability (ID), and craniofacial anomalies (CFAs). Despite the identification of individual genes responsible for mul...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Kim HG,Kim HT,Leach NT,Lan F,Ullmann R,Silahtaroglu A,Kurth I,Nowka A,Seong IS,Shen Y,Talkowski ME,Ruderfer D,Lee JH,Glotzbach C,Ha K,Kjaergaard S,Levin AV,Romeike BF,Kleefstra T,Bartsch O,Elsea SH,Jabs EW,Mac

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the human urinary ribonucleases (RNases) was isolated and purified to homogeneity (SDS-PAGE) by means of a series of column chromatographies. The enzyme, designated RNase 1, is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 16,000. Rabbit antibody to the purified RNase 1 reacted with human urine and se...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Yasuda T,Sato W,Mizuta K,Kishi K

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI), or presbycusis, is a very common multifactorial disorder. Despite the knowledge that genetics play an important role in the etiology of human ARHI as revealed by heritability studies, to date, its precise genetic determinants remain elusive. Here we report the results of a cross-...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Huyghe JR,Van Laer L,Hendrickx JJ,Fransen E,Demeester K,Topsakal V,Kunst S,Manninen M,Jensen M,Bonaconsa A,Mazzoli M,Baur M,Hannula S,Mäki-Torkko E,Espeso A,Van Eyken E,Flaquer A,Becker C,Stephens D,Sorri M,Orzan

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least two spontaneous abortions were karyotyped in 273 women during cytogenetic surveys in New York City and Honolulu. These pairs were analyzed using maximum-likelihood logistic-regression analysis to adjust for maternal age and location. There was a significantly increased risk for a chromosomally normal spontane...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Warburton D,Kline J,Stein Z,Hutzler M,Chin A,Hassold T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the imminent availability of ultra-high-volume genotyping platforms (on the order of 100,000-1,000,000 genotypes per sample) at a manageable cost, there is growing interest in the possibility of conducting genomewide association studies for a variety of diseases but, so far, little consensus on methods to design ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Thomas DC,Haile RW,Duggan D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia (AA) and myelodysplasia (MDS) are forms of bone marrow failure that are often part of the same progressive underlying disorder. While most cases are simplex and idiopathic, some show a clear pattern of inheritance; therefore, elucidating the underlying genetic cause could lead to a greater understandin...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Kirwan M,Walne AJ,Plagnol V,Velangi M,Ho A,Hossain U,Vulliamy T,Dokal I

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The locus for Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, a common autosomal dominant disorder of craniosynostosis and digital anomalies, was previously mapped to chromosome 7p between D7S513 and D7S516. We used linkage and haplotype analyses to narrow the disease locus to an 8-cM region between D7S664 and D7S507. The tightest linkage ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Lewanda AF,Green ED,Weissenbach J,Jerald H,Taylor E,Summar ML,Phillips JA 3rd,Cohen M,Feingold M,Mouradian W

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 270 million people worldwide have hearing loss that affects normal communication. Although astonishing progress has been made in the identification of more than 50 genes for deafness during the past decade, the majority of deafness genes are yet to be identified. In this study, we mapped a previously unknown...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Sirmaci A,Erbek S,Price J,Huang M,Duman D,Cengiz FB,Bademci G,Tokgöz-Yilmaz S,Hişmi B,Ozdağ H,Oztürk B,Kulaksizoğlu S,Yildirim E,Kokotas H,Grigoriadou M,Petersen MB,Shahin H,Kanaan M,King MC,Chen ZY,Blanton SH,L

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous degenerative disease of the retina. At least five loci have been mapped for XLRP; of these, RP2 and RP3 account for 10%-20% and 70%-90% of genetically identifiable disease, respectively. However, mutations in the respective genes, RP2 a...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Breuer DK,Yashar BM,Filippova E,Hiriyanna S,Lyons RH,Mears AJ,Asaye B,Acar C,Vervoort R,Wright AF,Musarella MA,Wheeler P,MacDonald I,Iannaccone A,Birch D,Hoffman DR,Fishman GA,Heckenlively JR,Jacobson SG,Sieving PA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by waxing and waning multiple motor and phonic tics with a complex mode of inheritance. Previous attempts, which used large multigenerational families to localize susceptibility loci, have been unsuccessful. In this report, the results of the ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors：

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is characterized by the presence of multiple joint contractures resulting from reduced or absent fetal movement. Here, we report two unrelated families affected by lethal AMC. By genetic mapping and whole-exome sequencing in a multiplex family, a heterozygous truncating MAGEL2 ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Mejlachowicz D,Nolent F,Maluenda J,Ranjatoelina-Randrianaivo H,Giuliano F,Gut I,Sternberg D,Laquerrière A,Melki J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture of human amniotic-fluid cells from cases of fetal neural tube defects produces a population of rapidly adhering cells that were initially thought to be macrophages and later interpreted to be of neural origin. In this study double and triple labeling systems for the simultaneous detection of glial and macropha...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Polgár K,Adány R,Abel G,Kappelmayer J,Muszbek L,Papp Z

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uniparental disomy (UPD) is a rare condition in which a diploid offspring carries a chromosomal pair from a single parent. We now report the first two cases of UPD resulting in retinal degeneration. We identified an apparently homozygous loss-of-function mutation of RPE65 (1p31) in one retinal dystrophy patient and an...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Thompson DA,McHenry CL,Li Y,Richards JE,Othman MI,Schwinger E,Vollrath D,Jacobson SG,Gal A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expansion of an unstable (CTG)n trinucleotide repeat in the 3' UTR of a gene encoding a putative serine/threonine protein kinase (DMPK) on human chromosome 19q13.3 has been shown to be specific for the myotonic dystrophy (DM) disease phenotype. In addition, a single haplotype composed of nine alleles within and fla...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Krahe R,Eckhart M,Ogunniyi AO,Osuntokun BO,Siciliano MJ,Ashizawa T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00