PGC-1α is a male-specific disease modifier of human and experimental amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

abstract：:Deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 9 (9p) has been reported in a number of cases to be associated with gonadal dysgenesis and XY sex reversal, suggesting that this region contains one or more genes required in two copies for normal testis development. Recent studies have greatly narrowed the interval conta...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Raymond CS,Parker ED,Kettlewell JR,Brown LG,Page DC,Kusz K,Jaruzelska J,Reinberg Y,Flejter WL,Bardwell VJ,Hirsch B,Zarkower D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an inherited disorder characterized by axonopathy and demyelination in the central nervous system and adrenal insufficiency. Main X-ALD phenotypes are: (i) an adult adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) with axonopathy in spinal cords, (ii) cerebral AMN with brain demyelination (cAMN) an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schlüter A,Espinosa L,Fourcade S,Galino J,López E,Ilieva E,Morató L,Asheuer M,Cook T,McLaren A,Reid J,Kelly F,Bates S,Aubourg P,Galea E,Pujol A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the piwi family are defined by conserved PAZ and Piwi domains and play important roles in stem-cell self-renewal, RNA silencing and translational regulation in various organisms. Both, mouse and human Piwil2 genes, members of the piwi gene family, are specifically expressed in testis. We report here enhan...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lee JH,Schütte D,Wulf G,Füzesi L,Radzun HJ,Schweyer S,Engel W,Nayernia K

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a morphologically distinct form of cell death involved in many physiological and pathological processes. The regulation of Fas/Apo-1 involved in membrane-mediated apoptosis has also been known to play crucial roles in many systems. More and more naturally occurring antisense RNAs are now known to regulate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yan MD,Hong CC,Lai GM,Cheng AL,Lin YW,Chuang SE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titin-truncating variants (TTNtv) are the most common genetic cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. TTNtv occur in ~1% of the general population and causes subclinical cardiac remodeling in asymptomatic carriers. In rat models with either proximal or distal TTNtv, we previously showed altered cardiac metabolism at baseline...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhou J,Ng B,Ko NSJ,Fiedler LR,Khin E,Lim A,Sahib NE,Wu Y,Chothani SP,Schafer S,Bay BH,Sinha RA,Cook SA,Yen PM

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) G recently has been mapped to the X chromosome. All mammals have a Y chromosome-encoded homologue of HNRNP G called RBMY, which is implicated with a role in male fertility and is a candidate for the azoospermia factor gene. We have identified a new member of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elliott DJ,Venables JP,Newton CS,Lawson D,Boyle S,Eperon IC,Cooke HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chromosome 15q11-13 is a complex locus containing imprinted genes as well as a cluster of three GABA(A) receptor subunit (GABR) genes-GABRB3, GABRA5 and GABRG3. Deletion or duplication of 15q11-13 GABR genes occurs in multiple human neurodevelopmental disorders including Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Angelman syn...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hogart A,Nagarajan RP,Patzel KA,Yasui DH,Lasalle JM

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of mouse models for the various forms of human neurosensory non-syndromic recessive deafness would constitute a major advance in the study of human deafness. Here we describe the localization of a human gene for neurosensory, nonsyndromic recessive deafness (NSRD2) to chromosome 11q13.5 by linkage a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Guilford P,Ayadi H,Blanchard S,Chaib H,Le Paslier D,Weissenbach J,Drira M,Petit C

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive progress in Huntington's disease (HD) research, very little is known about the association of epigenetic variation and HD pathogenesis in human brain tissues. Moreover, its contribution to the tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of the huntingtin gene (HTT), in which HTT expression levels are ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： De Souza RA,Islam SA,McEwen LM,Mathelier A,Hill A,Mah SM,Wasserman WW,Kobor MS,Leavitt BR

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bitter taste perception is initiated by TAS2R receptors, which respond to agonists by triggering depolarization of taste bud cells. Mutations in TAS2Rs are known to affect taste phenotypes by altering receptor function. Evidence that TAS2Rs overlap in ligand specificity suggests that they may also contribute joint eff...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Roudnitzky N,Bufe B,Thalmann S,Kuhn C,Gunn HC,Xing C,Crider BP,Behrens M,Meyerhof W,Wooding SP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One mechanism by which endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) function is to suppress translation of target mRNAs. Computational identification of target mRNAs is hampered by the partial complementarity between miRNAs and their targets and the lack of in vivo approaches to identify targets. Here, we identify mRNAs that are reg...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nakamoto M,Jin P,O'Donnell WT,Warren ST

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a rare mutation (T-45C) in the low density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor gene in a Welsh patient with a clinical diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). The mutation is in the proximal Sp1 binding site in repeat 3 of the 42 bp region of the promoter required for sterol-dependent ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sun XM,Neuwirth C,Wade DP,Knight BL,Soutar AK

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth malformation syndrome that maps to human chromosome 11p15.5, a region that harbours a number of imprinted genes. We studied the methylation status of H19 and KCNQ1OT1 (LIT1/KvDMR1) in a large series of BWS patients. Different patient groups were identified: group I pa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bliek J,Maas SM,Ruijter JM,Hennekam RC,Alders M,Westerveld A,Mannens MM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein translation is an essential cellular process initiated by the association of a methionyl-tRNA with the translation initiation factor eIF2. The Met-tRNA/eIF2 complex then associates with the small ribosomal subunit, other translation factors and mRNA, which together comprise the translational initiation complex...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kernohan KD,Tétreault M,Liwak-Muir U,Geraghty MT,Qin W,Venkateswaran S,Davila J,Care4Rare Canada Consortium.,Holcik M,Majewski J,Richer J,Boycott KM

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow channel congenital myasthenic syndrome (SCCMS) is a disorder of the neuromuscular synapse caused by dominantly inherited missense mutations in genes that encode the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) subunits. Here we investigate the potential of post-transcriptional gene silencing using RNA interference (RNAi)...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Abdelgany A,Wood M,Beeson D

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein ataxin-3 (ATX3) triggers an amyloid-related neurodegenerative disease when its polyglutamine stretch is expanded beyond a critical threshold. We formerly demonstrated that the polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) could redirect amyloid aggregation of a full-length, expanded ATX3 (ATX3-Q55) towards ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Visentin C,Pellistri F,Natalello A,Vertemara J,Bonanomi M,Gatta E,Penco A,Relini A,De Gioia L,Airoldi C,Regonesi ME,Tortora P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Convergent extension (CE) is a fundamental morphogenetic mechanism that underlies numerous processes in vertebrate development, and its disruption can lead to human congenital disorders such as neural tube closure defects. The dynamic, oriented cell intercalation during CE is regulated by a group of core proteins iden...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Seo HS,Habas R,Chang C,Wang J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro fertilization (IVF), blastomere biopsy of the 6-8 cell embryo, and single cell DNA diagnosis allows couples at risk of transmitting an X-linked or autosomal disease to start a pregnancy knowing their child will not be affected. We present a quick and reliable nested PCR strategy for sex determination at the s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chong SS,Kristjansson K,Cota J,Handyside AH,Hughes MR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in PARK8, encoding leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), are a frequent cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). Nonetheless, the physiological role of LRRK2 remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that LRRK2 participates in canonical Wnt signaling as a scaffold. LRRK2 interacts with key Wnt signaling proteins of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Berwick DC,Harvey K

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E is a non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I (Ib) molecule, which plays an important role in immunosuppression. In this study, we investigated the immunomodulating effect of HLA-E in a xenogeneic system, using human placental artery-derived endothelial (hPAE) cells expres...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cui CH,Miyoshi S,Tsuji H,Makino H,Kanzaki S,Kami D,Terai M,Suzuki H,Umezawa A

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (X-DC) is caused by mutations in the housekeeping nucleolar protein dyskerin. Amino acid changes associated with X-DC are remarkably heterogeneous. Peripheral mononuclear blood cells and fibroblasts isolated from X-DC patients harbor lower steady-state telomerase RNA (TER) levels and sh...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zeng XL,Thumati NR,Fleisig HB,Hukezalie KR,Savage SA,Giri N,Alter BP,Wong JM

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is one of nine dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases caused by polyglutamine tract expansion. In SCA1, the expanded polyglutamine tract is in the ataxin-1 (ATXN1) protein. ATXN1 is part of an in vivo complex with retinoid acid receptor-related orphan receptor alpha (Rora)...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gehrking KM,Andresen JM,Duvick L,Lough J,Zoghbi HY,Orr HT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 17 amino acids of Huntington's disease (HD) protein, huntingtin, comprise an amphipathic alpha-helical domain that can target huntingtin to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). N17 is phosphorylated at two serines, shown to be important for disease development in genetic mouse models, and shown to be modified by ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Maiuri T,Woloshansky T,Xia J,Truant R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the MLC1 gene are responsible for one form of the neurological disorder megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC). The disease is a type of vacuolating myelinopathy. The biochemical properties and the function of the MLC1 protein are unknown. To characterize MLC1, we generated polyc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Teijido O,Martínez A,Pusch M,Zorzano A,Soriano E,Del Río JA,Palacín M,Estévez R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of renal cell cancer (RCC) have identified four susceptibility loci thus far. To identify an additional RCC common susceptibility locus, we conducted a GWAS and performed a meta-analysis with published GWASs (totalling 2215 cases and 8566 controls of European background) and fol...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Henrion M,Frampton M,Scelo G,Purdue M,Ye Y,Broderick P,Ritchie A,Kaplan R,Meade A,McKay J,Johansson M,Lathrop M,Larkin J,Rothman N,Wang Z,Chow WH,Stevens VL,Ryan Diver W,Gapstur SM,Albanes D,Virtamo J,Wu X,Bre

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by the loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is a ubiquitously expressed, multi-domain RNA-binding protein, but its in vivo function remains poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that FMRP participates in...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu W,Jiang F,Bi X,Zhang YQ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the powerhouses of the eukaryotic cell, mitochondria must maintain their genomes which encode proteins essential for energy production. Mitochondria are characterized by guanine-rich DNA sequences that spontaneously form unusual three-dimensional structures known as G-quadruplexes (G4). G4 structures can be problem...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Butler TJ,Estep KN,Sommers JA,Maul RW,Moore AZ,Bandinelli S,Cucca F,Tuke MA,Wood AR,Bharti SK,Bogenhagen DF,Yakubovskaya E,Garcia-Diaz M,Guilliam TA,Byrd AK,Raney KD,Doherty AJ,Ferrucci L,Schlessinger D,Ding J,Bro

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal neuraminidase is the key enzyme for the intralysosomal catabolism of sialylated glycoconjugates and is deficient in two neurodegenerative lysosomal disorders, sialidosis and galactosialidosis. Here we report the identification of eight novel mutations in the neuraminidase gene of 11 sialidosis patients with ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bonten EJ,Arts WF,Beck M,Covanis A,Donati MA,Parini R,Zammarchi E,d'Azzo A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme-1 (ACE1) is found in individuals who carry a deletion in intron 16 of ACE1 gene or in individuals who suffer from cardiac disorders, such as hypertrophy. However, whether a single increase in ACE1 expression leads to spontaneous cardiac defects remains unknown. To determ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tian XL,Pinto YM,Costerousse O,Franz WM,Lippoldt A,Hoffmann S,Unger T,Paul M

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncontrolled cell cycle entry, resulting from deregulated CDK-RB1-E2F pathway activity, is a crucial determinant of neuroblastoma cell malignancy. Here we identify neuroblastoma-suppressive functions of the p19-INK4d CDK inhibitor and uncover mechanisms of its repression in high-risk neuroblastomas. Reduced p19-INK4d ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dreidax D,Bannert S,Henrich KO,Schröder C,Bender S,Oakes CC,Lindner S,Schulte JH,Duffy D,Schwarzl T,Saadati M,Ehemann V,Benner A,Pfister S,Fischer M,Westermann F

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00