A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for adiponectin levels in East Asians identifies a novel locus near WDR11-FGFR2.

abstract：:Transcobalamin II (TC II) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease leading to cobalamin (Cbl; Vitamin B12) deficiency characterized by failure to thrive, megaloblastic anemia, impaired immunodefence and neurological manifestations. By means of Southern blotting and sequence analysis of TC II cDNA amplified fro...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li N,Rosenblatt DS,Kamen BA,Seetharam S,Seetharam B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies with tiling arrays have revealed more genomic transcription than previously anticipated. Whole new groups of non-coding transcripts (NCTs) have been detected. Some of these NCTs, including miRNAs, can regulate gene expression. To date, most known NCTs studied have been relatively short, but several impo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Perez DS,Hoage TR,Pritchett JR,Ducharme-Smith AL,Halling ML,Ganapathiraju SC,Streng PS,Smith DI

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein N (SelN) deficiency causes a group of inherited neuromuscular disorders termed SEPN1-related myopathies (SEPN1-RM). Although the function of SelN remains unknown, recent data demonstrated that it is dispensable for mouse embryogenesis and suggested its involvement in the regulation of ryanodine receptors...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Castets P,Bertrand AT,Beuvin M,Ferry A,Le Grand F,Castets M,Chazot G,Rederstorff M,Krol A,Lescure A,Romero NB,Guicheney P,Allamand V

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in ATP13A2 (PARK9) cause Kufor-Rakeb syndrome (KRS) characterized by juvenile-onset parkinsonism, pyramidal signs and dementia. PARK9 belongs to type 5 P-type ATPase with its putative function as a cation transporter. Loss of PARK9 leads to lysosomal dysfunction and subsequent α-synuclein (α-Syn) accumulatio...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tsunemi T,Krainc D

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Although the etiology of PD remains incompletely understood, oxidative stress has been implicated as an important contributor in the development of PD. Oxidative stress can lead to oxidation and functional perturbation of prot...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Johnson WM,Yao C,Siedlak SL,Wang W,Zhu X,Caldwell GA,Wilson-Delfosse AL,Mieyal JJ,Chen SG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer studies for the treatment of hemophilia began more than two decades ago. A large body of pre-clinical work evaluated a variety of vectors and target tissues, but by the start of the new millennium it became evident that adeno-associated viral (AAV)-mediated gene transfer to the liver held great promise a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： High KA,Anguela XM

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While several high-resolution recombination maps exist for European-descent populations, the recombination landscape of African populations remains relatively understudied. Given that there is high genetic divergence among groups in Africa, it is possible that recombination hotspots also diverge significantly. Both li...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Eeden G,Uren C,Möller M,Henn BM

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased rate of de novo copy number variants (CNVs) has been found in schizophrenia (SZ), autism and developmental delay. An increased rate has also been reported in bipolar affective disorder (BD). Here, in a larger BD sample, we aimed to replicate these findings and compare de novo CNVs between SZ and BD. We us...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Georgieva L,Rees E,Moran JL,Chambert KD,Milanova V,Craddock N,Purcell S,Sklar P,McCarroll S,Holmans P,O'Donovan MC,Owen MJ,Kirov G

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral small-vessel disease is a common disorder in elderly populations; however, its molecular basis is not well understood. We recently demonstrated that mutations in the high-temperature requirement A (HTRA) serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1) gene cause a hereditary cerebral small-vessel disease, cerebral autosomal reces...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shiga A,Nozaki H,Yokoseki A,Nihonmatsu M,Kawata H,Kato T,Koyama A,Arima K,Ikeda M,Katada S,Toyoshima Y,Takahashi H,Tanaka A,Nakano I,Ikeuchi T,Nishizawa M,Onodera O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fields of both developmental and stem cell biology explore how functionally distinct cell types arise from a self-renewing founder population. Multipotent, proliferative human neural crest cells (hNCC) develop toward the end of the first month of pregnancy. It is assumed that most differentiate after migrating thr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Thomas S,Thomas M,Wincker P,Babarit C,Xu P,Speer MC,Munnich A,Lyonnet S,Vekemans M,Etchevers HC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumour suppressor gene PTEN, localized to 10q23.3, is the susceptibility gene for Cowden syndrome (CS) and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba (BRR) syndrome, two hamartoma syndromes with an increased risk of breast and thyroid tumours. Somatic mutations have been found in a variety of human tumours. Functional studies have ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gimm O,Attié-Bitach T,Lees JA,Vekemans M,Eng C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missing teeth (hypodontia and oligodontia) are a common developmental abnormality in humans and heterozygous mutations of PAX9 have recently been shown to underlie a number of familial, non-syndromic cases. Whereas PAX9 haploinsufficiency has been suggested as the underlying genetic mechanism, it is not known how this...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kist R,Watson M,Wang X,Cairns P,Miles C,Reid DJ,Peters H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common inherited cancer predisposition syndrome. The NF1 gene product, neurofibromin, is hypothesized to function as a tumor suppressor and nearly all NF1 patients develop benign peripheral nerve tumors. These neurofibromas presumably arise from NF1 inactivation in S100(+)Schwann ce...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rutkowski JL,Wu K,Gutmann DH,Boyer PJ,Legius E

更新日期：2000-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is characterized by clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria, such as environmental mycobacteria and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccines, in otherwise healthy individuals. All known genetic etiologies disrupt interferon (IFN)-γ immunity. Germline bi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Oleaga-Quintas C,Deswarte C,Moncada-Vélez M,Metin A,Krishna Rao I,Kanık-Yüksek S,Nieto-Patlán A,Guérin A,Gülhan B,Murthy S,Özkaya-Parlakay A,Abel L,Martínez-Barricarte R,Pérez de Diego R,Boisson-Dupuis S,Kong XF,Casanova

更新日期：2018-11-15 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：:Mutations in human mitochondrial tRNA genes are associated with a number of multisystemic disorders. Using an assay that combines tRNA oxidation and circularization we have determined the relative amounts and states of aminoacylation of mutant and wild-type tRNAs in tissue samples from patients with MELAS syndrome (mi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Börner GV,Zeviani M,Tiranti V,Carrara F,Hoffmann S,Gerbitz KD,Lochmüller H,Pongratz D,Klopstock T,Melberg A,Holme E,Pääbo S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While constructing a cDNA library of human embryos, we have isolated a clone homologous to jumonji, a mouse gene required for neural tube formation. We have determined the complete coding sequence of the human homologue (JMJ) and deduced the amino acid sequence of the putative protein. We show here that human and mous...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bergé-Lefranc JL,Jay P,Massacrier A,Cau P,Mattei MG,Bauer S,Marsollier C,Berta P,Fontes M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin color is a highly heritable human trait, and global variation in skin pigmentation has been shaped by natural selection, migration, and admixture. Ethnically diverse African populations harbor extremely high levels of genetic and phenotypic diversity, and skin pigmentation varies widely across Africa. Recent geno...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Feng Y,McQuillan MA,Tishkoff SA

更新日期：2021-01-12 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：:Muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB), an autosomal recessive disorder prevalent in Finland, is characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, brain malformation and ocular abnormalities. Since the MEB phenotype overlaps substantially with those of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) and Walker-Warburg syndro...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Taniguchi K,Kobayashi K,Saito K,Yamanouchi H,Ohnuma A,Hayashi YK,Manya H,Jin DK,Lee M,Parano E,Falsaperla R,Pavone P,Van Coster R,Talim B,Steinbrecher A,Straub V,Nishino I,Topaloglu H,Voit T,Endo T,Toda T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in DJ-1 cause recessively transmitted early-onset Parkinson disease (PD), and oxidative damage to DJ-1 has been associated with the pathogenesis of late-onset sporadic PD. The precise biochemical function of DJ-1 remains elusive. Here, we report that DJ-1 is synthesized as a latent protease zymogen with low-...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen J,Li L,Chin LS

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of motor neurons. Motor neuron degeneration is probably both a cell autonomous and a non-autonomous event. Therefore, manipulating the diseased microenvironment via non-neural cell replacement could be a th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Corti S,Nizzardo M,Nardini M,Donadoni C,Salani S,Simone C,Falcone M,Riboldi G,Govoni A,Bresolin N,Comi GP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a frequent neurocristopathy characterized by the absence of submucosal and myenteric plexuses in a variable length of the gastrointestinal tract. Pedigrees and segregation analyses suggested the involvement of one or several dominant genes with low penetrance in HSCR. Considering that RE...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Doray B,Salomon R,Amiel J,Pelet A,Touraine R,Billaud M,Attié T,Bachy B,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically, autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is caused by mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor or apolipoprotein B genes that result in defective clearance of plasma LDL by the liver, but a third gene (PCSK9), encoding a putative proprotein convertase, has recently been implicat...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sun XM,Eden ER,Tosi I,Neuwirth CK,Wile D,Naoumova RP,Soutar AK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is an epigenetic mechanism that silences the majority of genes on one X chromosome in females. Previous studies have suggested that the spread of XCI might be facilitated in part by common repeats such as long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs). However, owing to the unusual sequence...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bala Tannan N,Brahmachary M,Garg P,Borel C,Alnefaie R,Watson CT,Thomas NS,Sharp AJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is a dominantly inherited cancer syndrome which affects thyroid C cells, and with variable frequency, the adrenal medulla, parathyroid and enteric autonomic ganglia. The syndrome is due to germline mutation in the receptor tyrosine kinase gene, RET. We have recently shown an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gardner E,Mulligan LM,Eng C,Healey CS,Kwok JB,Ponder MA,Ponder BA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coproporphyrinogen oxidase is a mitochondrial heme-biosynthetic enzyme that converts coproporphyrinogen to protoporphyrinogen. Inherited deficiency of this enzyme causes the human genetic disease hereditary coproporphyria. Recently, we isolated, sequenced and expressed the cDNA encoding human coproporphyrinogen oxidas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Martasek P,Nordmann Y,Grandchamp B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grb10-Interacting GYF Protein 2 (GIGYF2) was initially identified through its interaction with Grb10, an adapter protein that binds activated IGF-I and insulin receptors. The GIGYF2 gene maps to human chromosome 2q37 within a region linked to familial Parkinson's disease (PARK11 locus), and association of GIGYF2 mutat...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Giovannone B,Tsiaras WG,de la Monte S,Klysik J,Lautier C,Karashchuk G,Goldwurm S,Smith RJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat in the first exon of the HD gene, which results in a toxic polyglutamine stretch within huntingtin, the protein it encodes. Understanding the normal function of this essential protein is vital to u...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Strehlow AN,Li JZ,Myers RM

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00