CRIM1 haploinsufficiency causes defects in eye development in human and mouse.

abstract：:Galphaq, encoded by the human GNAQ gene, is an effector subunit of the Gq heterotrimeric G-protein and the convergence point for signaling of multiple Gq-coupled neurohormonal receptors. To identify naturally occurring mutations that could modify GNAQ transcription, we examined genomic DNA isolated from 355 normal sub...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liggett SB,Kelly RJ,Parekh RR,Matkovich SJ,Benner BJ,Hahn HS,Syed FM,Galvez AS,Case KL,McGuire N,Odley AM,Sparks L,Kardia SL,Dorn GW 2nd

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RAD51C was defined by Meindl et al. in 2010 as a high-risk gene involved in hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. Although this role seems to be clear, nowadays there is controversy about the indication of including the gene in routine clinical genetic testing, due to the lower prevalence or the absence of mutations ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Osorio A,Endt D,Fernández F,Eirich K,de la Hoya M,Schmutzler R,Caldés T,Meindl A,Schindler D,Benitez J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Pre-B cell leukemia factor 1 (PBX1) is an essential developmental transcription factor, mutations in which have recently been associated with CAKUTHED syndrome, characterized by multiple congenital defects including congenital heart disease (CHD). During analysis of a whole-exome-sequenced cohort of heterogeneous CHD ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Alankarage D,Szot JO,Pachter N,Slavotinek A,Selleri L,Shieh JT,Winlaw D,Giannoulatou E,Chapman G,Dunwoodie SL

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of the length of the index finger to that of the ring finger (2D:4D) is sexually dimorphic and is commonly used as a non-invasive biomarker of prenatal androgen exposure. Most association studies of 2D:4D ratio with a diverse range of sex-specific traits have typically involved small sample sizes and have be...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Warrington NM,Shevroja E,Hemani G,Hysi PG,Jiang Y,Auton A,Boer CG,Mangino M,Wang CA,Kemp JP,McMahon G,Medina-Gomez C,Hickey M,Trajanoska K,Wolke D,Ikram MA,23andMe Research Team.,Montgomery GW,Felix JF,Wright MJ,M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRPS1 gene codes for a 1281 amino acids nuclear transcription factor with an unusual combination of different types of zinc finger motifs, including GATA-type DNA-binding and IKAROS-like zinc fingers. TRPS1 is a repressor of GATA-regulated genes and implicated in the human tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndromes. We fou...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kaiser FJ,Tavassoli K,Van den Bemd GJ,Chang GT,Horsthemke B,Möröy T,Lüdecke HJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turner syndrome is a complex human disorder that generally associates a 45,X karyotype to a female phenotype presenting with gonadal dysgenesis, short stature and a number of characteristic somatic features. It has been hypothesized that this specific phenotype was the consequence of the haploinsufficiency of some X-l...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barbaux S,Vilain E,Raoul O,Gilgenkrantz S,Jeandidier E,Chadenas D,Souleyreau N,Fellous M,McElreavey K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major public health problem with strong genetic determination; however, the genetic factors underlying obesity are largely unknown. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association scan for obesity by examining approximately 500 000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a sample of 1000 unrelated...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu YJ,Liu XG,Wang L,Dina C,Yan H,Liu JF,Levy S,Papasian CJ,Drees BM,Hamilton JJ,Meyre D,Delplanque J,Pei YF,Zhang L,Recker RR,Froguel P,Deng HW

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated blood pressure is an important risk factor for renal-, cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. We used an efficient discordant sib-pair ascertainment scheme to investigate the impact of the distal end of the long arm of human chromosome 5 (chromosomal region 5q31.1-qter) containing genes for the alpha1B and bet...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Krushkal J,Xiong M,Ferrell R,Sing CF,Turner ST,Boerwinkle E

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), (bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma), is an autosomal dominant human skin disorder. Recently, we and others have described mutations in keratins 1 and 10 (K1 and K10) in patients with this disease. Structure-function models predict that these mutations would impair normal...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rothnagel JA,Fisher MP,Axtell SM,Pittelkow MR,Anton-Lamprecht I,Huber M,Hohl D,Roop DR

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Promising results in several clinical studies have emphasized the potential of gene therapy to address important medical needs and initiated a surge of investments in drug development and commercialization. This enthusiasm is driven by positive data in clinical trials including gene replacement for Hemophilia B, X-lin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： van der Loo JC,Wright JF

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C disease (NP-C) is a progressive lysosomal lipid storage disease caused by mutations in the NPC1 and NPC2 genes. NPC1 is essential for transporting cholesterol and other lipids out of lysosomes, but little is known about the mechanisms that control its cellular abundance and localization. Here we sh...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ebrahimi-Fakhari D,Wahlster L,Bartz F,Werenbeck-Ueding J,Praggastis M,Zhang J,Joggerst-Thomalla B,Theiss S,Grimm D,Ory DS,Runz H

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ICF syndrome has been described as the association of variable immunodeficiency, facial anomalies and centromeric heterochromatin instability. Since the chromosome rearrangements seen in cells of ICF patients are reminiscent of the chromosomal changes induced by the undermethylating agent 5-azacytidine in the late S-p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jeanpierre M,Turleau C,Aurias A,Prieur M,Ledeist F,Fischer A,Viegas-Pequignot E

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MELAS syndrome is a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy associated with a point mutation at nucleotide 3243 of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The same mutation has also been found in patients with maternally inherited diabetes mellitus. The mutation occurs within a sequence needed for termination of mitochondrial transcri...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Suomalainen A,Majander A,Pihko H,Peltonen L,Syvänen AC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the normal diploid mouse embryo, active demethylation of the paternal genome but not of the maternal genome occurs within only a few hours and in a highly coordinated fashion as the zygote proceeds through the first G1 phase. This zygotic demethylation may be necessary to reprogram the sperm genome for somatic deve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barton SC,Arney KL,Shi W,Niveleau A,Fundele R,Surani MA,Haaf T

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Missense mutations (K141N and K141E) in the alpha-crystallin domain of the small heat shock protein HSPB8 (HSP22) cause distal hereditary motor neuropathy (distal HMN) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2L (CMT2L). The mechanism through which mutant HSPB8 leads to a specific motor neuron disease phenotype is curre...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Irobi J,Almeida-Souza L,Asselbergh B,De Winter V,Goethals S,Dierick I,Krishnan J,Timmermans JP,Robberecht W,De Jonghe P,Van Den Bosch L,Janssens S,Timmerman V

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airway epithelial damage, bronchoconstriction, parenchymal destruction and mucus hypersecretion. Upon activation by a broad range of stimuli, transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) functions to control airway epithelial cell volume and epitheli...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhu G,ICGN Investigators.,Gulsvik A,Bakke P,Ghatta S,Anderson W,Lomas DA,Silverman EK,Pillai SG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'dynamic mutation' was introduced to distinguish the unique properties of expanding, unstable DNA repeat sequences from other forms of mutation. The past decade has seen dynamic mutations uncovered as the molecular basis for a growing number of human genetic diseases and for all of the characterized 'rare' ch...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Richards RI

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Common variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene have been identified as the strongest genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the mechanisms by which these non-coding variants increase risk for T2D are not well-established. We used 13 expression assays to survey mRNA expression of m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Prokunina-Olsson L,Welch C,Hansson O,Adhikari N,Scott LJ,Usher N,Tong M,Sprau A,Swift A,Bonnycastle LL,Erdos MR,He Z,Saxena R,Harmon B,Kotova O,Hoffman EP,Altshuler D,Groop L,Boehnke M,Collins FS,Hall JL

更新日期：2009-10-15 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：:Mutations in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the cone photoreceptor phosphodiesterase (PDE6C) have been recently reported in patients with autosomal recessive inherited achromatopsia (ACHM) and early-onset cone photoreceptor dysfunction. Here we present the results of a comprehensive study on PDE6C mutation...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grau T,Artemyev NO,Rosenberg T,Dollfus H,Haugen OH,Cumhur Sener E,Jurklies B,Andreasson S,Kernstock C,Larsen M,Zrenner E,Wissinger B,Kohl S

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In model organisms, over 2,000 genes have been shown to modulate aging, the collection of which we call the ‘gerontome’. Although some individual aging-related genes have been the subject of intense scrutiny, their analysis as a whole has been limited. In particular, the genetic interaction of aging and age-related pa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fernandes M,Wan C,Tacutu R,Barardo D,Rajput A,Wang J,Thoppil H,Thornton D,Yang C,Freitas A,de Magalhães JP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directed hepatocyte differentiation from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) potentially provides a unique platform for modeling liver genetic diseases and performing drug-toxicity screening in vitro. Wilson's disease is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the ATP7B gene, whose product is a liver transpo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang S,Chen S,Li W,Guo X,Zhao P,Xu J,Chen Y,Pan Q,Liu X,Zychlinski D,Lu H,Tortorella MD,Schambach A,Wang Y,Pei D,Esteban MA

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies emphasize the importance of mRNA splicing in human genetic disease, as 20-30% of all disease-causing mutations are predicted to result in mRNA splicing defects. The plasticity of the mRNA splicing reaction has made these mutations attractive candidates for the development of therapeutics. Familial dysau...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shetty RS,Gallagher CS,Chen YT,Hims MM,Mull J,Leyne M,Pickel J,Kwok D,Slaugenhaupt SA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quakingviable mouse (qkv) is a spontaneous recessive mouse mutant with a deletion of approximately 1.1 Mb in the proximal region of chromosome 17. The deletion affects the expression of three genes; quaking (Qk), Parkin-coregulated gene (Pacrg) and parkin (Park2). The resulting phenotype, which includes dysmyelina...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wilson GR,Wang HX,Egan GF,Robinson PJ,Delatycki MB,O'Bryan MK,Lockhart PJ

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although studies over the last decades have firmly connected a number of genes and molecular pathways to aging, the aging process as a whole still remains poorly understood. To gain novel insights into the mechanisms underlying aging, instead of considering aging genes individually, we studied their characteristics at...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang Q,Nogales-Cadenas R,Lin JR,Zhang W,Cai Y,Vijg J,Zhang ZD

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

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：:The X-linked reproductive homeobox (RHOX) gene cluster encodes transcription factors preferentially expressed in reproductive tissues. This gene cluster has important roles in male fertility based on phenotypic defects of Rhox-mutant mice and the finding that aberrant RHOX promoter methylation is strongly associated w...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Borgmann J,Tüttelmann F,Dworniczak B,Röpke A,Song HW,Kliesch S,Wilkinson MF,Laurentino S,Gromoll J

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00