Medulloblastoma, macrocephaly, and a pathogenic germline PTEN variant: Cause or coincidence?

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the implementation of a research project providing whole genome sequencing (WGS) to all pediatric cancer patients in Denmark (2016-2019), we sought to investigate healthcare professionals' views on WGS as it was actively being implemented in pediatric oncology. METHODS:Semistructured interviews were ca...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Byrjalsen A,Stoltze UK,Castor A,Wahlberg A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and the role of AGG interruptions within the FMR1 gene in the normal population is unknown. In this study, we investigated the frequent of AGG loss, in one or two alleles within the normal population. The role of AGG in the FMR1 stability has been assessed by correlating AGG loss to the preval...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Manor E,Gonen R,Sarussi B,Keidar-Friedman D,Kumar J,Tang HT,Tassone F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosome 14q11-q22 deletion syndrome (OMIM 613457) is a rare contiguous gene syndrome. Two regions of overlap (RO) of the 14q12q21.1 deletion have been identified: a proximal region (RO1), including FOXG1(*164874), NKX2-1(*600635), and PAX9(*167416) and a distal region (RO2), including NKX2-1 and PAX9. We ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Ponzi E,Gentile M,Agolini E,Matera E,Palumbi R,Buonadonna AL,Peschechera A,Gabellone A,Antonucci MF,Margari L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fanconi anemia (FA) affects only one in 130,000 births, but has severe and diverse clinical consequences. It has been theorized that defects in the FA DNA cross-link repair complex lead to a spectrum of variants that are responsible for those diverse clinical phenotypes. METHODS:Using NextGen sequencing, we...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Velmurugan KR,Michalak P,Kang L,Fonville NC,Garner HR

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive or prolonged usage of dexamethasone can cause serious side effects, but few studies reveal the related mechanism. Dexamethasone work differently in blood tumors and solid tumors, and the cause is still obscure. The aims of this study was to identify potential biomarkers associated with the side eff...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Jiang D,Jin H,Zuo J,Kong Y,Zhang X,Dong Q,Xu Z,Li Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing loss (HL) is a common sensory disorder in humans characterized by extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity. In recent years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have proven to be highly effective and powerful tools for population genetic studies of HL. Here, we analyzed clinical and molec...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Xiang YB,Xu CY,Xu YZ,Li HZ,Zhou LL,Xu XQ,Chen ZH,Tang SH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male-specifically inherited Y-STRs have been widely used in population genetics and forensic investigations. METHODS:We genotyped and analyzed Y chromosome haplotypes of 408 unrelated Tibeto-Burman-speaking Yi male individuals from Guizhou using Goldeneye® Y-PLUS kit. Population comparisons between the Guiz...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Song Z,Wang Q,Zhang H,Tang J,Wang Q,Zhang H,Yang M,Ji J,Ren Z,Wu Y,Huang J

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect with a prevalence of 1%-2% in the general population. NOTCH1, SMAD6, and GATA5 are associated with BAV in humans, but few cases have been reported that did not involve NOTCH1. Here, we identified novel in-frame variants in SMAD6 (c.1168_1...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Park JE,Park JS,Jang SY,Park SH,Kim JW,Ki CS,Kim DK

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:β3-αC loop is a highly conserved structural domain across oncogene families, which is a switch for kinase activity. There have been numerous researches on mutations within β3-αC loop in EGFR, but relatively less in ERBB2, BRAF, and MAP2K1. In addition, previous studies mainly focus on β3-αC deletion in EGFR,...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhang B,Chen Y,Dai P,Yu H,Ma J,Chen C,Zhang Y,Guan Y,Chen R,Liu T,Wang J,Yang L,Yi X,Xia X,Ma H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical genetics and genomic medicine in Turkey: a bright future at a new era in life sciences. ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Özçelik T

更新日期：2017-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deletion of the distal 7q region is a rare chromosomal syndrome characterized by wide phenotypic manifestations including growth and psychomotor delay, facial dysmorphisms, and genitourinary malformations. METHODS:We describe a 6-year-old child with a 12-Mb deletion of the region 7q35q36.3. RESULTS:Amo...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Di Stolfo G,Accadia M,Mastroianno S,Leone MP,Palumbo O,Palumbo P,Potenza D,Maccarone P,Sacco M,Russo A,Carella M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Copy number variants in coding and noncoding genomic regions have been implicated as risk factor for schizophrenia (SCZ). Rare duplications of the RB1CC1 gene were found enriched in SCZ patients. Considering that the effect of such duplications on RB1CC1 expression has never been evaluated and partial gene d...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Errichiello E,Giorda R,Gambale A,Iolascon A,Zuffardi O,Giglio S

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this letter, we want to add information to the paper "Genetics and genomic medicine in Argentina" that we considered it was lacking. Argentina is a big country with inequalities in the access to public health care, especially in medical genetics and genomics. ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Cotignola J,Rozental S,Buzzalino N,Dain L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lead (Pb) is broadly used in various industries and causes irreversible damage to human tissues, organs, and systems. Studies have revealed that lead exerts toxic effects via interfering with calcium channel. METHODS:In the present study, we investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TRP...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Liu J,Zhang L,Feng L,Xu M,Gao Y,Zhou P,Yu Z,Zhu B,An Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ECE1 gene polymorphisms have been studied as a candidate gene in essential hypertension, but no consensus has been reached. To systematically explore their possible association, a case-control study was conducted. METHODS:This study included 398 hypertensive subjects and 596 healthy volunteers as contro...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Wang H,Liu J,Liu K,Liu Y,Wen J,Wang Z,Wen S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe congenital malformations. Diabetes during pregnancy is a risk factor for NTDs, but its mechanism remains elusive. Emerging evidence suggests that protein malonylation is involved in diabetes. Here, we report the correlation between histone lysine malonylation in diabetes...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Cai T,Xiao Z,Li D,Wan C,Cui X,Bai B

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Site-1 Protease (S1P) is a Golgi-resident protein required for the activation of regulatory proteins that drive key cellular functions, including, the unfolded protein response (UPR) and lipid and cholesterol biosynthesis. While disruptions in S1P function have been widely characterized in animal models, to ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Schweitzer GG,Gan C,Bucelli RC,Wegner D,Schmidt RE,Shinawi M,Finck BN,Brookheart RT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma concentrations of antiretrovirals (ARVs) regimens have considerably varied in individuals of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of variations in the expression of drug-metabolizing and transporter genes. Transporter genes play an important role in the disposition of drugs. Polymorphism in tran...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Singh H,Lata S,Choudhari R,Dhole TN

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The heritability of several psychiatric disorders is high, and specific at-risk variants have been identified. Therefore, genetic counseling and genetic testing can be prescribed to some psychiatric patients, but these services are not standardized for most of the population. The aims of the study were to ga...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Martorell L,Sanfeliu A,Blázquez A,Lojo E,Cortés MJ,de Pablo J,Vilella E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The birth year-dependent onset of breast cancer (BC) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers suggests a risk-modifying role for reproductive and life style factors. We therefore examined possible associations between these factors and age at diagnosis. METHODS:Cox regression analysis and log-Rank testing were used to ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Rieder V,Salama M,Glöckner L,Muhr D,Berger A,Tea MK,Pfeiler G,Rappaport-Fuerhauser C,Gschwantler-Kaulich D,Weingartshofer S,Singer CF

更新日期：2015-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HSD10 mitochondrial disease (HSD10MD), originally described as a deficiency of 2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase (MHBD), is a rare X-linked disorder of a moonlighting protein encoded by the HSD17B10. The diagnosis is usually first suspected on finding elevated isoleucine degradation metabolites in ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Waters PJ,Lace B,Buhas D,Gravel S,Cyr D,Boucher RM,Bernard G,Lévesque S,Maranda B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biallelic pathogenic variants in CBS gene cause the most common form of homocystinuria, the classical homocystinuria (HCU). The worldwide prevalence of HCU is estimated to be 0.82:100,000 [95% CI, 0.39-1.73:100,000] according to clinical records and 1.09:100,000 [95% CI, 0.34-3.55:100,000] by neonatal screen...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Weber Hoss GR,Sperb-Ludwig F,Schwartz IVD,Blom HJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the effects of haplotypes T-G and C-A derived from NG_012836.1:g.4160T>C and NG_012836.1:g.4326G>A on protein expression levels in vitro and identified the functional sequence in the regulatory region of the GABRB3 gene linked to possible associations with schizophrenia. METHODS:Reco...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Liu Y,Ding M,Liu YP,Zhang XC,Xing JX,Xuan JF,Xia X,Yao J,Wang BJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital scoliosis (CS) is defined as a lateral curvature of the spine due to the vertebral malformations and has an incidence of 0.5-1/1,000 births. We previously examined TBX6 in Japanese CS patients and revealed that approximately 10% of CS was caused by TBX6 mutations. However, the genetic cause of rem...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Takeda K,Kou I,Mizumoto S,Yamada S,Kawakami N,Nakajima M,Otomo N,Ogura Y,Miyake N,Matsumoto N,Kotani T,Sudo H,Yonezawa I,Uno K,Taneichi H,Watanabe K,Shigematsu H,Sugawara R,Taniguchi Y,Minami S,Nakamura M,Matsum

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 Stickler syndrome is usually a dominant disorder resulting from pathogenic variants in COL11A1 encoding the alpha 1 chain of type XI collagen. Typical molecular changes result in either substitution of an obligate glycine within the Gly-Xaa-Yaa amino acid sequence repeat region of the molecule, mRNA m...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Nixon T,Richards AJ,Lomas A,Abbs S,Vasudevan P,McNinch A,Alexander P,Snead MP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the availability of raw DNA generated from direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing companies, there has been a proliferation of third-party online services that are available to interpret the raw data for both genealogy and/or health purposes. This study examines the current landscape and downstream clinical i...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Wang C,Cahill TJ,Parlato A,Wertz B,Zhong Q,Cunningham TN,Cummings JJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of body wall closing defects (abdominoschisis and thoracoabdominoschisis) in combination with other congenital malformations was studied in the pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). After clinical examination and literature review, body wall defects with multiple congenital anomalies in eight pigs were described, ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Martín-Alguacil N,Avedillo L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, increasing innovations improved the accuracy of next generation sequencing (NGS) data. However, the validation of all NGS variants increased the cost and turn-around time of clinical diagnosis, and therefore limited the further development of clinical applications. We aimed to comprehensively asses...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zheng J,Zhang H,Banerjee S,Li Y,Zhou J,Yang Q,Tan X,Han P,Fu Q,Cui X,Yuan Y,Zhang M,Shen R,Song H,Zhang X,Zhao L,Peng Z,Wang W,Yin Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease with colorectal adenomatous polyps as the main clinical manifestations. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the expression levels of tumor proliferation and angiogenesis-related genes in different tissue secti...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhang Z,Wang D,Xu C,Li Y,Yu Y,Chen C,Li M,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer as one of the most common malignant tumors lead to bad prognosis among women. Some researches already focus on the carcinogenesis and pathogenesis of cervical cancer, but it is still necessary to identify more key genes and pathways. METHODS:Differentially expressed genes were identified by ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Yang HJ,Xue JM,Li J,Wan LH,Zhu YX

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00