Modification effect of sex and obesity on the correlation of LEP polymorphisms with leptin levels in Taiwanese obese women.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To search for new prevention markers for early detection of the diseases caused by tobacco, we aimed to investigate the polymorphisms in TSLP and TSLPRs associated with cigarette smoking in the Saudi population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Samples were collected from 177 smokers and 126 healthy controls. Three TS...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Semlali A,Almutairi M,Azzi A,Reddy Parine N,AlAmri A,Alsulami S,Meshal Alumri T,Saud Alanazi M,Rouabhia M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) caused by variants in DNAJC12 was reported and this suggested a new strategy for diagnosis. But DNAJC12-associated HPA is a rare in Chinese population so far. METHODS:The clinical information and blood samples from the patient and his family members were collected and an...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Li M,Yang Q,Yi S,Qin Z,Luo J,Fan X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Milroy-like disease is the diagnostic definition used for patients with phenotypes that resemble classic Milroy disease (MD) but are negative to genetic testing for FLT4. In this study, we aimed at performing a genetic characterization and biochemical analysis of VEGF-C variations found in a female proband b...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Mukenge S,Jha SK,Catena M,Manara E,Leppänen VM,Lenti E,Negrini D,Bertelli M,Brendolan A,Jeltsch M,Aldrighetti L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A family with skeletal and craniofacial anomalies is presented. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) analysis indicated a diagnosis of Larsen syndrome, although their clinical presentation does not include the hallmark joint dislocations typically observed in Larsen syndrome. METHODS:Patient consent for the sharing...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Kodra N,Diamonstein C,Hauser NS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder caused by functional impairment of cilia throughout the body. The involvement of copy number variation (CNV) in the development of PCD is largely unknown. METHODS:We examined 93 Japanese patients with clinically suspected PCD from 84 unrelated fami...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Takeuchi K,Xu Y,Kitano M,Chiyonobu K,Abo M,Ikegami K,Ogawa S,Ikejiri M,Kondo M,Gotoh S,Nagao M,Fujisawa T,Nakatani K

更新日期：2020-03-01 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: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：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:General practitioners (GPs) have an increasing role in referring patients with putative mutation in BRCA1/2 genes for genetics consultation and for long-term follow-up of mutation carriers. METHODS:We compared the expectations of the GPs' role according to BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and to GPs themselves. R...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Vande Perre P,Toledano D,Corsini C,Escriba E,Laporte M,Bertet H,Yauy K,Toledano A,Galibert V,Baudry K,Clotet L,Million E,Picot MC,Geneviève D,Pujol P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-Jun and EGFR have not been explored as targets via the mechanism of RNA silencing. Hence, this study designed an efficient C-Jun-h-825 small interfering RNA (siRNA) and investigated its effect on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and collagen expression in human keratinocytes exposed to UV radiation. METHODS...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Xiao H,Yang R,Yang F,Zhao Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 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:Hereditary myosin myopathies are a group of rare muscle disorders, caused by mutations in genes encoding for skeletal myosin heavy chains (MyHCs). MyHCIIa is encoded by MYH2 and is expressed in fast type 2A and 2B muscle fibers. MYH2 mutations are responsible for an autosomal dominant (AD) progressive myopat...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Telese R,Pagliarani S,Lerario A,Ciscato P,Fagiolari G,Cassandrini D,Grimoldi N,Conte G,Cinnante C,Santorelli FM,Comi GP,Sciacco M,Peverelli L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eight different deletions and point variants of the X-chromosomal gene CNKSR2 have been reported in families with males presenting intellectual disability (ID) and epilepsy. Obligate carrier females with a frameshift variant in the N-terminal protein coding part of CNKSR2 or with a deletion of the complete g...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Polla DL,Saunders HR,de Vries BBA,van Bokhoven H,de Brouwer APM

更新日期：2019-10-01 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:Due to extensive clinical and genetic heterogeneity of intellectual disability (ID) syndromes, the process of diagnosis is very challenging even for expert clinicians. Despite recent advancements in molecular diagnostics methodologies, a significant fraction of ID patients remains without a clinical diagnosi...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Jezela-Stanek A,Ciara E,Jurkiewicz D,Kucharczyk M,Jędrzejowska M,Chrzanowska KH,Krajewska-Walasek M,Żemojtel T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a glycoprotein that plays an important role in lipid homeostasis at both cerebral and systemic levels. Moreover, the differential distribution of APOE gene alleles among different populations, means that ApoE isoforms could have different effects on lipids metabolism. The present s...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Martínez-Magaña JJ,Genis-Mendoza AD,Tovilla-Zarate CA,González-Castro TB,Juárez-Rojop IE,Hernández-Díaz Y,Martinez-Hernandez AG,Garcia-Ortíz H,Orozco L,López-Narvaez ML,Nicolini H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) opens new options in clinical oncology, from therapy selection to genetic counseling. However, realization of this potential not only requires succeeding in the bioinformatics and interpretation of the results, but also in their integration into the clinical practice. We have...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Cabanillas R,Diñeiro M,Castillo D,Pruneda PC,Penas C,Cifuentes GA,de Vicente Á,Durán NS,Álvarez R,Ordóñez GR,Cadiñanos J

更新日期：2017-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) is the most common subtype of renal tumor. However, the molecular mechanisms of KIRC pathogenesis remain little known. The purpose of our study was to identify potential key genes related to the occurrence and prognosis of KIRC, which could serve as novel diagnostic a...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhang B,Wu Q,Wang Z,Xu R,Hu X,Sun Y,Wang Q,Ju F,Ren S,Zhang C,Qin L,Ma Q,Zhou YL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare group of disorders characterized by increased susceptibility to fractures due to genetically determined bone fragility. About 90% of cases are due to mutations in COL1A1 (17q21.33) or COL1A2 (7q21.3) resulting in quantitative or qualitative defects in type I collagen, a...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Numbere N,Weber DR,Porter G Jr,Iqbal MA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the second most common cause of inflammatory arthritis worldwide affecting the axial skeleton. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP3) in the development of AS has few been investigated in Chinese population. METHODS:A total of 362 patients ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhu Y,Li S,Huang Z,Xing W,Li F,Da Y,Xue J,Li M,Sun K,Jia H,Yang X

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hainan Island, located in the South China Sea and separated from the Leizhou Peninsula by Qiongzhou Strait, is the second largest island after Taiwan in China. With the expansion of Han Chinese and the gradual formation of "South Hlai and North Han", nowadays, Hainan Hlai is the second largest population aft...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Li W,Wang X,Wang X,Wang F,Du Z,Fu F,Wu W,Wang S,Mu Z,Chen C,Hu X,Ding J,Meng Y,Qiu P,Fan H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNA-33a (miR-33a) plays the role of the tumor suppressor gene by regulating the expression level of downstream genes. However, the effects of miR-33a in renal cell cancer (RCC) remain unknown. Our study was designed to investigate the expression level and potential function of miR-33a in RCC. METHODS:R...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Jiang K,Sun F,Zhu J,Luo G,Ban Y,Zhang P

更新日期：2019-08-01 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:CAP+1 [A>C] (HBB:c.-50A>C) is a rare silent β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutation. Carrier individuals of this mutation show borderline hemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and Hb A2 levels. This mutation was previously reported in combination with different β-thalassemia mutations, leading to variable p...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Murad H,Moassas F,Fakseh NAL

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Truncation FAM83H mutations cause human autosomal dominant hypocalcified amelogenesis imperfecta (ADHCAI), an inherited disorder characterized by severe hardness defects in dental enamel. No enamel defects were observed in Fam83h null mice suggesting that Fam83h truncation mice would better replicate human m...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Wang SK,Hu Y,Smith CE,Yang J,Zeng C,Kim JW,Hu JC,Simmer JP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opitz syndrome (OS) is a genetic disorder that affects mainly the development of midline structures, including the craniofacial region, embryonic heart, and urogenital system. The manifestations of X-linked OS are believed to be results of a malfunctioned gene, MID1, whose product has been shown to have ubiq...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Li B,Zhou T,Zou Y

更新日期：2015-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia can lead to adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. There are few studies on the genetic factors associated with preeclampsia in Africa in general and in Sudan in specific. METHODS:A case-control study (60 women in each arm) was conducted at Saad Abualila Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, from Marc...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Hamid HM,Abdalla SE,Sidig M,Adam I,Hamdan HZ

更新日期：2020-03-01 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

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：:Point mutations in intronic regions near mRNA splice junctions can affect the splicing process. To identify novel splicing variants from exome sequencing data, we developed a bioinformatics splice-site prediction procedure to analyze next-generation sequencing (NGS) data (SpliceFinder). SpliceFinder integrates two fun...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Spinelli R,Pirola A,Redaelli S,Sharma N,Raman H,Valletta S,Magistroni V,Piazza R,Gambacorti-Passerini C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00