Proliferative vasculopathy and hydranencephaly-hydrocephaly syndrome or Fowler syndrome: Report of a family and insight into the disease's mechanism.

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: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:Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim (ZTTK, OMIM# 617140) syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by heterozygous variants in the SON gene (OMIM#182465, GenBank#NC_000021.9). There are only 33 cases and 26 causative SON variants reported to date since the first report in 2015. Here, we report a n...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Yang L,Yang F

更新日期：2020-11-01 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

abstract：:Considering that variability in immune response genes has been associated with susceptibility to leprosy and with disease severity, leprosy presents clinicopathological variants that are highly associated with the immune response, HLA-G has a well-recognized role in the modulation of the immune response, and polymorph...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Lucena-Silva N,Teixeira MA,Ramos Ade L,de Albuquerque RS,Diniz GT,Mendes-Junior CT,Castelli EC,Donadi EA

更新日期：2013-09-01 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:It has been proposed that lncRNAs, widely transcribed from genomes, play pivotal regulatory roles in a variety of biological processes, but their function in regulating spermatogenesis in human males is rarely reported. METHODS:QRT-PCR was adopted to detect HOTTIP expression level in testicular tissues from...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Su Y,Zhou LL,Zhang YQ,Ni LY

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isomerism or heterotaxy syndrome is the loss of normal asymmetry of the internal thoraco-abdominal organs in the left-right axis and is associated with cardiovascular malformations. Mutations within DNAH11 can be associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia and heterotaxy syndromes. METHODS:We report a family...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Namavarian A,Eid A,Goh ES,Thakur V

更新日期：2020-09-01 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: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：:Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP) is a common birth defect affecting 135,000 newborns worldwide each year. While a multifactorial etiology has been suggested as the cause, despite decades of research, the genetic underpinnings of NSCLP remain largely unexplained. In our previous genome-wide l...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Cvjetkovic N,Maili L,Weymouth KS,Hashmi SS,Mulliken JB,Topczewski J,Letra A,Yuan Q,Blanton SH,Swindell EC,Hecht JT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EAST syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the gene KCNJ10. Among the 14 pathogenic mutations described so far, the p.R65P mutation stands out as the most frequent one and is particularly associated with patients of Pakistani origin. As a result we aimed to estab...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Abdelhadi O,Iancu D,Tekman M,Stanescu H,Bockenhauer D,Kleta R

更新日期：2016-06-07 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：PURPOSE:To assess clinical chromosomal microarray (CMA) genomic testing reports for the following: (a) usage of reporting elements consistent with 2011 ACMG guidelines and other elements identified in the primary literature, (b) information quality, and (c) readability. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed genomic test...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Davis KW,Hamby Erby L,Fiallos K,Martin M,Wassman ER

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify potential causative mutations in SLC2A9 and SLC22A12 that lead to hypouricemia or hyperuricemia (HUA). METHODS:Targeted resequencing of whole exon regions of SLC2A9 and SLC22A12 was performed in three cohorts of 31 hypouricemia, 288 HUA and 280 normal controls. RESULTS:A total of 84 high-qualit...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhou Z,Wang K,Zhou J,Wang C,Li X,Cui L,Han L,Liu Z,Ren W,Wang X,Zhang K,Li Z,Pan D,Li C,Shi Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been many reports on midkine as a promising marker in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the results are inconsistent and even conflicting. METHODS:This meta-analysis was performed to investigate the accuracy of midkine in the diagnosis of HCC. Meta-DiSc 1.4 software was us...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Tang J,Zhou X,Zhu SL,Li LQ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of cryptic relatedness (CR) on genomic association studies is well studied and known to inflate false-positive rates as reported by several groups. In contrast, conventional epidemiological studies for environmental risks, the confounding effect of CR is still uninvestigated. In this study, we investigated ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Shibata K,Hozawa A,Tamiya G,Ueki M,Nakamura T,Narimatsu H,Kubota I,Ueno Y,Kato T,Yamashita H,Fukao A,Kayama T,Yamagata University Genomic Cohort Consortiuma.

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 500 epigenetic regulators have been identified throughout the human genome. Of these, approximately 30 chromatin modifiers have been implicated thus far in human disease. Recently, variants in BRPF1, encoding a chromatin reader, have been associated with a previously unrecognized autosomal dominant synd...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Pode-Shakked N,Barel O,Pode-Shakked B,Eliyahu A,Singer A,Nayshool O,Kol N,Raas-Rothschild A,Pras E,Shohat M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease characterized by heterogeneous clinical presentations as well as complex genetic and molecular abnormalities. In MM, cytogenetic analysis is a challenge because of the low proliferation of malignant plasma cells. Thus, interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), p...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Hamdaoui H,Benlarroubia O,Ait Boujmia OK,Mossafa H,Ouldim K,Belkhayat A,Smyej I,Benrahma H,Dehbi H,Chegdani F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the limited availability of mRNA analysis data, the number of exonic variants resulting in splicing impairment is underestimated although aberrant splicing correction is a promising therapeutic option to treat monogenic diseases, including choroideremia (CHM), a rare X-linked eye disorder arising from...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Fioretti T,Ungari S,Savarese M,Cattaneo F,Pirozzi E,Esposito G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IKZF1 is a relevant gene associated with the pathogenesis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the rs4132601 (T>G) and rs11978267 (A>G) polymorphisms have been associated with the development of this disease in several populations. The aim of this study was to determine the allelic and genotypic frequencies ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Gutiérrez-Franco J,Ayón-Pérez MF,Durán-Avelar MJ,Vibanco-Pérez N,Sánchez-Jasso DE,Bañuelos-Aguayo DG,Sánchez-Meza J,Pimentel-Gutiérrez HJ,Zambrano-Zaragoza JF,Agraz-Cibrián JM,Vázquez-Reyes A

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal neurofibromatosis (SNF) is a related form of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) with a low incidence. Here, we report a SNF patient with NF1 (OMIM *613113) mutation in a classic NF1 family to enrich the case data. METHODS:We presented the clinical data of a 27-year-old female suffered from SNF. Two NF1 i...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Ning Z,Yang Z,Chen G,Wu W,He L,Sun Y,Cai D,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disease. The main mutational genes causing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are PKD1 and PKD2 as well as some rare pathogenic genes. Unilateral PKD is rare in clinics, and its association with gene mutations is unclear. ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Wang T,Li Q,Shang S,Geng G,Xie Y,Cai G,Chen X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathogenic variants in ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1, MIM# 180901) are the cause of congenital myopathy with fiber-type disproportion, malignant hyperthermia susceptibility type 1, central core disease of muscle, multiminicore disease and other congenital myopathies. METHODS:We present a patient with global de...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Blackburn PR,Selcen D,Gass JM,Jackson JL,Macklin S,Cousin MA,Boczek NJ,Klee EW,Dimberg EL,Kennelly KD,Atwal PS

更新日期：2017-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pre-mRNA splicing is a complex process requiring the identification of donor site, acceptor site, and branch point site with an adjacent polypyrimidine tract sequence. Splicing is regulated by splicing regulatory elements (SREs) with both enhancer and suppressor functions. Variants located in exonic regions ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Katneni UK,Liss A,Holcomb D,Katagiri NH,Hunt R,Bar H,Ismail A,Komar AA,Kimchi-Sarfaty C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-related hypertensive disorder, which may stem from impair placentation. Renin-angiotensin system is one of the mediators of decidualization and trophoblastic proliferation. In the present study women with PE were studied in a comparison of normotensive controls to determine w...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Shaheen G,Sajid S,Razak S,Mazhar SB,Afsar T,Almajwal A,Alam I,Jahan S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosome 22q11.2 is susceptible to genomic rearrangements and the most frequently reported involve deletions and duplications between low copy repeats LCR22A to LCR22D. Atypical nested deletions and duplications are rarer and can provide a valuable opportunity to investigate the dosage effects of a smaller...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Woodward KJ,Stampalia J,Vanyai H,Rijhumal H,Potts K,Taylor F,Peverall J,Grumball T,Sivamoorthy S,Alinejad-Rokny H,Wray J,Whitehouse A,Nagarajan L,Scurlock J,Afchani S,Edwards M,Murch A,Beilby J,Baynam G,Kiraly-Borri

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is characterized by a heterogeneous phenotypic spectrum of retinopathy, intellectual disability (ID), obesity, polydactyly, and kidney dysfunctions as the major clinical features. Genetic investigations have reported 21 BBS genes, the products of which are mostly located at the ce...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： Muzammal M,Zubair M,Bierbaumer S,Blatterer J,Graf R,Gul A,Abbas S,Badar M,Abbasi AA,Khan MA,Windpassinger C

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:We describe the impact genomics has on the health and readiness of the military service member, highlight several examples of the current and future plans for genomic medicine within the military, discuss challenges to implementation and provide recommendations to address some of those challenges. ...

journal_title：Molecular genetics & genomic medicine

authors： De Castro MJ,Turner CE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00