An extended genome-wide association study identifies novel susceptibility loci for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the two common neurodegenerative diseases that have been associated with the GGGGCC·GGCCCC repeat RNA expansion in a noncoding region of C9orf72. It has been previously reported that unconventional repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tao Z,Wang H,Xia Q,Li K,Li K,Jiang X,Xu G,Wang G,Ying Z

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the association between common haplotypes in six relevant lipid metabolism genes with plasma lipid levels. We selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), hepatic triglyceride lipase (HL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol rece...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Knoblauch H,Bauerfeind A,Krähenbühl C,Daury A,Rohde K,Bejanin S,Essioux L,Schuster H,Luft FC,Reich JG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are beneficial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Osteopontin (OPN), the protein product of SPP1, plays a role in DMD pathology modulating muscle inflammation and regeneration. A polymorphism in the SPP1 promoter (rs28357094) has been recognized as a genetic modifier of DMD, and there is evidence su...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vianello S,Pantic B,Fusto A,Bello L,Galletta E,Borgia D,Gavassini BF,Semplicini C,Sorarù G,Vitiello L,Pegoraro E

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional genetic screen using loss-of-function and gain-of-function alleles was performed to identify modifiers of tau-induced neurotoxicity using the 2N/4R (full-length) isoform of wild-type human tau expressed in the fly retina. We previously reported eye pigment mutations, which create dysfunctional lysosomes, ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ambegaokar SS,Jackson GR

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of mitochondrial DNA are linked to many human diseases. Despite the identification of a large number of variants in the mitochondrially encoded rRNA (mt-rRNA) genes, the evidence supporting their pathogenicity is, at best, circumstantial. Establishing the pathogenicity of these variations is of major diagnos...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Smith PM,Elson JL,Greaves LC,Wortmann SB,Rodenburg RJ,Lightowlers RN,Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM,Taylor RW,Vila-Sanjurjo A

更新日期：2014-02-15 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：: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：: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：:Wolfram syndrome (WS) is a heterogeneous multisystem neurodegenerative disorder with two allelic variations in addition to a separate subtype known as WS type 2. The wide phenotypic spectrum of WS includes diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy which is often accompanied by diabetes insipidus, deafness, urological and ne...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Riachi M,Yilmaz S,Kurnaz E,Aycan Z,Çetinkaya S,Tranebjærg L,Rendtorff ND,Bitner-Glindzicz M,Bockenhauer D,Hussain K

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intronic expansion of a hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene is the major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. However, the cellular function of the C9ORF72 protein remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that C9ORF72 regulate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Farg MA,Sundaramoorthy V,Sultana JM,Yang S,Atkinson RA,Levina V,Halloran MA,Gleeson PA,Blair IP,Soo KY,King AE,Atkin JD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) or Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by defects in the acid alpha-glucosidase gene, which leads to lysosomal glycogen accumulation and enlargement of the lysosomes mainly in cardiac and muscle tissues, resulting in fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and res...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Douillard-Guilloux G,Raben N,Takikita S,Batista L,Caillaud C,Richard E

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element in human nutrition, but its role in certain health conditions, particularly among Se sufficient populations, is controversial. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of blood Se concentrations previously identified a locus at 5q14 near BHMT. We performed a GW meta-analysis o...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cornelis MC,Fornage M,Foy M,Xun P,Gladyshev VN,Morris S,Chasman DI,Hu FB,Rimm EB,Kraft P,Jordan JM,Mozaffarian D,He K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic contribution to the pathogenesis of panic disorder has been demonstrated by clinical genetic studies. Molecular genetic studies have focused on candidate genes suggested by the molecular mechanisms implied in the action of drugs utilized for therapy or in challenge tests. One class of drugs effective in the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Deckert J,Catalano M,Syagailo YV,Bosi M,Okladnova O,Di Bella D,Nöthen MM,Maffei P,Franke P,Fritze J,Maier W,Propping P,Beckmann H,Bellodi L,Lesch KP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly toxic lesions, which, if not properly repaired, can give rise to genomic instability. Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), a well-orchestrated, multistep process involving numerous proteins essential for cell viability, represents one major pathway to repair DSBs in mammalian c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rosin N,Elcioglu NH,Beleggia F,Isgüven P,Altmüller J,Thiele H,Steindl K,Joset P,Rauch A,Nürnberg P,Wollnik B,Yigit G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a bromodeoxyuridine incorporation method to detect replicated DNA, we studied allele-specific replication of several sites within the human Prader-Willi/Angelman and IGF2/H19 imprinted regions. No obvious allele-specific differences in time of replication were detected at most loci previously reported to replica...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kawame H,Gartler SM,Hansen RS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive progress in Huntington's disease (HD) research, very little is known about the association of epigenetic variation and HD pathogenesis in human brain tissues. Moreover, its contribution to the tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of the huntingtin gene (HTT), in which HTT expression levels are ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： De Souza RA,Islam SA,McEwen LM,Mathelier A,Hill A,Mah SM,Wasserman WW,Kobor MS,Leavitt BR

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1). In humans, two nearly identical copies of SMN exist and differ only by a single non-polymorphic C-->T nucleotide transition in exon 7. SMN1 contains a 'C' nucleotide at the +6 position of exon 7 and produces primari...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： DiDonato CJ,Lorson CL,De Repentigny Y,Simard L,Chartrand C,Androphy EJ,Kothary R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha2-Macroglobulin (A2M) is a proteinase inhibitor found in association with senile plaques (SP) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). A2M has been implicated biochemically in binding and degradation of the amyloid beta (Abeta) protein which accumulates in SP. We studied the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and a com...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liao A,Nitsch RM,Greenberg SM,Finckh U,Blacker D,Albert M,Rebeck GW,Gomez-Isla T,Clatworthy A,Binetti G,Hock C,Mueller-Thomsen T,Mann U,Zuchowski K,Beisiegel U,Staehelin H,Growdon JH,Tanzi RE,Hyman BT

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of DNA replication appears to be an important epigenetic regulator of gene expression during development. Replication of active genes in expressing tissues occurs earlier than does replication of their inactive counterparts in nonexpressing tissues. This pattern is also observed for active and inactive alle...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hansen RS,Canfield TK,Gartler SM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chromosome 15q11-13 is a complex locus containing imprinted genes as well as a cluster of three GABA(A) receptor subunit (GABR) genes-GABRB3, GABRA5 and GABRG3. Deletion or duplication of 15q11-13 GABR genes occurs in multiple human neurodevelopmental disorders including Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Angelman syn...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hogart A,Nagarajan RP,Patzel KA,Yasui DH,Lasalle JM

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beside the well-known polyglutamine expansions involved in several neurodegenerative disorders, convergent recent findings pointed to the expansion of polyalanine stretches as a disease mechanism in congenital malformations, skeletal dysplasia and nervous system anomalies. Polyalanine stretches have been predicted in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Amiel J,Trochet D,Clément-Ziza M,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether the dosage effect of germ-line mutations in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is sufficient to cause colorectal adenomas, or an additional somatic mutation of the normal allele is required as well, we have investigated somatic mutations of the APC gene in multiple adenomas developed...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ichii S,Horii A,Nakatsuru S,Furuyama J,Utsunomiya J,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：: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：:Keratins K6 and K16 are expressed in suprabasal interfollicular epidermis in wound healing and other pathological conditions associated with hyperproliferation, such as psoriasis and are induced when keratinocytes are cultured in vitro. However, these keratins are also constitutively expressed in normal suprabasal muc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shamsher MK,Navsaria HA,Stevens HP,Ratnavel RC,Purkis PE,Kelsell DP,McLean WH,Cook LJ,Griffiths WA,Gschmeissner S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty liver has been associated with unfavourable metabolic changes in circulation. To provide insights in fatty liver-related metabolic deviations, we compared metabolic association profile of fatty liver versus metabolic association profiles of genotypes increasing the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFL...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sliz E,Sebert S,Würtz P,Kangas AJ,Soininen P,Lehtimäki T,Kähönen M,Viikari J,Männikkö M,Ala-Korpela M,Raitakari OT,Kettunen J

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Mitochondrial genetic determinant for the development of CHD remains poorly explored. We report there the clinical, genetic, molecular and biochemical characterization of a four-generation Chinese family with maternally inherited CHD. Thirteen of 32...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jia Z,Wang X,Qin Y,Xue L,Jiang P,Meng Y,Shi S,Wang Y,Qin Mo J,Guan MX

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal diabetes can either remit and hence be transient or else may be permanent. These two phenotypes were considered to be genetically distinct. Abnormalities of 6q24 are the commonest cause of transient neonatal diabetes (TNDM). Mutations in KCNJ11, which encodes Kir6.2, the pore-forming subunit of the ATP-sensit...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gloyn AL,Reimann F,Girard C,Edghill EL,Proks P,Pearson ER,Temple IK,Mackay DJ,Shield JP,Freedenberg D,Noyes K,Ellard S,Ashcroft FM,Gribble FM,Hattersley AT

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a Drosophila model of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome by expressing mouse prion protein (PrP) having leucine substitution at residue 101 (MoPrP(P101L)). Flies expressing MoPrP(P101L), but not wild-type MoPrP (MoPrP(3F4)), showed severe defects in climbing ability and early death. Expr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Choi JK,Jeon YC,Lee DW,Oh JM,Lee HP,Jeong BH,Carp RI,Koh YH,Kim YS

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A general improvement with ageing has been reported in a few cases of epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (PA-JEB), an autosomal recessive skin disease characterized by extensive disadhesion of epithelia. In a patient who improved from severe to mild PA-JEB, a search for mutations in the integrin beta4 gene (IG...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chavanas S,Gache Y,Vailly J,Kanitakis J,Pulkkinen L,Uitto J,Ortonne J,Meneguzzi G

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00