New approach for isolation of VNTR markers.

abstract：:We identified four different missense mutations in the single-exon gene MAB21L2 in eight individuals with bilateral eye malformations from five unrelated families via three independent exome sequencing projects. Three mutational events altered the same amino acid (Arg51), and two were identical de novo mutations (c.15...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Rainger J,Pehlivan D,Johansson S,Bengani H,Sanchez-Pulido L,Williamson KA,Ture M,Barker H,Rosendahl K,Spranger J,Horn D,Meynert A,Floyd JA,Prescott T,Anderson CA,Rainger JK,Karaca E,Gonzaga-Jauregui C,Jhangiani S,Mu

更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic sequences recognized by the anonymous probe 767 (DXS115) are localized to two sites within Xq28. One site lies within intron 22 of the factor VIII gene (FBC). Physical mapping suggests that the second site lies within 1.2 megabases of the F8C gene. The RFLPs detected by 767 are located within the second si...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Patterson M,Gitschier J,Bloomfield J,Bell M,Dorkins H,Froster-Iskenius U,Sommer S,Sobell J,Schaid D,Thibodeau S

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether smoking-associated DNA methylation has a causal effect on lung function has not been thoroughly evaluated. We first investigated the causal effects of 474 smoking-associated CpGs on forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in UK Biobank (n = 321,047) by using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) and then repl...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jamieson E,Korologou-Linden R,Wootton RE,Guyatt AL,Battram T,Burrows K,Gaunt TR,Tobin MD,Munafò M,Davey Smith G,Tilling K,Relton C,Richardson TG,Richmond RC

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of haplotype blocks of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been proposed so that the haplotypes can be used as markers in association studies and to efficiently describe human genetic variation. The International Haplotype Map (HapMap) project to construct a comprehensive catalog of haplotypic va...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Nothnagel M,Rohde K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated or nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is a common birth defect with a complex etiology. A 10-cM genome scan of 388 extended multiplex families with CL/P from seven diverse populations (2,551 genotyped individuals) revealed CL/P genes in six chromosomal regions, including a novel region...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Marazita ML,Murray JC,Lidral AC,Arcos-Burgos M,Cooper ME,Goldstein T,Maher BS,Daack-Hirsch S,Schultz R,Mansilla MA,Field LL,Liu YE,Prescott N,Malcolm S,Winter R,Ray A,Moreno L,Valencia C,Neiswanger K,Wyszynski DF,

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify Chinese geneticists' views of ethical issues in genetic testing and screening, a national survey was conducted. Of 402 Chinese geneticists asked to participate, 255 (63%) returned by mail anonymous questionnaires. The majority of respondents thought that genetic testing should be offered in the workplace f...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Mao X

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism analysis was used to examine a female who is segregating for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and a deletion of the DXS164 region of the X chromosome. The segregating female has no prior family history of DMD, and she has two copies of the DXS164 region in her peripheral blood...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Lanman JT Jr,Pericak-Vance MA,Bartlett RJ,Chen JC,Yamaoka L,Koh J,Speer MC,Hung WY,Roses AD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage is a phenomenon that correlates the genotypes of loci, rather than the phenotypes of one locus to the genotypes of another. It is therefore necessary to convert the observed trait phenotypes into trait-locus genotypes, which can then be analyzed for coinheritance with marker-locus genotypes. However, if the mo...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Göring HH,Terwilliger JD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated evidence of linkage to bipolar affective disorder (BP) in a single large, multigenerational family with a LOD score of 3.41 at the PFKL locus on chromosome 21q22.3. Additional families showed little support for linkage to PFKL under homogeneity or heterogeneity, in that study. We have expan...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Aita VM,Liu J,Knowles JA,Terwilliger JD,Baltazar R,Grunn A,Loth JE,Kanyas K,Lerer B,Endicott J,Wang Z,Penchaszadeh G,Gilliam TC,Baron M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor homologous factors (FHFs) are intracellular proteins which regulate voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels in the brain and other tissues. FHF dysfunction has been linked to neurological disorders including epilepsy. Here, we describe two sibling pairs and three unrelated males who presented in i...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Fry AE,Marra C,Derrick AV,Pickrell WO,Higgins AT,Te Water Naude J,McClatchey MA,Davies SJ,Metcalfe KA,Tan HJ,Mohanraj R,Avula S,Williams D,Brady LI,Mesterman R,Tarnopolsky MA,Zhang Y,Yang Y,Wang X,Genomics England R

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the molecular basis for HbH disease in 16 patients from Sardinia, and central and southern Italy. We have shown that HbH disease is produced by the interaction of at least 10 different deletional or nondeletional alpha-thalassemia haplotypes, some of which have been already described in the Medite...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Di Rienzo A,Novelletto A,Aliquò MC,Bianco I,Tagarelli A,Brancati C,Colombo B,Felicetti L

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic and quantitative studies reveal that 85% of Japanese carry an atypical liver alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). The frequency of ADH polymorphism is identical with the reported frequency of alcohol sensitivity in the Japanese population. This identity in population frequencies points to a causative relations...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Stamatoyannopoulos G,Chen SH,Fukui M

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific peroxisomal enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). Three unrelated PH1 patients, who possess a novel complex phenotype, are described. At the enzymological level, this phenotype is character...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Danpure CJ,Purdue PE,Fryer P,Griffiths S,Allsop J,Lumb MJ,Guttridge KM,Jennings PR,Scheinman JI,Mauer SM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination between poorly characterized regions flanking the NF1 locus causes the constitutional loss of approximately 1.5 Mb from 17q11.2 covering > or =11 genes in 5%-20% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). To elucidate the extent of microheterogeneity at the deletion boundaries, we used s...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jenne DE,Tinschert S,Reimann H,Lasinger W,Thiel G,Hameister H,Kehrer-Sawatzki H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) syndrome is a rare, multisystem disorder characterized clinically by ptosis, progressive external ophthalmoplegia, gastrointestinal dysmotility, leukoencephalopathy, thin body habitus, and myopathy. Laboratory studies reveal defects of oxidative-phosphoryla...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Hirano M,Garcia-de-Yebenes J,Jones AC,Nishino I,DiMauro S,Carlo JR,Bender AN,Hahn AF,Salberg LM,Weeks DE,Nygaard TG

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test hypotheses about the origin of modern humans, we analyzed mtDNA sequences, 30 nuclear restriction-site polymorphisms (RSPs), and 30 tetranucleotide short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms in 243 Africans, Asians, and Europeans. An evolutionary tree based on mtDNA displays deep African branches, indicating grea...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jorde LB,Bamshad MJ,Watkins WS,Zenger R,Fraley AE,Krakowiak PA,Carpenter KD,Soodyall H,Jenkins T,Rogers AR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIMilano apoprotein variant is associated with a marked reduction of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and with increased triglyceridemia. In spite of the low HDL-cholesterol (HDL-Ch), carriers do not generally show clinical signs of atherosclerosis. The biochemical disorder is linked to a molecula...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Gualandri V,Franceschini G,Sirtori CR,Gianfranceschi G,Orsini GB,Cerrone A,Menotti A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When population geneticists wish to determine the genetic consequences of some aspect of mating behavior, it is often necessary to compare observed levels of consanguinity to the level expected when mating is random with respect to the factor being studied. Expectations under random mating are often derived from discr...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Leslie PW

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of the long arm of chromosome 18 occur in approximately 1 in 10,000 live births. Congenital aural atresia (CAA), or narrow external auditory canals, occurs in approximately 66% of all patients who have a terminal deletion 18q. The present report describes a series of 20 patients with CAA, of whom 18 had micr...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Veltman JA,Jonkers Y,Nuijten I,Janssen I,van der Vliet W,Huys E,Vermeesch J,Van Buggenhout G,Fryns JP,Admiraal R,Terhal P,Lacombe D,van Kessel AG,Smeets D,Schoenmakers EF,van Ravenswaaij-Arts CM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of nuclear-encoded RNAs has to be imported into mitochondria for the proper replication and transcription of the mitochondrial genome and, hence, for proper mitochondrial function. Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase or PNPT1) is one of the very few components known to be involved in this poorly characterize...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： von Ameln S,Wang G,Boulouiz R,Rutherford MA,Smith GM,Li Y,Pogoda HM,Nürnberg G,Stiller B,Volk AE,Borck G,Hong JS,Goodyear RJ,Abidi O,Nürnberg P,Hofmann K,Richardson GP,Hammerschmidt M,Moser T,Wollnik B,Koehler CM

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are distinct neurobehavioral disorders that most often arise from a 4-Mb deletion of chromosome 15q11-q13 during paternal or maternal gametogenesis, respectively. At a de novo frequency of approximately.67-1/10,000 births, these deletions represent a common struct...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Amos-Landgraf JM,Ji Y,Gottlieb W,Depinet T,Wandstrat AE,Cassidy SB,Driscoll DJ,Rogan PK,Schwartz S,Nicholls RD

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene for Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) has been previously mapped to chromosome 12q2 and designated HOS1. We have identified a HOS patient with a de novo chromosomal rearrangement involving 12q. Detailed cytogenetic analysis of this case reveals three breaks on 12q, and two of these are within the HOS1 interval. By using...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Terrett JA,Newbury-Ecob R,Smith NM,Li QY,Garrett C,Cox P,Bonnet D,Lyonnet S,Munnich A,Buckler AJ,Brook JD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased male prevalence has been repeatedly reported in several neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs), leading to the concept of a "female protective model." We investigated the molecular basis of this sex-based difference in liability and demonstrated an excess of deleterious autosomal copy-number variants (CNVs) in f...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Jacquemont S,Coe BP,Hersch M,Duyzend MH,Krumm N,Bergmann S,Beckmann JS,Rosenfeld JA,Eichler EE

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Although intensive efforts have been undertaken to elucidate the genetic background of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), genetic factors associated with the pathogenesis of this disease are still not well understood. We designed a case-control association study that was based on linkage disequilibrium among single-...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Takei T,Iida A,Nitta K,Tanaka T,Ohnishi Y,Yamada R,Maeda S,Tsunoda T,Takeoka S,Ito K,Honda K,Uchida K,Tsuchiya K,Suzuki Y,Fujioka T,Ujiie T,Nagane Y,Miyano S,Narita I,Gejyo F,Nihei H,Nakamura Y

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cloned 2.2 Eco RI segment of interspersed repetitive DNA was hybridized to genomic DNA from a mentally retarded patient with an interstitial deletion in the long arm of one chromosome 12 (12q-). Under hybridization conditions of high stringency, one prominent 2.2-kilobase (kb) Eco RI fragment demonstrated reduced au...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Funderburk SJ,Sparkes RS,Klisak I,Law ML

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly polymorphic locus D2S3 is revealed by three single-copy probes from cosmid C1-5. These probes, 1-30, 1-32, and 2-96, collectively reveal seven restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Fifty-three of 56 unrelated individuals (93%) were heterozygous at one or more of the seven loci, making the compound locu...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Litt M,Bruns GA,Sheehy R,Magenis RE

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene responsible for Krabbe disease, an autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of galactocerebrosidase (GALC), was localized by multipoint linkage analysis on chromosome 14. Eight mapped dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms were tested for linkage to GALC. Two-point linkage analysis demonstrated close link...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Oehlmann R,Zlotogora J,Wenger DA,Knowlton RG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a premalignant disease inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, characterized by hundreds to thousands of polyps in the colorectal tract. Recently, the syndrome has been shown to be caused by mutations in the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene located on chromosome 5q21. We ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Stella A,Resta N,Gentile M,Susca F,Mareni C,Montera MP,Guanti G

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosome 19 apolipoprotein E/CI/CII gene cluster was examined for evidence of linkage to a familial Alzheimer disease (FAD) locus. The family groups studied were Volga German (VG), early-onset non-VG (ENVG; mean age at onset < 60 years), and late-onset families. A genetic association was observed between apolipo...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Yu CE,Payami H,Olson JM,Boehnke M,Wijsman EM,Orr HT,Kukull WA,Goddard KA,Nemens E,White JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate colorectal cancer (CRC) risk prediction models are critical for identifying individuals at low and high risk of developing CRC, as they can then be offered targeted screening and interventions to address their risks of developing disease (if they are in a high-risk group) and avoid unnecessary screening and i...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Thomas M,Sakoda LC,Hoffmeister M,Rosenthal EA,Lee JK,van Duijnhoven FJB,Platz EA,Wu AH,Dampier CH,de la Chapelle A,Wolk A,Joshi AD,Burnett-Hartman A,Gsur A,Lindblom A,Castells A,Win AK,Namjou B,Van Guelpen B,Tangen

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00