Thrombospondin-1 and disease progression in dysferlinopathy.

abstract：:We have identified a rare mutation (T-45C) in the low density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor gene in a Welsh patient with a clinical diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). The mutation is in the proximal Sp1 binding site in repeat 3 of the 42 bp region of the promoter required for sterol-dependent ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sun XM,Neuwirth C,Wade DP,Knight BL,Soutar AK

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein N (SelN) deficiency causes a group of inherited neuromuscular disorders termed SEPN1-related myopathies (SEPN1-RM). Although the function of SelN remains unknown, recent data demonstrated that it is dispensable for mouse embryogenesis and suggested its involvement in the regulation of ryanodine receptors...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Castets P,Bertrand AT,Beuvin M,Ferry A,Le Grand F,Castets M,Chazot G,Rederstorff M,Krol A,Lescure A,Romero NB,Guicheney P,Allamand V

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotypical alteration of chromosome 5 and in particular band 5q13 is a frequent finding in hairy cell leukemia (HCL). We have previously identified a number of candidate genes localized in close proximity to a constitutional inv(5)(p13.1q13.3) breakpoint in one HCL patient. These included beta-hexosaminodase HEXB, f...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hammarsund M,Lerner M,Zhu C,Merup M,Jansson M,Gahrton G,Kluin-Nelemans H,Einhorn S,Grandér D,Sangfelt O,Corcoran M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the inner nuclear membrane proteins lamins A and C produce cardiac and skeletal muscle dysfunction referred to as Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Lamins A and C participate in the LINC complex that, along with the nesprin and SUN proteins, LInk the Nucleoskeleton with the Cytoskeleton...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Puckelwartz MJ,Kessler E,Zhang Y,Hodzic D,Randles KN,Morris G,Earley JU,Hadhazy M,Holaska JM,Mewborn SK,Pytel P,McNally EM

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies in mice have clearly demonstrated that eliminating Apo E alters the rate, character and distribution of A beta deposits. In the present study, we asked whether elevating the levels of Apo E can, in a dominant fashion, influence amyloid deposition. We expressed human (Hu) Apo E4 via the mouse prion prote...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lesuisse C,Xu G,Anderson J,Wong M,Jankowsky J,Holtz G,Gonzalez V,Wong PC,Price DL,Tang F,Wagner S,Borchelt DR

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a growing class of inherited neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease, which are caused by abnormal expansions of the polyQ stretch in each unrelated disease protein. The expanded polyQ stretch is thought to confer toxic properties on the disease proteins through alt...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nagai Y,Fujikake N,Ohno K,Higashiyama H,Popiel HA,Rahadian J,Yamaguchi M,Strittmatter WJ,Burke JR,Toda T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target genes for the helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF), a member of the SNF/SWI family, were immunoprecipitated from HeLa chromatin fragments with an anti-HLTF antibody. A 182 bp fragment ( HEFT1 ) presented 87% sequence identity with 3.3 kb dispersed repeats from the 4q35 D4Z4 locus linked to facioscapulohume...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ding H,Beckers MC,Plaisance S,Marynen P,Collen D,Belayew A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects affect at least 0.8% of newborn children and are a major cause of lethality prior to birth. Malformations of the arterial pole are particularly frequent. The myocardium at the base of the pulmonary trunk and aorta and the arterial tree associated with these great arteries are derived from spla...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vincent SD,Mayeuf-Louchart A,Watanabe Y,Brzezinski JA 4th,Miyagawa-Tomita S,Kelly RG,Buckingham M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with olfactory defects in addition to dopaminergic degeneration. Dopaminergic signalling is necessary for subventricular zone (SVZ) proliferation and olfactory bulb (OB) neurogenesis. Alpha-synuclein (α-syn or Snca) modulates dopaminergic neurotransmission, and SNCA mutations cau...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang XM,Anwar S,Kim Y,Brown J,Comte I,Cai H,Cai NN,Wade-Martins R,Szele FG

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, a proneural basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor (Ath5, Atonal homolog 5) plays a crucial role in the specification of the first retinal neuron: the retinal ganglion cell (RGC). Math5 homozygous null mutant mice lack RGCs and have no optic nerve. Furthermore, the expression of the Ath5 protein i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hsiung F,Moses K

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two siblings with infantile onset seizures, severe developmental delay and spastic paraplegia, in whom whole-genome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous mutations in the AP4S1 gene, encoding the σ subunit of the adaptor protein complex 4 (AP-4). The effect of the predicted loss-of-function variants (p.G...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hardies K,May P,Djémié T,Tarta-Arsene O,Deconinck T,Craiu D,AR working group of the EuroEPINOMICS RES Consortium.,Helbig I,Suls A,Balling R,Weckhuysen S,De Jonghe P,Hirst J

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of misfolded protein in cultured cells frequently leads to the formation of juxtanuclear inclusions that have been termed 'aggresomes'. Aggresome formation is an active cellular response that involves trafficking of the offending protein along microtubules, reorganization of intermediate filaments and recru...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Taylor JP,Tanaka F,Robitschek J,Sandoval CM,Taye A,Markovic-Plese S,Fischbeck KH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant mutations in the gene encoding the ubiquitously-expressed splicing factor PRPF31 cause retinitis pigmentosa, a form of hereditary retinal degeneration, with reduced penetrance. We and others have previously shown that penetrance is tightly correlated with PRPF31 expression, as lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs)...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rio Frio T,Civic N,Ransijn A,Beckmann JS,Rivolta C

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria undergo continuous cycles of fusion and fission in response to physiopathological stimuli. The key player in mitochondrial fission is dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1), a cytosolic protein encoded by dynamin 1-like (DNM1L) gene, which relocalizes to the outer mitochondrial membrane, where it assembles, oli...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Longo F,Benedetti S,Zambon AA,Sora MGN,Di Resta C,De Ritis D,Quattrini A,Maltecca F,Ferrari M,Previtali SC

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations account for <5% of breast cancer cases. Less penetrant breast cancer susceptibility genes are likely to exist. Earlier studies have suggested involvement of the HLA region. The HLA region was genotyped with 24 microsatellite markers and markers for two single nucleotide polymorphisms...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： de Jong MM,Nolte IM,de Vries EG,Schaapveld M,Kleibeuker JH,Oosterom E,Oosterwijk JC,van der Hout AH,van der Steege G,Bruinenberg M,Boezen HM,Te Meerman GJ,van der Graaf WT

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome in which affected individuals have a greatly increased predisposition to the development of haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and retina, renal cell carcinoma and phaeochromocytoma. The VHL gene has been mapped to chromos...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Richards FM,Phipps ME,Latif F,Yao M,Crossey PA,Foster K,Linehan WM,Affara NA,Lerman MI,Zbar B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine factors governing triplet repeat expansion at FMR1, we need to understand the basis of normal variation. We have sequenced the FMR1 repeat from 102 normal X chromosomes and show that most are interrupted with a regularly spaced AGG trinucleotide giving an ordered structure to the array. Five types of arra...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hirst MC,Grewal PK,Davies KE

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the presenilin 1 ( PSEN1 ) gene have been implicated in 18-50% of autosomal dominant cases with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD). Also, PSEN1 has been suggested as a potential risk gene in late-onset AD cases. We recently showed genetic association in a population-based study of EOAD, pointing to th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Theuns J,Del-Favero J,Dermaut B,van Duijn CM,Backhovens H,Van den Broeck MV,Serneels S,Corsmit E,Van Broeckhoven CV,Cruts M

更新日期：2000-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have made great strides towards identifying putative genetic events underlying the evolution of the human brain and its emergent cognitive capacities. One of the most intriguing findings is the recurrent identification of adaptive evolution in genes associated with primary microcephaly, a developmental ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mekel-Bobrov N,Posthuma D,Gilbert SL,Lind P,Gosso MF,Luciano M,Harris SE,Bates TC,Polderman TJ,Whalley LJ,Fox H,Starr JM,Evans PD,Montgomery GW,Fernandes C,Heutink P,Martin NG,Boomsma DI,Deary IJ,Wright MJ,de Geus

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a prevalent, debilitating and costly disorder with an ongoing unmet medical need. Human genetic studies have provided considerable insights into the molecular underpinnings of this complex brain disorder. Classical linkage studies have revealed the causes of familial hemiplegic migraine, while more recentl...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zameel Cader M

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, also known as Kennedy's disease) is one of nine neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by expansion of polyglutamine-encoding CAG repeats. Intracellular accumulation of abnormal proteins in these diseases, a pathological hallmark, is associated with defects in protein hom...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bott LC,Badders NM,Chen KL,Harmison GG,Bautista E,Shih CC,Katsuno M,Sobue G,Taylor JP,Dantuma NP,Fischbeck KH,Rinaldi C

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A recurrent t(9;22) (q22;q12) chromosome translocation has been described in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC). Fluorescent in situ hybridization experiments performed on one EMC tumour indicated that the chromosome 22 breakpoint occurred in the EWS gene. Northern blot analysis revealed an aberrant EWS transcr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Labelle Y,Zucman J,Stenman G,Kindblom LG,Knight J,Turc-Carel C,Dockhorn-Dworniczak B,Mandahl N,Desmaze C,Peter M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy is prevalent in human embryos and is the leading cause of pregnancy loss. Many aneuploidies arise during oogenesis, increasing with maternal age. Superimposed on these meiotic aneuploidies are frequent errors occurring during early mitotic divisions, contributing to widespread chromosomal mosaicism. Here we...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： McCoy RC,Newnham LJ,Ottolini CS,Hoffmann ER,Chatzimeletiou K,Cornejo OE,Zhan Q,Zaninovic N,Rosenwaks Z,Petrov DA,Demko ZP,Sigurjonsson S,Handyside AH

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various small molecule pharmacologic agents with different known functions produce similar outcomes in diverse Mendelian and complex disorders, suggesting that they may induce common cellular effects. These molecules include histone deacetylase inhibitors, 4-phenylbutyrate (4PBA) and trichostatin A, and two small mole...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Brose RD,Shin G,McGuinness MC,Schneidereith T,Purvis S,Dong GX,Keefer J,Spencer F,Smith KD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromas are common tumors found in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients. These complex tumors are composed of Schwann cells, mast cells, fibroblasts and perineurial cells embedded in collagen that provide a lattice for tumor invasion. Genetic studies demonstrate that in neurofibromas, nullizygous loss of Nf1 ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yang FC,Chen S,Clegg T,Li X,Morgan T,Estwick SA,Yuan J,Khalaf W,Burgin S,Travers J,Parada LF,Ingram DA,Clapp DW

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic data offer a goldmine of information for understanding the contribution of genetic variation makes to health and disease. The potential of genomic medicine, to predict, diagnose, manage and treat genetic disease, is underpinned by accurate variant interpretation. This in itself hinges on the ability to access ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Middleton A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS), which is reported to affect ∼1 in 10 000 to 30 000 newborns, is a multisystem organ developmental disorder with relatively mild to severe effects. Among others, intellectual disability represents an important feature of this condition. CdLS can result from mutations in at least five ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bottai D,Spreafico M,Pistocchi A,Fazio G,Adami R,Grazioli P,Canu A,Bragato C,Rigamonti S,Parodi C,Cazzaniga G,Biondi A,Cotelli F,Selicorni A,Massa V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on cardiac contractility and architecture has been a matter of debate. A role for NOS in cardiac hypertrophy has recently been demonstrated by studies which have shown hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with altered contractility in constitutive NOS (cNOS) knockout m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ohsawa Y,Toko H,Katsura M,Morimoto K,Yamada H,Ichikawa Y,Murakami T,Ohkuma S,Komuro I,Sunada Y

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a genetically heterogeneous group of retinopathies that occur in both non-syndromic and syndromic forms, is caused by mutations in ∼100 genes. Although recent advances in next-generation sequencing have aided in the discovery of novel RP genes, a number of the underlying contributing genes a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xie YA,Lee W,Cai C,Gambin T,Nõupuu K,Sujirakul T,Ayuso C,Jhangiani S,Muzny D,Boerwinkle E,Gibbs R,Greenstein VC,Lupski JR,Tsang SH,Allikmets R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer studies for the treatment of hemophilia began more than two decades ago. A large body of pre-clinical work evaluated a variety of vectors and target tissues, but by the start of the new millennium it became evident that adeno-associated viral (AAV)-mediated gene transfer to the liver held great promise a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： High KA,Anguela XM

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00