Tripolar chromosome segregation drives the association between maternal genotype at variants spanning PLK4 and aneuploidy in human preimplantation embryos.

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the most common form of inherited retinal degeneration, is clinically and genetically heterogeneous and can appear as syndromic or non-syndromic. Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC (MPS IIIC) is a lethal disorder, caused by mutations in the heparan-alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase (HGSNA...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haer-Wigman L,Newman H,Leibu R,Bax NM,Baris HN,Rizel L,Banin E,Massarweh A,Roosing S,Lefeber DJ,Zonneveld-Vrieling MN,Isakov O,Shomron N,Sharon D,Den Hollander AI,Hoyng CB,Cremers FP,Ben-Yosef T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration in serum is elevated in atopic diseases such as asthma. A large genomic region on chromosome 5 has previously been implicated in the control of IgE levels and bronchial hyperreactivity and may, therefore, harbor genes predisposing to asthma. In an effort to confirm this linkage and...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Laitinen T,Kauppi P,Ignatius J,Ruotsalainen T,Daly MJ,Kääriäinen H,Kruglyak L,Laitinen H,de la Chapelle A,Lander ES,Laitinen LA,Kere J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein translation is an essential cellular process initiated by the association of a methionyl-tRNA with the translation initiation factor eIF2. The Met-tRNA/eIF2 complex then associates with the small ribosomal subunit, other translation factors and mRNA, which together comprise the translational initiation complex...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kernohan KD,Tétreault M,Liwak-Muir U,Geraghty MT,Qin W,Venkateswaran S,Davila J,Care4Rare Canada Consortium.,Holcik M,Majewski J,Richer J,Boycott KM

更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The DAZ gene cluster on the human Y chromosome is a candidate for the Azoospermia Factor (AZFc). According to the current evolutionary model, the DAZ cluster derived from the autosomal homolog DAZL1 through duplications and rearrangements and is confined to Old World monkeys, apes and humans. To study functional and e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gromoll J,Weinbauer GF,Skaletsky H,Schlatt S,Rocchietti-March M,Page DC,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the piwi family are defined by conserved PAZ and Piwi domains and play important roles in stem-cell self-renewal, RNA silencing and translational regulation in various organisms. Both, mouse and human Piwil2 genes, members of the piwi gene family, are specifically expressed in testis. We report here enhan...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lee JH,Schütte D,Wulf G,Füzesi L,Radzun HJ,Schweyer S,Engel W,Nayernia K

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy holds great promise for curing Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common fatal inherited childhood muscle disease. Success of DMD gene therapy depends upon functional improvement in both skeletal and cardiac muscle. Numerous gene transfer studies have been performed to correct skeletal muscle pat...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yue Y,Skimming JW,Liu M,Strawn T,Duan D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal muscle wasting disorder caused by mutations in the DMD gene that leads to the absence or severe reduction of dystrophin protein in muscle. The mdx mouse, also dystrophin deficient, is the model most widely used to study the pathology and test potential therapies, but the p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Coles CA,Gordon L,Hunt LC,Webster T,Piers AT,Kintakas C,Woodman K,Touslon SL,Smythe GM,White JD,Lamandé SR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic differences are a common feature of many diseases, including cancer, and disease-associated changes have even been detected in bodily fluids. DNA modification studies in circulating DNA (cirDNA) may lead to the development of specific non-invasive biomarkers. To test this hypothesis, we investigated cirDNA ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cortese R,Kwan A,Lalonde E,Bryzgunova O,Bondar A,Wu Y,Gordevicius J,Park M,Oh G,Kaminsky Z,Tverkuviene J,Laurinavicius A,Jankevicius F,Sendorek DH,Haider S,Wang SC,Jarmalaite S,Laktionov P,Boutros PC,Petronis A

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in RP2 cause the second most frequent form of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, a severe retinal degeneration that leads to loss of visual acuity and blindness. The RP2 gene encodes a protein with homology to cofactor C, a tubulin-folding chaperone. By searching protein sequence databases, we identified a whole...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schwahn U,Paland N,Techritz S,Lenzner S,Berger W

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous inv mice lack a functional inversin protein and exhibit situs inversus plus severe cystic changes in the kidney and pancreas. Although the inversin sequence has provided few clues to its function, we and others have previously identified calmodulin as a binding partner. We now provide evidence that inversin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Morgan D,Eley L,Sayer J,Strachan T,Yates LM,Craighead AS,Goodship JA

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) G recently has been mapped to the X chromosome. All mammals have a Y chromosome-encoded homologue of HNRNP G called RBMY, which is implicated with a role in male fertility and is a candidate for the azoospermia factor gene. We have identified a new member of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elliott DJ,Venables JP,Newton CS,Lawson D,Boyle S,Eperon IC,Cooke HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant tau protein accumulation drives neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation in several neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, efforts to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms and assess the efficacy of therapeutic targets are limited by constraints of existing models of tauopathy. In order to generate a more versatile m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cook C,Kang SS,Carlomagno Y,Lin WL,Yue M,Kurti A,Shinohara M,Jansen-West K,Perkerson E,Castanedes-Casey M,Rousseau L,Phillips V,Bu G,Dickson DW,Petrucelli L,Fryer JD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of muscular dystrophy, advances in understanding the molecular basis of the various disorders in this group have been rapidly translated into readily applicable diagnostic tests, allowing the provision of more accurate prognostic and genetic counselling. The limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) have re...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bushby KM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of neural circuitry depends on the integration of signaling pathways to coordinate specification, proliferation and differentiation of cell types in the right number, in the right place, at the right time. Zinc finger protein 423 (Zfp423), a 30-zinc finger transcription factor, forms alternate complexes wi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Alcaraz WA,Chen E,Valdes P,Kim E,Lo YH,Vo J,Hamilton BA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for rapid identification of chromosomes at metaphase, and quantification of chromosomes in interphase, by annealing oligonucleotide primers, derived from chromosome-specific subsets of repeated DNA families, to the DNA of cytological preparations, and enzymatic extension with the incorporation of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gosden J,Lawson D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the human ortholog of Drosophila patched (PTCH) have been identified in patients with autosomal dominant nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), characterized by minor developmental anomalies and an increased incidence of cancers such as medulloblastoma and basal cell carcinoma. We identified many i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nagao K,Togawa N,Fujii K,Uchikawa H,Kohno Y,Yamada M,Miyashita T

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful human development is dependent upon a cascade of events following fertilization. Unfortunately, knowledge of these critical events in humans is remarkably incomplete. Although hundreds of thousands of human embryos are cultured yearly at infertility centers worldwide, the vast majority fail to develop in cu...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dobson AT,Raja R,Abeyta MJ,Taylor T,Shen S,Haqq C,Pera RA

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Losing of ovarian functions prior to natural menopause age causes female infertility and early menopause. Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as the loss of ovarian activity before 40 years of age. Known genetic causes account for 25-30% of POI cases, demonstrating the high genetic heterogeneity of POI an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen Q,Ke H,Luo X,Wang L,Wu Y,Tang S,Li J,Jin L,Zhang F,Qin Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The human POLG gene encodes the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (pol gamma). Mutations in pol gamma are associated with a spectrum of disease phenotypes including autosomal dominant and recessive forms of progressive external ophthalmoplegia, spino-cerebellar ataxia and epilepsy, and Alpers-Hut...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Baruffini E,Lodi T,Dallabona C,Puglisi A,Zeviani M,Ferrero I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations of the TSC2 tumour suppressor gene have been identified in humans with tuberous sclerosis and in the Eker rat. Tuberin, the human TSC2 gene product, has a small region of homology with rap1GAP and stimulates rap1 GTPase activity in vitro, suggesting that one of its cellular roles is to function as ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Maheshwar MM,Sandford R,Nellist M,Cheadle JP,Sgotto B,Vaudin M,Sampson JR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable uncertainty and debate concerning the application of linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping in common multifactorial diseases, including the choice of population and the density of the marker map. Previously, it has been shown that, in the large cosmopolitan population of the UK, the established typ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zavattari P,Lampis R,Mulargia A,Loddo M,Angius E,Todd JA,Cucca F

更新日期：2000-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of the glycogen-branching enzyme (GBE). The diagnostic hallmark of the disease is the accumulation of a poorly branched form of glycogen known as polyglucosan (PG). The disease is clinically heterogeneous, with variab...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Orhan Akman H,Emmanuele V,Kurt YG,Kurt B,Sheiko T,DiMauro S,Craigen WJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination, demographic history, drift and selection influence the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the human genome, but their relative contributions remain unclear. To investigate the effect of meiotic recombination versus population history on LD, three populations with different demographic histories (U...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kauppi L,Sajantila A,Jeffreys AJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) are bilateral and symmetric ribbons of gray matter found in the central white matter between the cortex and the ventricular surface, which comprises the less severe end of the lissencephaly (agyria-pachygyria-band) spectrum of malformations. Mutations in DCX (also known as XLIS ) hav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pilz DT,Kuc J,Matsumoto N,Bodurtha J,Bernadi B,Tassinari CA,Dobyns WB,Ledbetter DH

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide spectrum of birth defects are caused by deletions of the DiGeorge syndrome critical region (DGCR) at human chromosome 22q11. Over one hundred such deletions have now been examined and a minimally deleted region of 300kb defined. Within these sequences we have identified a gene expressed during human and murine ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Halford S,Wadey R,Roberts C,Daw SC,Whiting JA,O'Donnell H,Dunham I,Bentley D,Lindsay E,Baldini A

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystin-1 (PC1), encoded by the PKD1 gene that is mutated in the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, regulates a number of processes including bone development. Activity of the transcription factor RunX2, which controls osteoblast differentiation, is reduced in Pkd1 mutant mice but the mechanism governing...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Merrick D,Mistry K,Wu J,Gresko N,Baggs JE,Hogenesch JB,Sun Z,Caplan MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albinism is a group of genetic disorders characterized by deficient synthesis of melanin pigment. In oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) the pigment deficiency involves the skin, hair, and eyes, whereas in ocular albinism (OA) the defect involves principally the visual system. Type I (tyrosinase-deficient) OCA results from ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Spritz RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degenerate primer pairs that include consensus sequences of evolutionary conserved portions of protein families (BLOCKs or ancient conserved regions) can be used to screen by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for cognate cDNAs and YACs through much of phylogeny. Nine such primer pairs were developed, and five with sites...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： D'Esposito M,Pilia G,Schlessinger D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and consequent loss of mitochondrial function underlie the mitochondrial theory of aging. In this study, we systematically analyzed the mtDNA control region somatic mutation pattern in 2864 single hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitors, isolated by flow cytometry sorti...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yao YG,Ellison FM,McCoy JP,Chen J,Young NS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in North America. Despite advances in lung cancer treatment, the overall 5 year survival rate for those diagnosed with the disease is bleak presumably due to the late stage of diagnosis. Owing to the difficulty of early detection, preneoplastic specimens are rare. Howev...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Garnis C,Campbell J,Davies JJ,Macaulay C,Lam S,Lam WL

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00