Mutation screening of the GJA7 (Cx45) gene in a large international series of probands with nonsyndromic hearing impairment.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Published data on the associations between interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) gene polymorphisms (Q551R, I50V) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk are controversial. To quantitatively evaluate the relationships, a meta-analysis was performed. METHODS:Studies were identified from the databases of PubMed,...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Peng H,Wang W,Zhou M,Liu CY,Li R,Wen PF,Qiu LJ,Pan HF,Ye DQ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Neurexin 1 has two major protein isoforms using alternative promoters, coding for the alpha-neurexin 1 (α-NRXN1) and beta-neurexin 1 (β-NRXN1) genes. This study is to explore the possibility that variants of the NRXN1 gene predispose to intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS:The c...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Yangngam S,Plong-On O,Sripo T,Roongpraiwan R,Hansakunachai T,Wirojanan J,Sombuntham T,Ruangdaraganon N,Limprasert P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To verify whether dystrophin gene mutations among Chinese patients feature different types and frequencies from other populations. METHODS:Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) in combination with multiplex PCR (mPCR) and/or short tandem repeat (STR)-based linkage analysis were applied in a larg...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Wang Q,Li-Ling J,Lin C,Wu Y,Sun K,Ma H,Jin C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the usefulness of serum thymidine kinase 1 concentration (STK1c) for monitoring the outcome of extensive open surgery in patients with lung cancer. We also compared STK1c between a healthy population and patients with benign and malignant lung tumors to assess its potential valu...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Lou X,Zhou J,Ma H,Xu S,He E,Skog S,Wang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:several studies have looked at the potential link between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and the risk of hypertension and have shown that the DD polymorphism may be associated with a higher prevalence of hypertension. Our objective was to assess for possible ass...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Akra-Ismail M,Makki RF,Chmaisse HN,Kazma A,Zgheib NK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypic profiles of the natural killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) have been reported to vary among different ethnic groups and variable clinical entities. This study represents the first report on its distribution among patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). We studied 56 unrelated Lebanese ...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Mahfouz RA,Sabbagh AS,Shamseddine W,Bazarbachi A,Ibrahim G,Arayssi T,El Hajj N,Rayes R,Zaatari GS,Khazen G,Khalaf RA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia is one of the most prevalent inherited diseases in China. To date, over 20 β-thalassemia mutations have been identified in the Chinese population, and four mutations [CD41-42 (-4 bp), IVS-2-654C→T, CD17A→T, and -28A→G] account for approximately 90% of the cases. Therefore, the exploration of simple, reli...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： He X,Sheng M,Xu M,Xiong C,Ren Z

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Aims: To investigate the expression levels of serum interleukin-17 (IL-17) and interleukin-27 (IL-27) in children with bronchial asthma and to correlate these expression levels with lung function indicators. Methods: A total of...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Liu Z,Niu C,Ying L,Zhang Q,Long M,Fu Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is the most common histologic subtype of bladder cancer. The administration of mitomycin C (MMC) into the bladder after transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) is a common treatment strategy for preventing recurrence after surgery. We previously applied hydrostatic pres...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Chen SK,Chung CA,Cheng YC,Huang CJ,Chen WY,Ruaan RC,Li C,Tsao CW,Hu WW,Chien CC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Aim: The aim of this study was to report a novel POU Class 3 Homeobox 4 (POU3F4) variant and to provide further guidance on genetic counseling for incomplete partition (IP) type III families in the Korean population by showing two new contrasting cases in terms of genotype...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Jang JH,Oh J,Han JH,Park HR,Kim BJ,Lee S,Kim MY,Lee S,Oh DY,Choung YH,Choi BY

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the use of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content as a noninvasive molecular biomarker in hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCV-HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 135 participants were enrolled in the study. Equal numbers of subjects were enrolled in each of three clinically defined grou...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Hashad DI,Elyamany AS,Salem PE

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) plays a vital part in the pathophysiology of vascular inflammation. Several studies have investigated the potential association between the IL-10-1082A/G polymorphism and the risk of ischemic stroke where the inflammatory process is involved, but the conclusions have been inco...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Liu X,Li Q,Zhu R,He Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between telomere length (TL) and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) in children. METHODS:Leukocyte TL and mtDNAcn were measured by real-time PCR in 98 Mexican children 6-12 years of age from Salamanca, México. RESULTS:A positive association...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Alegría-Torres JA,Velázquez-Villafaña M,López-Gutiérrez JM,Chagoyán-Martínez MM,Rocha-Amador DO,Costilla-Salazar R,García-Torres L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful advent of a genome-wide approach in association studies raises the hopes of human geneticists for solving a genetic maze of complex traits especially the disorders. This approach, which is replete with the application of cutting-edge technology and supported by big science projects (like Human Genome Pr...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Gupta V,Khadgawat R,Sachdeva MP

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, C677T and A1298C, were hypothesized to decrease the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Studies examining the associations between these two polymorphisms and ALL susceptibility drew inconsistent results. To obtain a reliable conclusion...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Wang H,Meng L,Zhao L,Wang J,Liu X,Mi W

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Somatic mutations in mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12) have emerged as a critical genetic change in the development of uterine leiomyomas. Studies, however, have focused largely on cohorts consisting of Caucasian patients. In this study, uterine leiomyomas from Chinese patients were examined for MED12 muta...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Wang H,Ye J,Qian H,Zhou R,Jiang J,Ye L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SPA) are autoimmune diseases of unknown etiology, which share some clinical manifestations in common. Previous family-based investigations su...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Li N,Ma J,Li K,Guo C,Ming L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are X-linked recessive disorders caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. In this project, 100 unrelated male patients were initially screened for deletions in the dystrophin gene by multiplex polymerase chain reaction, of whom 52 were positive. We p...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Khordadpoor-Deilamani F,Akbari MT,Nafissi S,Zamani G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Since desmin expression is diminished in vascular smooth muscle cells during reparative processes, we wanted to study whether a common intragenic single nucleotide polymorphism at nucleotide position 828 (rs1058261) of the DES gene associates with hypertension, cerebrovascular complications, and all cardiovascular...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Piesanen J,Kunnas T,Nikkari ST

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Genetic testing has become a routine part of prenatal care, the test being offered according to ethnic origin. However, not all clients take the offered tests while others take unnecessary tests. The present study aimed at examining the effects of risk perception, hypochondria, trait anxiety, and attitudes to gene...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Barnoy S,Zelikaman L,Bar-Tal Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:New sequencing technologies allow increased opportunities to use genomic-based diagnostic tests (genomic tests) in routine clinical practice, which will impact healthcare budgets and patients' outcomes. This article aims to generate a list of recommendations on how the principles and methods of cost-effectiveness ...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Spackman E,Hinde S,Bojke L,Payne K,Sculpher M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Increasing evidence links the abnormal expression of microRNAs and ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 4 (ABCC4) with tumor development and progression, as well as with chemoresistance. Our aims were to determine the therapeutic potential of targeting both miR-124-3p and ABCC4 in breast cancer cells and to det...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Hu D,Li M,Su J,Miao K,Qiu X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the phospholipase A2 group IVC (PLA2G4C) and phospholipase A2 group XIIA (PLA2G12A) polymorphisms in the Northeast Han Chinese population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 68 family trios (children diagnosed with ASD and their unaffected par...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Liu S,Qiu S,Lu Y,Kanu JS,Li R,Bai Y,Zhu X,Lei J,Xu N,Yu Y,Liu Y,Jiang H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in FOXL2 gene are responsible for blepharophimosis ptosis epicanthus inversus and telecanthus syndrome (BPES). The BPES syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by eyelid malformations associated with premature ovarian failure (BPES type I) or not (BPES type II). The human FOXL2 pr...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Chouchene I,Derouiche K,Chaabouni A,Cherif L,Amouri A,Largueche L,Abdelhak S,El Matri L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is very important because it enables the diagnosis and indicates the severity of the disease. Mutation analysis is based on the detection of the number of CTG triplets in the 3' untranslated region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene. Sometimes it cou...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Addis M,Serrenti M,Meloni C,Cau M,Melis MA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Aims: The selenoprotein S (SELS) gene has been suggested to be an important factor in the development of multiple diseases, including gastric cancer (GC) and colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the association between the SELS gene rs34713741 polymorphism and risk of GC and ...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Li J,Zhu Y,Zhou Y,Jiang H,Chen Z,Lu B,Shen X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma (NB) is a neoplasm of the sympathetic nervous system and the most frequent extra cranial solid tumor of early childhood. These tumors display a wide range of clinical behavior and are characterized by complex chromosomal changes, some of which are associated with distinct clinical phenotypes. W...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Tumer S,Altungoz O,Bagci O,Olgun HN

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common malignant intraocular tumor in children. Fifty percent of RB patients are carriers of a predisposing germline mutation with high penetrance. RB1 has been identified as the only pathological gene. We present the rapid detection of an RB1 gene mutation in a Han pedigree of two RB p...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Chen CY,Xu CM,Du ZF,Chen XL,Ren GL,Zhang XN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current classifications of diabetes distinguish between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, recent evidence highlights overlap between T1D and T2D. In a recent study, we have suggested for the first time that STAT4 gene polymorphism is associated with increased risk for the development of T1D in ...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Kofteridis D,Krasoudaki E,Kavousanaki M,Zervou MI,Panierakis C,Boumpas DT,Goulielmos GN

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Essential hypertension (EH) is a disease in which both environment and genes have an important role. This study was designed to identify the interaction model between genetic variants and environmental risk factors that most highly potentiates EH development. METHODS:We performed a case-control study with 1641 pa...

journal_title：Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors： Sousa AC,Mendonça MI,Pereira A,Gouveia S,Freitas AI,Guerra G,Rodrigues M,Henriques E,Freitas S,Borges S,Pereira D,Brehm A,Palma Dos Reis R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00