Chromosome 3q (22-ter) encodes the human transferrin receptor.

abstract：:Paget disease of bone (PDB) is a skeletal disorder characterized by focal abnormalities of bone remodeling, which result in enlarged and deformed bones in one or more regions of the skeleton. In some cases, the pagetic tissue undergoes neoplastic transformation, resulting in osteosarcoma and, less frequently, in giant...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Divisato G,Formicola D,Esposito T,Merlotti D,Pazzaglia L,Del Fattore A,Siris E,Orcel P,Brown JP,Nuti R,Strazzullo P,Benassi MS,Cancela ML,Michou L,Rendina D,Gennari L,Gianfrancesco F

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Assignment of alleles to haplotypes for nearly all the variants on all chromosomes can be performed by genetic analysis of a nuclear family with three or more children. Whole-genome sequence data enable deterministic phasing of nearly all sequenced alleles by permitting assignment of recombinations to precise chromoso...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Roach JC,Glusman G,Hubley R,Montsaroff SZ,Holloway AK,Mauldin DE,Srivastava D,Garg V,Pollard KS,Galas DJ,Hood L,Smit AF

更新日期：2011-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (HNRNP) genes code for a set of RNA-binding proteins that function primarily in the spliceosome C complex. Pathogenic variants in these genes can drive neurodegeneration, through a mechanism involving excessive stress-granule formation, or developmental defects, through mech...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Duijkers FA,McDonald A,Janssens GE,Lezzerini M,Jongejan A,van Koningsbruggen S,Leeuwenburgh-Pronk WG,Wlodarski MW,Moutton S,Tran-Mau-Them F,Thauvin-Robinet C,Faivre L,Monaghan KG,Smol T,Boute-Benejean O,Ladda RL,Sell SL,

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is genetically heterogeneous, and mutations in seven genes have been reported to cause HPS. Autozygosity mapping studies were undertaken in a large consanguineous family with HPS. Affected individuals displayed features of incomplete oculocutaneous albinism and platelet dysfunction. Ski...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Morgan NV,Pasha S,Johnson CA,Ainsworth JR,Eady RA,Dawood B,McKeown C,Trembath RC,Wilde J,Watson SP,Maher ER

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive X-linked cone-rod dystrophy (COD1) is a retinal disease affecting primarily the cone photoreceptors. The COD1 locus originally was localized, by the study of three independent families, to a region between Xp11.3 and Xp21.1, encompassing the retinitis pigmentosa (RP) 3 locus. We have refined the COD1 locus...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Seymour AB,Dash-Modi A,O'Connell JR,Shaffer-Gordon M,Mah TS,Stefko ST,Nagaraja R,Brown J,Kimura AE,Ferrell RE,Gorin MB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shovel shape of upper incisors is a common characteristic in Asian and Native American populations but is rare or absent in African and European populations. Like other common dental traits, genetic polymorphisms involved in the tooth shoveling have not yet been clarified. In ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR), where dys...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Kimura R,Yamaguchi T,Takeda M,Kondo O,Toma T,Haneji K,Hanihara T,Matsukusa H,Kawamura S,Maki K,Osawa M,Ishida H,Oota H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that an X-linked recessive form of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIPX) maps to Xq28. To select candidate genes for the disease, we analyzed the expression in murine fetal brain and intestine of 56 genes from the critical region. We selected and sequenced seven genes and...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Gargiulo A,Auricchio R,Barone MV,Cotugno G,Reardon W,Milla PJ,Ballabio A,Ciccodicola A,Auricchio A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of the distal short arm of chromosome 1 (1p36) represent a common, newly delineated deletion syndrome, characterized by moderate to severe psychomotor retardation, seizures, growth delay, and dysmorphic features. Previous cytogenetic underascertainment of this chromosomal deletion has made it difficult to ch...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Shapira SK,McCaskill C,Northrup H,Spikes AS,Elder FF,Sutton VR,Korenberg JR,Greenberg F,Shaffer LG

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genomewide screen for quantitative-trait loci (QTLs) that underlie asthma was performed on 533 Chinese families with asthma, by the unified Haseman-Elston method. Nine asthma-related phenotypes were studied, including forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), airway responsiveness as indic...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Xu X,Fang Z,Wang B,Chen C,Guang W,Jin Y,Yang J,Lewitzky S,Aelony A,Parker A,Meyer J,Weiss ST,Xu X

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Million Veteran Program (MVP), initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), aims to collect biosamples with consent from at least one million veterans. Presently, blood samples have been collected from over 800,000 enrolled participants. The size and diversity of the MVP cohort, as well as the availabilit...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Hunter-Zinck H,Shi Y,Li M,Gorman BR,Ji SG,Sun N,Webster T,Liem A,Hsieh P,Devineni P,Karnam P,Gong X,Radhakrishnan L,Schmidt J,Assimes TL,Huang J,Pan C,Humphries D,Brophy M,Moser J,Muralidhar S,Huang GD,Przygod

更新日期：2020-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Potocki-Shaffer syndrome (PSS) is a contiguous gene disorder due to the interstitial deletion of band p11.2 of chromosome 11 and is characterized by multiple exostoses, parietal foramina, intellectual disability (ID), and craniofacial anomalies (CFAs). Despite the identification of individual genes responsible for mul...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Kim HG,Kim HT,Leach NT,Lan F,Ullmann R,Silahtaroglu A,Kurth I,Nowka A,Seong IS,Shen Y,Talkowski ME,Ruderfer D,Lee JH,Glotzbach C,Ha K,Kjaergaard S,Levin AV,Romeike BF,Kleefstra T,Bartsch O,Elsea SH,Jabs EW,Mac

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new morphs (F and G) detected by the centromeric alpha satellite probe p alpha 10RP8 and D10Z1 in HinfI digests are linked to the PstI polymorphisms of D10Z1, confirming their chromosome 10 location. The F and G morphs were in strong linkage disequilibrium with each other but were in weak linkage disequilibrium wi...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Carson NL,Wu JS,Jackson CE,Kidd KK,Simpson NE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the mode of inheritance is often difficult under the best of circumstances, but when segregation analysis is used, the problems of ambiguous ascertainment procedures, reduced penetrance, heterogeneity, and misdiagnosis make mode-of-inheritance determinations even more unreliable. The mode of inheritance ca...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Greenberg DA,Berger B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 14 exons of the APC gene have been screened by the denaturation gradient gel electrophoresis method in 160 unrelated patients with familial adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) syndrome. Four polymorphic variants corresponding to silent mutations not associated with the disease phenotype were observed. Mutations...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Olschwang S,Laurent-Puig P,Groden J,White R,Thomas G

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a leukodystrophy characterized by early-onset macrocephaly and delayed-onset neurological deterioration. Recessive MLC1 mutations are observed in 75% of patients with MLC. Genetic-linkage studies failed to identify another gene. We recently showed tha...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： López-Hernández T,Ridder MC,Montolio M,Capdevila-Nortes X,Polder E,Sirisi S,Duarri A,Schulte U,Fakler B,Nunes V,Scheper GC,Martínez A,Estévez R,van der Knaap MS

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural gene for the human lysosomal enzyme aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA) has been assigned to chromosome 4 using somatic cell hybridization techniques. The human monomeric enzyme was detected in Chinese hamster-human cell hybrids by a thermal denaturation assay that selectively inactivated the Chinese hamster ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Aula P,Astrin KH,Francke U,Desnick RJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget disease of bone (PDB) is characterized by increased osteoclast activity and localized abnormal bone remodeling. PDB has a significant genetic component, with evidence of linkage to chromosomes 6p21.3 (PDB1) and 18q21-22 (PDB2) in some pedigrees. There is evidence of genetic heterogeneity, with other pedigrees sh...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Good DA,Busfield F,Fletcher BH,Duffy DL,Kesting JB,Andersen J,Shaw JT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely molecular diagnosis of RB1 mutations enables earlier treatment, lower risk, and better health outcomes for patients with retinoblastoma; empowers families to make informed family-planning decisions; and costs less than conventional surveillance. However, complexity has hindered clinical implementation of molecu...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Richter S,Vandezande K,Chen N,Zhang K,Sutherland J,Anderson J,Han L,Panton R,Branco P,Gallie B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ion channel genes have been associated with human genetic pain disorders. Here we report two large Chinese families with autosomal-dominant episodic pain. We performed a genome-wide linkage scan with microsatellite markers after excluding mutations in three known genes (SCN9A, SCN10A, and TRPA1) that cause simila...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Zhang XY,Wen J,Yang W,Wang C,Gao L,Zheng LH,Wang T,Ran K,Li Y,Li X,Xu M,Luo J,Feng S,Ma X,Ma H,Chai Z,Zhou Z,Yao J,Zhang X,Liu JY

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD [MIM 143465]) is a common, highly heritable neurobehavioral disorder of childhood onset, characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or inattention. As part of an ongoing study of the genetic etiology of ADHD, we have performed a genomewide linkage scan in 204 nuclea...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Ogdie MN,Macphie IL,Minassian SL,Yang M,Fisher SE,Francks C,Cantor RM,McCracken JT,McGough JJ,Nelson SF,Monaco AP,Smalley SL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) is the lipid hydrolase that is deficient in types A and B Niemann-Pick disease (NPD). Here, we demonstrate that the gene encoding ASM (SMPD1) is paternally imprinted and that differential expression of the mutant alleles in patients with ASM-deficient NPD and in carriers influences the dise...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Simonaro CM,Park JH,Eliyahu E,Shtraizent N,McGovern MM,Schuchman EH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides evidence that selection has been a significant force during the evolution of the human mitochondrial genome. Both gene-by-gene and whole-genome approaches were used here to assess selection in the 560 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coding-region sequences that were used previously for reduced-median-n...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Elson JL,Turnbull DM,Howell N

更新日期：2004-02-01 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 report here the genetic cause of the X-linked syndrome of psychosis, pyramidal signs, and macro-orchidism (PPM-X) in a three-generation family manifesting the disorder as a mutation in the methyl-CpG binding-protein 2 (MECP2) gene in Xq28. The A140V mutation was found in all affected males and all carrier females i...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Klauck SM,Lindsay S,Beyer KS,Splitt M,Burn J,Poustka A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 20%-25% of Caucasian individuals are nonsecretors who fail to express soluble A, B, H, and Lewis b histo-blood group antigens in secretory organs and secretory fluids because of the absence of the Secretor gene (FUT2)-encoded alpha(1,2)-fucosyltransferase (Se enzyme) activity. Recently, the FUT2 and a pseudogene...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Koda Y,Soejima M,Liu Y,Kimura H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assignment of a susceptibility locus for cutaneous malignant melanoma-dysplastic nevus (CMM/DN) to chromosome 1p remains controversial. We examined the relationship between CMM/DN and markers D1S47, PND, and D1S160 on seven new families (set B) plus updated versions of six previously reported families (set A). Three l...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Goldstein AM,Dracopoli NC,Ho EC,Fraser MC,Kearns KS,Bale SJ,McBride OW,Clark WH Jr,Tucker MA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome was among the first of the X-linked mental retardation syndromes to be described (in 1944) and among the first to be regionally mapped on the X chromosome (in 1990). Six large families with the syndrome have been identified, and linkage studies have placed the gene locus in Xq13.2. Mutati...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Schwartz CE,May MM,Carpenter NJ,Rogers RC,Martin J,Bialer MG,Ward J,Sanabria J,Marsa S,Lewis JA,Echeverri R,Lubs HA,Voeller K,Simensen RJ,Stevenson RE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of adult female carriers of the fragile X chromosome indicate that certain psychological problems occur with a greater frequency and severity than expected. This study examines the association of parental origin of the fragile X chromosome and of fragility detected in the karyotype with measures of social, edu...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Reiss AL,Freund L,Vinogradov S,Hagerman R,Cronister A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for vimentin, an intermediate-filament protein, is growth regulated. We used Southern blot analysis and in situ chromosome hybridization to determine the location of the human vimentin gene. Our results show that there is only one copy of the vimentin gene and that it is located on the short arm of chromosome...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Ferrari S,Cannizzaro LA,Battini R,Huebner K,Baserga R

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered mitochondrial metabolism may play an important role in a number of idiopathic neurodegenerative disorders. The question of mitochondrial dysfunction is particularly attractive in the case of idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD), since Vyas et al. recognized in the 1980s that the parkinsonism-inducing compound ...

journal_title：American journal of human genetics

authors： Parker WD Jr,Swerdlow RH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00