An embryonic-like methylation pattern of classical satellite DNA is observed in ICF syndrome.

abstract：:Dysfunction of mitochondrial translation is an increasingly important molecular cause of human disease, but structural defects of mitochondrial ribosomal subunits are rare. We used next-generation sequencing to identify a homozygous variant in the mitochondrial small ribosomal protein 14 (MRPS14, uS14m) in a patient m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jackson CB,Huemer M,Bolognini R,Martin F,Szinnai G,Donner BC,Richter U,Battersby BJ,Nuoffer JM,Suomalainen A,Schaller A

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Female aging entails a decline in fertility in mammals, manifested by reduced oocyte reserves and poor oocyte quality accompanied by chromosomal anomalies and reduced litter size. In addition to compromised genetic integrity, recent studies suggest that epigenetic mechanisms may be altered in aging oocytes, with age a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lopes FL,Fortier AL,Darricarrère N,Chan D,Arnold DR,Trasler JM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies have implicated the neuronal ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (UCH) protein UCH-L1 in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. Moreover, the function of UCH-L1 may be lost in the brains of PD and Alzheimer's disease patients. We have previously reported that the UCH-L1 polymorphic variant S18Y, potentially...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xilouri M,Kyratzi E,Pitychoutis PM,Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z,Perier C,Vila M,Maniati M,Ulusoy A,Kirik D,Park DS,Wada K,Stefanis L

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional impairment of the human homeobox gene SHOX causes short stature and Madelung deformity in Leri-Weill syndrome (LWS) and has recently been implicated in additional skeletal malformations frequently observed in Turner syndrome. To enhance our understanding of the underlying mechanism of action, we have establ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rao E,Blaschke RJ,Marchini A,Niesler B,Burnett M,Rappold GA

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels are regulated, in part, through the cytoplasmic C-terminus of their alpha1A subunit. Genetic absence or alteration of the C-terminus leads to abnormal channel function and neurological disease. Here, we show that the terminal 60-75 kDa of the endogenous alpha1A C-terminus is cle...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kordasiewicz HB,Thompson RM,Clark HB,Gomez CM

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 encodes a protein of 3418 amino acids which does not exhibit substantial sequence similarity to any other protein in the public databases. A dot matrix comparison of BRCA2 with itself revealed an eight times repeated motif in the segment of the protein encoded by exon 11. As...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bignell G,Micklem G,Stratton MR,Ashworth A,Wooster R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene have been identified as the strongest genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the mechanisms by which these non-coding variants increase risk for T2D are not well-established. We used 13 expression assays to survey mRNA expression of m...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Prokunina-Olsson L,Welch C,Hansson O,Adhikari N,Scott LJ,Usher N,Tong M,Sprau A,Swift A,Bonnycastle LL,Erdos MR,He Z,Saxena R,Harmon B,Kotova O,Hoffman EP,Altshuler D,Groop L,Boehnke M,Collins FS,Hall JL

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) are two human autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasias characterized by variable short stature, joint laxity and early-onset degenerative joint disease. Both disorders can result from mut-ations in the gene for cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Délot E,King LM,Briggs MD,Wilcox WR,Cohn DH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autosomal recessive mouse mutation retinal degeneration 6 (rd6) causes small, white retinal spots and progressive photoreceptor degeneration similar to that observed in human flecked retinal diseases. Using a positional cloning approach, we determined that rd6 mice carry a splice donor mutation in the mouse homolo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kameya S,Hawes NL,Chang B,Heckenlively JR,Naggert JK,Nishina PM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon that causes parent-origin-specific monoallelic expression of a small subset of genes, known as imprinted genes, by parentally inherited epigenetic marks. Imprinted genes at the delta-like homolog 1 gene (Dlk1)-type III iodothyronine deiodinase gene (Dio3) imprinted domain, regulated ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Saito T,Hara S,Kato T,Tamano M,Muramatsu A,Asahara H,Takada S

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is an imprinted genetic obesity disorder characterized by abnormalities of growth and metabolism. Multiple mouse models with deficiency of one or more PWS candidate genes have partially correlated individual genes with aspects of the PWS phenotype, although the genetic origin of defects in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bischof JM,Stewart CL,Wevrick R

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing emerges as one of the most important mechanisms to generate transcript diversity. It is regulated by the formation of protein complexes on pre-mRNA. We demonstrate that protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) binds to the splicing factor transformer2-beta1 (tra2-beta1) via a phylogenetically conserved RVDF se...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Novoyatleva T,Heinrich B,Tang Y,Benderska N,Butchbach ME,Lorson CL,Lorson MA,Ben-Dov C,Fehlbaum P,Bracco L,Burghes AH,Bollen M,Stamm S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukodystrophies are rare diseases caused by defects in the genes coding for lysosomal enzymes that degrade several glycosphingolipids. Gene therapy for leukodystrophies requires efficient distribution of the missing enzymes in CNS tissues to prevent demyelination and neurodegeneration. In this work, we targeted the e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lattanzi A,Neri M,Maderna C,di Girolamo I,Martino S,Orlacchio A,Amendola M,Naldini L,Gritti A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetic basis that leads to Lewy Body (LB) pathology in 15-20% of Alzheimer disease cases (LBV/AD) was largely unknown. Alpha-synuclein (SNCA) and Leucine-rich repeat kinase2 (LRRK2) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the prototype of LB spectrum disorders. We tested th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Linnertz C,Lutz MW,Ervin JF,Allen J,Miller NR,Welsh-Bohmer KA,Roses AD,Chiba-Falek O

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:T-box transcription factor, TBX1, is the major candidate gene for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge/ Velo-cardio-facial syndrome) characterized by facial defects, thymus hypoplasia, cardiovascular anomalies and cleft palates. Here, we report that the loss of Tbx1 in mouse (Tbx1(-/-)) results in skeletal abnormalitie...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Funato N,Nakamura M,Richardson JA,Srivastava D,Yanagisawa H

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal, muscle degenerative disease causing premature death of affected children. DMD is characterized by mutations in the dystrophin gene that result in a loss of the dystrophin protein. Loss of dystrophin causes an associated reduction in proteins of the dystrophin glycoprotein...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fontelonga TM,Jordan B,Nunes AM,Barraza-Flores P,Bolden N,Wuebbles RD,Griner LM,Hu X,Ferrer M,Marugan J,Southall N,Burkin DJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions within the neurexin 1 gene (NRXN1; 2p16.3) are associated with autism and have also been reported in two families with schizophrenia. We examined NRXN1, and the closely related NRXN2 and NRXN3 genes, for copy number variants (CNVs) in 2977 schizophrenia patients and 33 746 controls from seven European popula...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rujescu D,Ingason A,Cichon S,Pietiläinen OP,Barnes MR,Toulopoulou T,Picchioni M,Vassos E,Ettinger U,Bramon E,Murray R,Ruggeri M,Tosato S,Bonetto C,Steinberg S,Sigurdsson E,Sigmundsson T,Petursson H,Gylfason A,Olason

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is characterized by clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria, such as environmental mycobacteria and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccines, in otherwise healthy individuals. All known genetic etiologies disrupt interferon (IFN)-γ immunity. Germline bi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Oleaga-Quintas C,Deswarte C,Moncada-Vélez M,Metin A,Krishna Rao I,Kanık-Yüksek S,Nieto-Patlán A,Guérin A,Gülhan B,Murthy S,Özkaya-Parlakay A,Abel L,Martínez-Barricarte R,Pérez de Diego R,Boisson-Dupuis S,Kong XF,Casanova

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), the two most common neurodegenerative disorders in the elderly, have been hypothesized to share genetic determinants. Recently, Li et al. proposed that a variant in the NEDD9 gene may be one of these common genetic factors. We attempted to confirm this initial obs...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chapuis J,Moisan F,Mellick G,Elbaz A,Silburn P,Pasquier F,Hannequin D,Lendon C,Campion D,Amouyel P,Lambert JC

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5 ) has been shown to play an important role in determining plasma triglyceride concentrations in humans. We describe here a novel variant, c.553G>T, in the apolipoprotein A5 gene that is associated with hypertriglyceridemia. In contrast to some other polymorphisms, which occur in non-c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kao JT,Wen HC,Chien KL,Hsu HC,Lin SW

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 9 (9p) has been reported in a number of cases to be associated with gonadal dysgenesis and XY sex reversal, suggesting that this region contains one or more genes required in two copies for normal testis development. Recent studies have greatly narrowed the interval conta...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Raymond CS,Parker ED,Kettlewell JR,Brown LG,Page DC,Kusz K,Jaruzelska J,Reinberg Y,Flejter WL,Bardwell VJ,Hirsch B,Zarkower D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a 1.5-1.8 Mbp deletion on chromosome 7q11.23, affecting the copy number of 26-28 genes. Phenotypes of WS include cardiovascular problems, craniofacial dysmorphology, deficits in visual-spatial cognition and a characteristic hypersocial personality. Ther...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kopp N,McCullough K,Maloney SE,Dougherty JD

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in DJ-1 cause recessively transmitted early-onset Parkinson disease (PD), and oxidative damage to DJ-1 has been associated with the pathogenesis of late-onset sporadic PD. The precise biochemical function of DJ-1 remains elusive. Here, we report that DJ-1 is synthesized as a latent protease zymogen with low-...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen J,Li L,Chin LS

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of intellectual disability (ID). Previously, we identified a promoter variant (-113C>A) in PLP2 (proteolipid protein 2) that results in an ∼4-fold reduction of transcript and protein and is overly represented in males with X-linked ID (XLID). The fun...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang L,Wang T,Valle D

更新日期：2015-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive mutations in myosin 15, a class XV unconventional myosin, cause profound congenital deafness in humans and both deafness and vestibular dysfunction in mice homozygous for the shaker 2 and shaker 2(J) alleles. The shaker 2 allele is a previously described missense mutation of a highly conserved residue in the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Anderson DW,Probst FJ,Belyantseva IA,Fridell RA,Beyer L,Martin DM,Wu D,Kachar B,Friedman TB,Raphael Y,Camper SA

更新日期：2000-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene mutations that encode retinoschisin (RS1) cause X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), a form of juvenile macular and retinal degeneration that affects males. RS1 is an adhesive protein which is proposed to preserve the structural and functional integrity of the retina, but there is very little evidence of the mechanism ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sergeev YV,Caruso RC,Meltzer MR,Smaoui N,MacDonald IM,Sieving PA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the telomere hypothesis of senescence, the progressive shortening of telomeres that occurs upon division of normal somatic cells eventually leads to cellular senescence. The immortalisation of human cells is associated with the acquisition of a telomere maintenance mechanism which is usually dependent upo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bryan TM,Marusic L,Bacchetti S,Namba M,Reddel RR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported increased mitochondrial fission and decreased fusion, increased amyloid beta (Aβ) interaction with the mitochondrial fission protein Drp1, increased mitochondrial fragmentation, impaired axonal transport of mitochondria and synaptic degeneration in neurons affected by AD. In the present study, we ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Manczak M,Reddy PH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplementation with high doses of folic acid, an important mediator of one-carbon transfers for DNA methylation, is used clinically to improve sperm parameters in infertile men. We recently detected an unexpected loss of DNA methylation in the sperm of idiopathic infertile men after 6 months of daily supplementation ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Aarabi M,Christensen KE,Chan D,Leclerc D,Landry M,Ly L,Rozen R,Trasler J

更新日期：2018-04-01 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