Molecular diagnosis of homozygous myotonic dystrophy in two asymptomatic sisters.

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：:Whether XIST RNA is indifferent to the sequence content of the chromosome is fundamental to understanding its mechanism of chromosomal inactivation. Transgenic Xist RNA appears to associate with and inactivate an entire autosome. However, the behavior of XIST RNA on naturally occurring human X;autosome translocations ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hall LL,Clemson CM,Byron M,Wydner K,Lawrence JB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 2 (BSCL2) is the most severe form of human lipodystrophy and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the BSCL2/seipin gene. Exactly how seipin may regulate adipogenesis remains unclear. A recent study in vitro suggested that seipin may function to inhibit the activity...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gao M,Liu L,Wang X,Mak HY,Liu G,Yang H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia may arise from subtle abnormalities in brain development due to alterations in the functions of candidate susceptibility genes such as Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) and Neuregulin 1 (NRG1). To provide novel insights into the functions of DISC1 in brain development, we mapped the expression of zebr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wood JD,Bonath F,Kumar S,Ross CA,Cunliffe VT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell pathology in lysosomal storage diseases is characterized by the formation of distended vacuoles with characteristics of lysosomes. Our previous studies in mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB (MPSIIIB), a disease in which a genetic defect induces the accumulation of undigested heparan sulfate (HS) fragments, led to th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Roy E,Bruyère J,Flamant P,Bigou S,Ausseil J,Vitry S,Heard JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodevelopmental disorders frequently share common clinical features and appear high rate of comorbidity, such as those present in patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). While characterizing behavioral phenotypes in the mouse model of cyclin-dependent kinas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jhang CL,Huang TN,Hsueh YP,Liao W

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the cone photoreceptor phosphodiesterase (PDE6C) have been recently reported in patients with autosomal recessive inherited achromatopsia (ACHM) and early-onset cone photoreceptor dysfunction. Here we present the results of a comprehensive study on PDE6C mutation...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grau T,Artemyev NO,Rosenberg T,Dollfus H,Haugen OH,Cumhur Sener E,Jurklies B,Andreasson S,Kernstock C,Larsen M,Zrenner E,Wissinger B,Kohl S

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The subcellular mechanisms of DMD remain poorly understood and there is currently no curative treatment available. Using a Caenorhabditis elegans model for DMD as a pharmacologic and genetic tool, we found that cyc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Giacomotto J,Brouilly N,Walter L,Mariol MC,Berger J,Ségalat L,Becker TS,Currie PD,Gieseler K

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PRESENILIN1 (PSEN1) is the major locus for mutations causing familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) and is also mutated in Pick disease of brain, familial acne inversa and dilated cardiomyopathy. It is a critical facilitator of Notch signalling and many other signalling pathways and protein cleavage events including produ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Newman M,Wilson L,Verdile G,Lim A,Khan I,Moussavi Nik SH,Pursglove S,Chapman G,Martins RN,Lardelli M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited peripheral neuropathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders that can affect patients of all ages. Children with inherited neuropathy often develop severe disability, but the genetic causes of recessive early-onset axonal neuropathies are not fully known. We have taken a whole-exome sequencing approach to ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ylikallio E,Pöyhönen R,Zimon M,De Vriendt E,Hilander T,Paetau A,Jordanova A,Lönnqvist T,Tyynismaa H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FUS gene at 16p11 fuses with DDIT3 and ATF1 as the result of translocations with chromosome band 12q13 in myxoid liposarcoma and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma, respectively, and with ERG as the result of a t(16;21)(p11;q22) in acute myeloid leukemia. We here show that a t(7;16)(q33;p11) in two cases of low grad...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Storlazzi CT,Mertens F,Nascimento A,Isaksson M,Wejde J,Brosjo O,Mandahl N,Panagopoulos I

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding myotubularin-related protein 2 (MTMR2) are responsible for autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4B1 (CMT4B1), a severe hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy characterized by focally folded myelin sheaths and demyelination. MTMR2 belongs to the myotubularin family, which...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Berger P,Bonneick S,Willi S,Wymann M,Suter U

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraoxonase is an arylesterase enzyme that is expressed in the liver and found in the circulation in association with apoA1 and the high-density lipoprotein, and prevents the accumulation of oxidized lipids in low-density lipoproteins in vitro. Common polymorphisms in genes encoding paraoxonase are established risk fa...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Erlich PM,Lunetta KL,Cupples LA,Huyck M,Green RC,Baldwin CT,Farrer LA,MIRAGE Study Group.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cone photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel is essential for central and color vision and visual acuity. Mutations in the channel subunits CNGA3 and CNGB3 are associated with achromatopsia and cone dystrophy. We investigated the gene expression profiles in mouse retina with CNG channel deficiency usin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ma H,Thapa A,Morris LM,Michalakis S,Biel M,Frank MB,Bebak M,Ding XQ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Although most glaucoma patients are elderly, congenital glaucoma and glaucomas of childhood are also important causes of visual disability. Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is isolated, non-syndromic glaucoma that occurs in the first three years of li...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lewis CJ,Hedberg-Buenz A,DeLuca AP,Stone EM,Alward WLM,Fingert JH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by polyglutamine expansion in the disease protein, huntingtin. In HD patients and transgenic mice, the affected neurons form characteristic ubiquitin-positive nuclear inclusions (NIs). We have established ecdysone-inducible stable mou...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jana NR,Tanaka M,Wang Gh,Nukina N

更新日期：2000-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene cause a subset of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal motor neuron degenerative disease. Wild-type FUS is largely localized in the nucleus, but mutant FUS accumulates in the cytoplasm and forms inclusions. It is unclear whether FUS depletion from the nucleus o...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yang L,Zhang J,Kamelgarn M,Niu C,Gal J,Gong W,Zhu H

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro fertilization (IVF), blastomere biopsy of the 6-8 cell embryo, and single cell DNA diagnosis allows couples at risk of transmitting an X-linked or autosomal disease to start a pregnancy knowing their child will not be affected. We present a quick and reliable nested PCR strategy for sex determination at the s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chong SS,Kristjansson K,Cota J,Handyside AH,Hughes MR

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Waardenburg syndrome type 2 (WS2) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a combination of pigmentary and auditory abnormalities. Approximately 20% of WS2 cases are associated with mutations in the gene encoding microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). MITF plays a critical role in the develop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yajima I,Sato S,Kimura T,Yasumoto K,Shibahara S,Goding CR,Yamamoto H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are central to almost all cellular processes, and dysregulation of expression and function is associated with a range of disorders. A number of studies in human have recently shown that genetic factors significantly contribute gene expression variation. In contrast, very little is known about the genetic basi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lourdusamy A,Newhouse S,Lunnon K,Proitsi P,Powell J,Hodges A,Nelson SK,Stewart A,Williams S,Kloszewska I,Mecocci P,Soininen H,Tsolaki M,Vellas B,Lovestone S,AddNeuroMed Consortium.,Dobson R,Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimag

更新日期：2012-08-15 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：:In the normal diploid mouse embryo, active demethylation of the paternal genome but not of the maternal genome occurs within only a few hours and in a highly coordinated fashion as the zygote proceeds through the first G1 phase. This zygotic demethylation may be necessary to reprogram the sperm genome for somatic deve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barton SC,Arney KL,Shi W,Niveleau A,Fundele R,Surani MA,Haaf T

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult body height is a quantitative trait for which genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous loci, primarily in European populations. These loci, comprising common variants, explain <10% of the phenotypic variance in height. We searched for novel associations between height and common (minor all...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Du M,Auer PL,Jiao S,Haessler J,Altshuler D,Boerwinkle E,Carlson CS,Carty CL,Chen YD,Curtis K,Franceschini N,Hsu L,Jackson R,Lange LA,Lettre G,Monda KL,National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) GO Exome Sequencing

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Haploinsufficiency of the single-minded homology 1 (SIM1) gene in humans and mice leads to severe obesity, suggesting that altered expression of SIM1, by way of regulatory elements such as enhancers, could predispose individuals to obesity. Here, we identified transcriptional enhancers that could regulate SIM1, using ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kim MJ,Oksenberg N,Hoffmann TJ,Vaisse C,Ahituv N

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of STAT4 gene in the genetic predisposition to systemic sclerosis (SSc) susceptibility or clinical phenotype. A total of 1317 SSc patients [896 with limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc) and 421 with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc)] and 3113 healthy controls, from an in...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rueda B,Broen J,Simeon C,Hesselstrand R,Diaz B,Suárez H,Ortego-Centeno N,Riemekasten G,Fonollosa V,Vonk MC,van den Hoogen FH,Sanchez-Román J,Aguirre-Zamorano MA,García-Portales R,Pros A,Camps MT,Gonzalez-Gay MA,Coenen M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich ataxia is commonly caused by large expansions of a GAA triplet-repeat (GAA-TR) sequence in the first intron of the FRDA gene. We used small-pool PCR to analyze somatic variability among 7190 individual FRDA molecules from peripheral blood DNA of subjects carrying 12 different expanded alleles, ranging in si...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sharma R,Bhatti S,Gomez M,Clark RM,Murray C,Ashizawa T,Bidichandani SI

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missense mutations in the gene, MAP3K1, are a common cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis, accounting for 15-20% of cases [Ostrer, 2014, Disorders of sex development (DSDs): an update. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 99, 1503-1509]. Functional studies demonstrated that all of these mutations cause a protein gain-of-function...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chamberlin A,Huether R,Machado AZ,Groden M,Liu HM,Upadhyay K,O V,Gomes NL,Lerario AM,Nishi MY,Costa EMF,Mendonca B,Domenice S,Velasco J,Loke J,Ostrer H

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is caused by the loss of expression of imprinted genes in chromosome 15q11-q13. Affected individuals exhibit neonatal hypotonia, developmental delay and childhood-onset obesity. Necdin, a protein implicated in the terminal differentiation of neurons, is the only PWS candidate gene to reduce...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lee S,Kozlov S,Hernandez L,Chamberlain SJ,Brannan CI,Stewart CL,Wevrick R

更新日期：2000-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive disease of the central retina and the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the western world. The involvement of abnormal complement activation in AMD has been suggested by association of variants in genes encoding complement proteins with disease develop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kremlitzka M,Geerlings MJ,de Jong S,Bakker B,Nilsson SC,Fauser S,Hoyng CB,de Jong EK,den Hollander AI,Blom AM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00