Population genetics of trinucleotide repeat polymorphisms.

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：:The term 'dynamic mutation' was introduced to distinguish the unique properties of expanding, unstable DNA repeat sequences from other forms of mutation. The past decade has seen dynamic mutations uncovered as the molecular basis for a growing number of human genetic diseases and for all of the characterized 'rare' ch...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Richards RI

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Despite extensive progress in Huntington's disease (HD) research, very little is known about the association of epigenetic variation and HD pathogenesis in human brain tissues. Moreover, its contribution to the tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of the huntingtin gene (HTT), in which HTT expression levels are ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： De Souza RA,Islam SA,McEwen LM,Mathelier A,Hill A,Mah SM,Wasserman WW,Kobor MS,Leavitt BR

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by the absence of dystrophin along muscle fibers. An attractive therapeutic avenue for DMD consists in the upregulation of utrophin A, a protein with high sequence identity and functional redundancy with dystrophin. Recent work has shown that pharmacological interventions th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Al-Rewashdy H,Ljubicic V,Lin W,Renaud JM,Jasmin BJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of genes associated with pain insensitivity syndromes can increase the understanding of the pathways involved in pain and contribute to the understanding of how sensory pathways relate to other neurological functions. In this report we describe the mapping and identification of the gene responsible for ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Einarsdottir E,Carlsson A,Minde J,Toolanen G,Svensson O,Solders G,Holmgren G,Holmberg D,Holmberg M

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine (HA) acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain, which participates in the regulation of many biological processes including inflammation, gastric acid secretion and neuromodulation. The enzyme histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) inactivates HA by transferring a methyl group from S-adenosyl-l-methionine to HA,...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Heidari A,Tongsook C,Najafipour R,Musante L,Vasli N,Garshasbi M,Hu H,Mittal K,McNaughton AJ,Sritharan K,Hudson M,Stehr H,Talebi S,Moradi M,Darvish H,Arshad Rafiq M,Mozhdehipanah H,Rashidinejad A,Samiei S,Ghadami M,

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdeletion at chromosomal position 15q13.3 has been described in intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and recently in idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Using independent IGE cohorts, we first aimed to confirm the association of 15q13.3 deletions and IGE. We then set out to determin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dibbens LM,Mullen S,Helbig I,Mefford HC,Bayly MA,Bellows S,Leu C,Trucks H,Obermeier T,Wittig M,Franke A,Caglayan H,Yapici Z,EPICURE Consortium.,Sander T,Eichler EE,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic and germline mutations in PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) are found in sporadic cancers and Cowden syndrome patients, respectively. Recent identification of naturally occurring cancer and germline mutations within the ATP-binding motifs of PTEN (heretofore referred to as PTEN ATP...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： He X,Ni Y,Wang Y,Romigh T,Eng C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ARHI has been identified as a maternally imprinted tumor suppressor gene that maps to chromosome 1p31 and whose expression is markedly down-regulated in breast cancer. To explore possible mechanisms that could silence ARHI expression, we have tested the importance of DNA methylation, histone acetylation and histone me...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fujii S,Luo RZ,Yuan J,Kadota M,Oshimura M,Dent SR,Kondo Y,Issa JP,Bast RC Jr,Yu Y

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin sheath thickness is precisely regulated and essential for rapid propagation of action potentials along myelinated axons. In the peripheral nervous system, extrinsic signals from the axonal protein neuregulin 1 (NRG1) type III regulate Schwann cell fate and myelination. Here we ask if modulating NRG1 type III le...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Belin S,Ornaghi F,Shackleford G,Wang J,Scapin C,Lopez-Anido C,Silvestri N,Robertson N,Williamson C,Ishii A,Taveggia C,Svaren J,Bansal R,Schwab MH,Nave K,Fratta P,D'Antonio M,Poitelon Y,Feltri ML,Wrabetz L

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The APOE epsilon4 allele is a strong genetic susceptibility factor for Alzheimer's disease. Interaction with other biological factors may modulate the effect of the apoE isoforms. However, previous work suggested that other genetic variability within the APOE locus, influencing the effect of the epsilon4 allele, may e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lambert JC,Pérez-Tur J,Dupire MJ,Galasko D,Mann D,Amouyel P,Hardy J,Delacourte A,Chartier-Harlin MC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of the 22q11.2 region distal to the 22q11.21 microdeletion syndrome region have recently been described in individuals with mental retardation and congenital anomalies. Because these deletions are mediated by low-copy repeats (LCRs), located distal to the 22q11.21 DiGeorge/velocardiofacial microdeletion regi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Coppinger J,McDonald-McGinn D,Zackai E,Shane K,Atkin JF,Asamoah A,Leland R,Weaver DD,Lansky-Shafer S,Schmidt K,Feldman H,Cohen W,Phalin J,Powell B,Ballif BC,Theisen A,Geiger E,Haldeman-Englert C,Shaikh TH,Saitta S,

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood-onset mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are severe, relentlessly progressive conditions. However, reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency (RIRCD), due to a homoplasmic mt-tRNA(Glu) mutation, and reversible infantile hepatopathy, due to tRNA 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridylate methyltransferase (TRM...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Boczonadi V,Smith PM,Pyle A,Gomez-Duran A,Schara U,Tulinius M,Chinnery PF,Horvath R

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the DFNB31 gene encoding the PDZ scaffold protein whirlin are causative for hearing loss in man and mouse. Whirlin is known to be essential for the elongation process of the stereocilia of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, though its complete spatial and temporal expression patterns remained elusive. H...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： van Wijk E,van der Zwaag B,Peters T,Zimmermann U,Te Brinke H,Kersten FF,Märker T,Aller E,Hoefsloot LH,Cremers CW,Cremers FP,Wolfrum U,Knipper M,Roepman R,Kremer H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. The purpose of this study is to identify novel genetic loci associated with the sight threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data for severe diabetic retinopathy as defined by diabetic macular edem...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grassi MA,Tikhomirov A,Ramalingam S,Below JE,Cox NJ,Nicolae DL

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human homologues of mouse cancer modifier genes may play a role in cancer risk and prognosis. A proportion of the familial risk of common cancers may be attributable to variants in such genes, each contributing to a small effect. The protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type J (PTPRJ) has been recently identified as ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lesueur F,Pharoah PD,Laing S,Ahmed S,Jordan C,Smith PL,Luben R,Wareham NJ,Easton DF,Dunning AM,Ponder BA

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinic keratosis (AK) is a pre-malignant skin disease, highly prevalent in elderly Europeans. This study investigates genetic susceptibility to AK with a genome-wide association study (GWAS). A full body skin examination was performed in 3194 elderly individuals from the Rotterdam Study (RS) of exclusive north-wester...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jacobs LC,Liu F,Pardo LM,Hofman A,Uitterlinden AG,Kayser M,Nijsten T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) was first described as a potential mammalian cell transducing system, frequent reports purportedly solving the problems of scalable production have appeared. Yet few of these processes have enabled the development of robust and economical rAAV production. Two production ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kotin RM

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A glaucoma locus, GLC1A, was identified previously on chromosome 1q. A gene within this locus (encoding the protein myocilin) subsequently was shown to harbor mutations in 2-4% of primary open angle glaucoma patients. A total of 1703 patients was screened from five different populations representing three racial group...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fingert JH,Héon E,Liebmann JM,Yamamoto T,Craig JE,Rait J,Kawase K,Hoh ST,Buys YM,Dickinson J,Hockey RR,Williams-Lyn D,Trope G,Kitazawa Y,Ritch R,Mackey DA,Alward WL,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a genetically heterogeneous group of retinopathies that occur in both non-syndromic and syndromic forms, is caused by mutations in ∼100 genes. Although recent advances in next-generation sequencing have aided in the discovery of novel RP genes, a number of the underlying contributing genes a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Xie YA,Lee W,Cai C,Gambin T,Nõupuu K,Sujirakul T,Ayuso C,Jhangiani S,Muzny D,Boerwinkle E,Gibbs R,Greenstein VC,Lupski JR,Tsang SH,Allikmets R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A is due to loss-of-function mutations in the Calpain 3 (CAPN3) gene. Our previous data suggest that CAPN3 helps to maintain the integrity of the triad complex in skeletal muscle. In Capn3 knock-out mice (C3KO), Ca2+ release and Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) signaling are attenuate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kramerova I,Ermolova N,Eskin A,Hevener A,Quehenberger O,Armando AM,Haller R,Romain N,Nelson SF,Spencer MJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saposin B derives from the multi-functional precursor, prosaposin, and functions as an activity enhancer for several glycosphingolipid (GSL) hydrolases. Mutations in saposin B present in humans with phenotypes resembling metachromatic leukodystrophy. To gain insight into saposin B's physiological functions, a specific...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sun Y,Witte DP,Ran H,Zamzow M,Barnes S,Cheng H,Han X,Williams MT,Skelton MR,Vorhees CV,Grabowski GA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the commonest chronic, systemic, inflammatory disorder affecting ∼1% of the world population. It has a strong genetic component and a growing number of associated genes have been discovered in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which nevertheless only account for 23% of the total gene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Eleftherohorinou H,Hoggart CJ,Wright VJ,Levin M,Coin LJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant progress in the identification of genetic loci for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), not all of the heritability has been explained. To identify variants which contribute to the remaining genetic susceptibility, we performed the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies to date...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yu Y,Bhangale TR,Fagerness J,Ripke S,Thorleifsson G,Tan PL,Souied EH,Richardson AJ,Merriam JE,Buitendijk GH,Reynolds R,Raychaudhuri S,Chin KA,Sobrin L,Evangelou E,Lee PH,Lee AY,Leveziel N,Zack DJ,Campochiaro B,Cam

更新日期：2011-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting of numerous transmembrane proteins to the cell surface is thought to depend on their recognition by cargo receptors that interact with the adaptor machinery for anterograde traffic at the distal end of the Golgi complex. We report here on consortin, a novel integral membrane protein that is predicted to be i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： del Castillo FJ,Cohen-Salmon M,Charollais A,Caille D,Lampe PD,Chavrier P,Meda P,Petit C

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a late-onset muscular dystrophy caused by a polyalanine expansion mutation in the coding region of the poly-(A) binding protein nuclear 1 (PABPN1) gene. In unaffected individuals, (GCG)(6) encodes the first 6 alanines in a homopolymeric stretch of 10 alanines. In most patie...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Davies JE,Rubinsztein DC

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by autosomal recessive mutations in the GAN gene resulting in a loss of a ubiquitously expressed protein, gigaxonin. Gene replacement therapy is a promising strategy for treatment of the disease; however, the effectiveness and safety of gi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Johnson-Kerner BL,Ahmad FS,Diaz AG,Greene JP,Gray SJ,Samulski RJ,Chung WK,Van Coster R,Maertens P,Noggle SA,Henderson CE,Wichterle H

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circletail is one of only two mouse mutants that exhibit the most severe form of neural tube defect (NTD), termed craniorachischisis. In this disorder, almost the entire brain and spinal cord is affected, owing to a failure to initiate neural tube closure. Craniorachischisis is a significant cause of lethality in huma...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Murdoch JN,Henderson DJ,Doudney K,Gaston-Massuet C,Phillips HM,Paternotte C,Arkell R,Stanier P,Copp AJ

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the putative role of BRCA1, a gene involved in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, in sporadic ovarian tumors among Japanese women, we examined 76 unselected primary ovarian cancers for mutations in the coding region of BRCA1 using the single-strand conformation polymorphism technique. Although no som...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Matsushima M,Kobayashi K,Emi M,Saito H,Saito J,Suzumori K,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00