Proximal deletions of the long arm of the Y chromosome suggest a critical region associated with a specific subset of characteristic Turner stigmata.

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：:To assess the relationship between the genotype and phenotype of adult CF patients we have selected from a group of 512 CF patients attending centres in France, all these of greater than 35 years. We have analysed the entire coding sequence of their CFTR genes. The complete genotype was determined in 7 of the 8 patien...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Férec C,Verlingue C,Guillermit H,Quéré I,Raguénès O,Feigelson J,Audrézet MP,Moullier P,Mercier B

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene silencing through aberrant CpG island methylation is a frequent epigenetic defect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, nothing is known as yet whether aberrant hypermethylation occurs already in non-neoplastic liver cells from patients with hereditary haemochromatosis who have a clearly elevated risk for d...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lehmann U,Wingen LU,Brakensiek K,Wedemeyer H,Becker T,Heim A,Metzig K,Hasemeier B,Kreipe H,Flemming P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DiGeorge syndrome is a human developmental disorder resulting in hypoplasia of the thymus and parathyroids, and conotruncal heart defects. We recently isolated four genes with zinc finger DNA binding motifs mapping to chromosome 22q11.2 DiGeorge critical region. We now report that one of them, ZNF74 gene, is hemizygou...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Aubry M,Demczuk S,Desmaze C,Aikem M,Aurias A,Julien JP,Rouleau GA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new Type II congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG-II) caused by mutations in the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex gene, COG8. The patient has severe psychomotor retardation, seizures, failure to thrive and intolerance to wheat and dairy products. Analysis of serum transferrin and total serum ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kranz C,Ng BG,Sun L,Sharma V,Eklund EA,Miura Y,Ungar D,Lupashin V,Winkel RD,Cipollo JF,Costello CE,Loh E,Hong W,Freeze HH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic differences are a common feature of many diseases, including cancer, and disease-associated changes have even been detected in bodily fluids. DNA modification studies in circulating DNA (cirDNA) may lead to the development of specific non-invasive biomarkers. To test this hypothesis, we investigated cirDNA ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cortese R,Kwan A,Lalonde E,Bryzgunova O,Bondar A,Wu Y,Gordevicius J,Park M,Oh G,Kaminsky Z,Tverkuviene J,Laurinavicius A,Jankevicius F,Sendorek DH,Haider S,Wang SC,Jarmalaite S,Laktionov P,Boutros PC,Petronis A

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new gene, designated Smcx, was cloned from the mouse X chromosome by its homology to the Y located gene Smcy. Using direct in situ hybridisation Smcx was mapped to the distal end of the mouse X chromosome (XF2-XF4) and its human homologue, SMCX, was mapped to proximal Xp (Xp11.1-Xp11.2). Further meiotic mapping in t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Agulnik AI,Mitchell MJ,Mattei MG,Borsani G,Avner PA,Lerner JL,Bishop CE

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of thymidine kinase 2 (TK2), an essential component of the mitochondrial nucleotide salvage pathway, can give rise to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes (MDS). These clinically heterogeneous disorders are characterized by severe reduction in mtDNA copy number in affected tissues and are associated...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bartesaghi S,Betts-Henderson J,Cain K,Dinsdale D,Zhou X,Karlsson A,Salomoni P,Nicotera P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) complementation group F was first reported in Japan and most XP-F patients reported to date are Japanese. The clinical features of XP-F patients are rather mild, including late onset of skin cancer. Recently a cDNA that corrects the repair deficiency of cultured XP-F cells was isolated. The ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Matsumura Y,Nishigori C,Yagi T,Imamura S,Takebe H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein N (SelN) deficiency causes a group of inherited neuromuscular disorders termed SEPN1-related myopathies (SEPN1-RM). Although the function of SelN remains unknown, recent data demonstrated that it is dispensable for mouse embryogenesis and suggested its involvement in the regulation of ryanodine receptors...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Castets P,Bertrand AT,Beuvin M,Ferry A,Le Grand F,Castets M,Chazot G,Rederstorff M,Krol A,Lescure A,Romero NB,Guicheney P,Allamand V

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation in a growing spectrum of genes is known to either cause or contribute to primary or secondary microcephaly. In primary microcephaly the genetic determinants frequently involve mutations that contribute to or modulate the microtubule cytoskeleton by causing perturbations of neuronal proliferation and migration...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Edvardson S,Tian G,Cullen H,Vanyai H,Ngo L,Bhat S,Aran A,Daana M,Da'amseh N,Abu-Libdeh B,Cowan NJ,Heng JI,Elpeleg O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmological and molecular genetic studies were performed in a consanguineous family with individuals showing either retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or cone-rod dystrophy (CRD). Assuming pseudodominant (recessive) inheritance of allelic defects, linkage analysis positioned the causal gene at 1p21-p13 (lod score 4.22), a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cremers FP,van de Pol DJ,van Driel M,den Hollander AI,van Haren FJ,Knoers NV,Tijmes N,Bergen AA,Rohrschneider K,Blankenagel A,Pinckers AJ,Deutman AF,Hoyng CB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During human spermatogenesis, germ cells undergo dynamic changes in chromatin organization/re-packaging and in transcriptomes. In order to better understand the underlying mechanism(s), scATAC-Seq of 5376 testicular cells from 3 normal men were performed. Data were analyzed in parallel with the scRNA-Seq data of human...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wu X,Lu M,Yun D,Gao S,Chen S,Hu L,Wu Y,Wang X,Duan E,Cheng CY,Sun F

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease, an autosomal recessive disorder caused primarily by loss-of-function mutations in NPC1 gene, is characterized neuropathologically by intracellular cholesterol accumulation, gliosis and neuronal loss in selected brain regions. Recent studies have shown that NPC disease exhibits intrig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Maulik M,Ghoshal B,Kim J,Wang Y,Yang J,Westaway D,Kar S

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The near completeness of human chromosome sequences is facilitating accurate characterization and assessment of all classes of genomic variation. Particularly, using the DNA reference sequence as a guide, genome scanning technologies, such as microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) and genome-wi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Feuk L,Marshall CR,Wintle RF,Scherer SW

更新日期：2006-04-15 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：:In a forward genetic screen in Drosophila melanogaster, aimed to identify genes required for normal locomotor function, we isolated dPPCS (the second enzyme of the Coenzyme A biosynthesis pathway). The entire Drosophila CoA synthesis route was dissected, annotated and additional CoA mutants were obtained (dPANK/fumble...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bosveld F,Rana A,van der Wouden PE,Lemstra W,Ritsema M,Kampinga HH,Sibon OC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Methylcytosine (5mC), generated through the covalent addition of a methyl group to the fifth carbon of cytosine, is the most prevalent DNA modification in humans and functions as a critical player in the regulation of tissue and cell-specific gene expression. 5mC can be oxidized to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) by ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Qin L,Xu Q,Li Z,Chen L,Li Y,Yang N,Liu Z,Guo J,Shen L,Allen EG,Chen C,Ma C,Wu H,Zhu X,Jin P,Tang B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biased segregation of mitochondrial DNA variants has been widely documented, but little was known about its molecular basis. We set out to test the hypothesis that altering the balance between mitochondrial fusion and fission could influence the segregation of mutant and wild-type mtDNA variants, because it would modi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Malena A,Loro E,Di Re M,Holt IJ,Vergani L

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic data offer a goldmine of information for understanding the contribution of genetic variation makes to health and disease. The potential of genomic medicine, to predict, diagnose, manage and treat genetic disease, is underpinned by accurate variant interpretation. This in itself hinges on the ability to access ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Middleton A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AFF (AF4/FMR2) family of genes includes four members: AFF1/AF4, AFF2/FMR2, AFF3/LAF4 and AFF4/AF5q31. AFF2/FMR2 is silenced in FRAXE intellectual disability, while the other three members have been reported to form fusion genes as a consequence of chromosome translocations with the myeloid/lymphoid or mixed lineag...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Melko M,Douguet D,Bensaid M,Zongaro S,Verheggen C,Gecz J,Bardoni B

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, electrophysiological and genetic linkage studies were performed on a large autosomal dominant family with Charcot-Marie-Tooth axonal neuropathy type 2 (CMT2) with 38 members of which 14 were affected. Onset of the disease was between 16 and 30 years of age with weakness and atrophy of the hands more severe t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ionasescu V,Searby C,Sheffield VC,Roklina T,Nishimura D,Ionasescu R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Pure' familial spastic paraplegias (FSP) are neurodegenerative disorders that are clinically characterized by progressive spasticity of the lower limbs and are inherited as autosomal dominant (DFSP) or autosomal recessive (RFSP) traits. The primary defect in FSP is unknown. Genetic linkage analysis was applied to fiv...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hentati A,Pericak-Vance MA,Hung WY,Belal S,Laing N,Boustany RM,Hentati F,Ben Hamida M,Siddique T

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:We have defined unexpectedly extensive copy number variation at the human anti-microbial alpha-defensin genes DEFA1 and DEFA3, encoding human neutrophil peptides HNP-1, HNP-2 and HNP-3. There was variation in both number and position of DEFA1/DEFA3 genes in arrays of 19 kb tandem repeats on 8p23.1, so that the DEFA1 a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Aldred PM,Hollox EJ,Armour JA

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), a disease in which the kidney is unable to concentrate urine in response to vasopressin, is caused by mutations in the Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) gene. Analysis of a new family with dominant NDI revealed a single nucleotide deletion (727deltaG) in one AQP2 allele, which encoded ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Marr N,Bichet DG,Lonergan M,Arthus MF,Jeck N,Seyberth HW,Rosenthal W,van Os CH,Oksche A,Deen PM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To discover quantitative trait loci for intraocular pressure, a major risk factor for glaucoma and the only modifiable one, we performed a genome-wide association study on a discovery cohort of 2175 individuals from Sydney, Australia. We found a novel association between intraocular pressure and a common variant at 7p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES).,Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2).

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and consequent loss of mitochondrial function underlie the mitochondrial theory of aging. In this study, we systematically analyzed the mtDNA control region somatic mutation pattern in 2864 single hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitors, isolated by flow cytometry sorti...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yao YG,Ellison FM,McCoy JP,Chen J,Young NS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of the length of the index finger to that of the ring finger (2D:4D) is sexually dimorphic and is commonly used as a non-invasive biomarker of prenatal androgen exposure. Most association studies of 2D:4D ratio with a diverse range of sex-specific traits have typically involved small sample sizes and have be...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Warrington NM,Shevroja E,Hemani G,Hysi PG,Jiang Y,Auton A,Boer CG,Mangino M,Wang CA,Kemp JP,McMahon G,Medina-Gomez C,Hickey M,Trajanoska K,Wolke D,Ikram MA,23andMe Research Team.,Montgomery GW,Felix JF,Wright MJ,M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe and functionally characterize six mutations of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) epsilon subunit gene in three congenital myasthenic syndrome patients. Endplate studies demonstrated severe endplate AChR deficiency, dispersed endplate regions and well preserved junctional folds in all three patients. Electr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ohno K,Quiram PA,Milone M,Wang HL,Harper MC,Pruitt JN 2nd,Brengman JM,Pao L,Fischbeck KH,Crawford TO,Sine SM,Engel AG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00