Abnormal XY interchange between a novel isolated protein kinase gene, PRKY, and its homologue, PRKX, accounts for one third of all (Y+)XX males and (Y-)XY females.

abstract：:Motivated by the overwhelming success of genome-wide association studies, droves of researchers are working vigorously to exchange and to combine genetic data to expediently discover genetic risk factors for common human traits. The primary tools that fuel these new efforts are imputation, allowing researchers who hav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： de Bakker PI,Ferreira MA,Jia X,Neale BM,Raychaudhuri S,Voight BF

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a frequent neurocristopathy characterized by the absence of submucosal and myenteric plexuses in a variable length of the gastrointestinal tract. Pedigrees and segregation analyses suggested the involvement of one or several dominant genes with low penetrance in HSCR. Considering that RE...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Doray B,Salomon R,Amiel J,Pelet A,Touraine R,Billaud M,Attié T,Bachy B,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superovulation or ovarian stimulation is currently an indispensable assisted reproductive technology (ART) for human subfertility/infertility treatment. Recently, increased frequencies of imprinting disorders have been correlated with ARTs. Significantly, for Angelman and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndromes, patients have be...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Market-Velker BA,Zhang L,Magri LS,Bonvissuto AC,Mann MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor 154 (GPR154) is a recently discovered asthma susceptibility gene upregulated in the airways of asthma patients. We previously observed increased pulmonary mRNA expression of the murine ortholog Gpr154 in a mouse model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced inflammation. However, the expression profile o...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pulkkinen V,Majuri ML,Wang G,Holopainen P,Obase Y,Vendelin J,Wolff H,Rytilä P,Laitinen LA,Haahtela T,Laitinen T,Alenius H,Kere J,Rehn M

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular accumulations of mutant, misfolded proteins are major pathological hallmarks of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related disorders. Recently, mutations in Sigma receptor 1 (SigR1) have been found to cause a form of ALS and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Our goal was to pinpoint alterati...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Prause J,Goswami A,Katona I,Roos A,Schnizler M,Bushuven E,Dreier A,Buchkremer S,Johann S,Beyer C,Deschauer M,Troost D,Weis J

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) is one of the more common skeletal dysplasias and results from mutations in cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP). Most COMP mutations identified to date cluster in the TSP3 repeat region of COMP and the mutant protein is retained in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) of chondrocyt...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Piróg-Garcia KA,Meadows RS,Knowles L,Heinegård D,Thornton DJ,Kadler KE,Boot-Handford RP,Briggs MD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome (MIM 557000) is a disorder involving the hematopoietic system and the exocrine pancreas in early infancy. We have previously shown that this disease results from a defect of oxidative phosphorylation associated with deletions of the mitochondrial DNA. We present here a series of 21...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rötig A,Bourgeron T,Chretien D,Rustin P,Munnich A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited genetic disease caused by mutant huntingtin (htt) protein with expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts. A neuropathological hallmark of HD is the presence of neuronal inclusions of mutant htt. p62 is an important regulatory protein in selective autophagy, a process by ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kurosawa M,Matsumoto G,Kino Y,Okuno M,Kurosawa-Yamada M,Washizu C,Taniguchi H,Nakaso K,Yanagawa T,Warabi E,Shimogori T,Sakurai T,Hattori N,Nukina N

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peak bone mass achieved in adolescence is a determinant of bone mass in later life. In order to identify genetic variants affecting bone mineral density (BMD), we performed a genome-wide association study of BMD and related traits in 1518 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). We c...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Timpson NJ,Tobias JH,Richards JB,Soranzo N,Duncan EL,Sims AM,Whittaker P,Kumanduri V,Zhai G,Glaser B,Eisman J,Jones G,Nicholson G,Prince R,Seeman E,Spector TD,Brown MA,Peltonen L,Smith GD,Deloukas P,Evans DM

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that disruptive complex I mutations in mitochondrial DNA are the main genetic hallmark of oncocytic tumors of the thyroid and kidney. We here report a high frequency of homoplasmic disruptive mutations in a large panel of oncocytic pituitary and head-and-neck tumors. The presence of such mutations...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Ceccarelli C,Lang M,Cenacchi G,Capristo M,Pennisi LF,Morra I,Ciccarelli E,Melcarne A,Bartoletti-Stella A,Salfi N,Tallini G,Martinuzzi A,Carelli V,Attimonelli M,Rugolo M,Romeo G,Gasparre G

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beside the well-known polyglutamine expansions involved in several neurodegenerative disorders, convergent recent findings pointed to the expansion of polyalanine stretches as a disease mechanism in congenital malformations, skeletal dysplasia and nervous system anomalies. Polyalanine stretches have been predicted in ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Amiel J,Trochet D,Clément-Ziza M,Munnich A,Lyonnet S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease, an X-linked inborn error of glycosphingolipid catabolism, results from mutations in the alpha-galactosidase A gene at Xq22.1. To determine the nature and frequency of the molecular lesions causing the classical and milder variant Fabry phenotypes, and for precise carrier detection in Fabry families, the...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Eng CM,Niehaus DJ,Enriquez AL,Burgert TS,Ludman MD,Desnick RJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a long-range restriction map of the region on chromosome 4q that contains the gene for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). This region contains the linkage group cen ... D4S163-D4S139-D4F35S1-D4F104S1-FSHD ... 4qter, which spans a genetic distance of about 5 cM. Pulse field gel electroph...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wijmenga C,Wright TJ,Baan MJ,Padberg GW,Williamson R,van Ommen GJ,Hewitt JE,Hofker MH,Frants RR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by the growth of renal cysts that ultimately destroy kidney function. Mutations in the PKD1 and PKD2 genes cause ADPKD. Their protein products, polycystin-1 (PC1) and polycystin-2 (PC2) have been proposed to form a calcium-permeable receptor-channel...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Parnell SC,Magenheimer BS,Maser RL,Pavlov TS,Havens MA,Hastings ML,Jackson SF,Ward CJ,Peterson KR,Staruschenko A,Calvet JP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular defects responsible for three cases of severe (type III) osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) were investigated. The mutation sites were localized in pro alpha 1(I) and pro alpha 2(I) mRNA molecules, respectively, by chemical cleavage of mismatch in heteroduplex nucleic acids. Mutation identification was achieve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Forlino A,Zolezzi F,Valli M,Pignatti PF,Cetta G,Brunelli PC,Mottes M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced activity of beta4-galactosyltransferase 7 (beta4GalT-7), an enzyme involved in synthesizing the glycosaminoglycan linkage region of proteoglycans, is associated with the progeroid form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). In the invertebrates Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, mutations in beta4Ga...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Götte M,Spillmann D,Yip GW,Versteeg E,Echtermeyer FG,van Kuppevelt TH,Kiesel L

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NSDHL, for NAD(P)H steroid dehydrogenase-like, encodes a sterol dehydrogenase or decarboxylase involved in the sequential removal of two C-4 methyl groups in post-squalene cholesterol biosynthesis. Mutations in this gene are associated with human CHILD syndrome (congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform nevus and li...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Caldas H,Herman GE

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The IL12B gene encodes the common p40 subunit of IL-12 and IL-23, cytokines with key roles in Th1 and Th17 biology, respectively, and genetic variation in this region significantly influences risk of psoriasis. Here, we demonstrate that a psoriasis-associated risk haplotype at the IL12B locus leads to increased expres...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Johnston A,Xing X,Swindell WR,Kochkodan J,Riblett M,Nair RP,Stuart PE,Ding J,Voorhees JJ,Elder JT,Gudjonsson JE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a pathological expansion of a CAG repeat in the first exon of the gene coding for huntingtin, resulting in an abnormally long polyglutamine stretch. Despite its widespread expression, mutant huntingtin leads to selective neuronal loss in the striatum and cortex. Here we report th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Modregger J,DiProspero NA,Charles V,Tagle DA,Plomann M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) is a rare autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia. Recent evidence suggests that the protein defective in this syndrome, senataxin (SETX), functions in RNA processing to protect the integrity of the genome. To date, only patient-derived lymphoblastoid cells, fibroblasts and SETX k...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Becherel OJ,Sun J,Yeo AJ,Nayler S,Fogel BL,Gao F,Coppola G,Criscuolo C,De Michele G,Wolvetang E,Lavin MF

更新日期：2015-10-15 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：:Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) describes a broad group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited defects of dental enamel bio-mineralization. Despite identification of a number of genetic mutations underlying AI, the precise causal mechanisms have yet to be determined. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, we...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barron MJ,Brookes SJ,Kirkham J,Shore RC,Hunt C,Mironov A,Kingswell NJ,Maycock J,Shuttleworth CA,Dixon MJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First- and second-generation sequencing technologies have led the way in revolutionizing the field of genomics and beyond, motivating an astonishing number of scientific advances, including enabling a more complete understanding of whole genome sequences and the information encoded therein, a more complete characteriz...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schadt EE,Turner S,Kasarskis A

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratins K6 and K16 are expressed in suprabasal interfollicular epidermis in wound healing and other pathological conditions associated with hyperproliferation, such as psoriasis and are induced when keratinocytes are cultured in vitro. However, these keratins are also constitutively expressed in normal suprabasal muc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shamsher MK,Navsaria HA,Stevens HP,Ratnavel RC,Purkis PE,Kelsell DP,McLean WH,Cook LJ,Griffiths WA,Gschmeissner S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amphibian homologue of the human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene has been isolated from Xenopus laevis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The 4455bp sequence encodes a predicted polypeptide of 1485 amino acids which has an overall homology at the amino acid level of 77...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tucker SJ,Tannahill D,Higgins CF

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is an inherited obstructive vascular disease that affects the aorta, carotid, coronary and pulmonary arteries. Previous molecular genetic data have led to the hypothesis that SVAS results from mutations in the elastin gene, ELN. In these studies, the disease phenotype was linked to...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li DY,Toland AE,Boak BB,Atkinson DL,Ensing GJ,Morris CA,Keating MT

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the parkin gene, encoding an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, are a frequent cause of autosomal recessive parkinsonism and are also involved in sporadic Parkinson's disease. Loss of Parkin function is thought to compromise the polyubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation of specific substrates, leading to t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hampe C,Ardila-Osorio H,Fournier M,Brice A,Corti O

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Alsin are associated with chronic juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS2), juvenile primary lateral sclerosis and infantile-onset ascending spastic paralysis. The primary pathology and pathogenic mechanism of the disease remain largely unknown. Here we show that alsin-deficient mice have motor impai...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Deng HX,Zhai H,Fu R,Shi Y,Gorrie GH,Yang Y,Liu E,Dal Canto MC,Mugnaini E,Siddique T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades the search for disease causing variants has been focusing exclusively on the coding genome. This highly selective approach has been extremely successful resulting in the identification of thousands of disease genes, but ignores the functional and therefore disease relevance of the rest of the gen...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Spielmann M,Mundlos S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a Drosophila model of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome by expressing mouse prion protein (PrP) having leucine substitution at residue 101 (MoPrP(P101L)). Flies expressing MoPrP(P101L), but not wild-type MoPrP (MoPrP(3F4)), showed severe defects in climbing ability and early death. Expr...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Choi JK,Jeon YC,Lee DW,Oh JM,Lee HP,Jeong BH,Carp RI,Koh YH,Kim YS

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00