Aggregation of N-terminal huntingtin is dependent on the length of its glutamine repeats.

abstract：:To further identify novel susceptibility loci of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), we here extended our previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) by boosting statistical power with larger sample size and validating more SNPs in the ranking list based on the GWAS P-values. The discovery stage consisting of 463,250 SN...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cui Q,Feng QS,Mo HY,Sun J,Xia YF,Zhang H,Foo JN,Guo YM,Chen LZ,Li M,Liu WS,Xu M,Zhou G,He F,Yu X,Jia WH,Liu J,Zeng YX,Bei JX

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexanucleotide repeat expansions within the C9orf72 gene are the most important genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The difficulty of developing a precise method to determine the expansion size has hampered the study of possible correlations between the hexanucleotid...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dols-Icardo O,García-Redondo A,Rojas-García R,Sánchez-Valle R,Noguera A,Gómez-Tortosa E,Pastor P,Hernández I,Esteban-Pérez J,Suárez-Calvet M,Antón-Aguirre S,Amer G,Ortega-Cubero S,Blesa R,Fortea J,Alcolea D,Capdevila A,

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Retinoblastoma is a non-hereditary as well as an inherited pediatric tumor of the developing retina resulting from the inactivation of both copies of the RB1 tumor suppressor gene. Familial retinoblastoma is a highly penetrant genetic disease that usually develops by carrying germline mutations that inactivate one all...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Dehainault C,Garancher A,Castéra L,Cassoux N,Aerts I,Doz F,Desjardins L,Lumbroso L,Montes de Oca R,Almouzni G,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Pouponnot C,Gauthier-Villars M,Houdayer C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene amplification is a common phenomenon in malignant neoplasms of all types. One mechanism behind increased gene copy number is the formation of ring chromosomes. Such structures are mitotically unstable and during tumor progression they accumulate material from many different parts of the genome. Hence, their conte...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nord KH,Macchia G,Tayebwa J,Nilsson J,Vult von Steyern F,Brosjö O,Mandahl N,Mertens F

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the survival motor neuron (SMN1) gene lead to the neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Although SMA is primarily considered as a motor neuron disease, the importance of muscle defects in its pathogenesis has not been fully examined. We use both primary cell culture and two different SMA mo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Boyer JG,Deguise MO,Murray LM,Yazdani A,De Repentigny Y,Boudreau-Larivière C,Kothary R

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of genomic imprinting in the Prader-Willi/Angelman domain, an agouti coat color cassette was inserted into the downstream open reading frame (ORF) of the imprinted bicistronic Snurf-Snrpn locus in the mouse. The fusion gene was maternally silenced, as is Snurf-Snrpn, and produced a tan abdomen only when inh...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Tsai TF,Chen KS,Weber JS,Justice MJ,Beaudet AL

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic accumulation of TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a major neuropathological feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). However, the mechanisms involved in TDP-43 accumulation remain largely unknown. Previously, we reported that inhibitors of cyclin-depen...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Moujalled D,James JL,Yang S,Zhang K,Duncan C,Moujalled DM,Parker SJ,Caragounis A,Lidgerwood G,Turner BJ,Atkin JD,Grubman A,Liddell JR,Proepper C,Boeckers TM,Kanninen KM,Blair I,Crouch PJ,White AR

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify genes in the Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome critical region, radiolabeled cDNA probes from poly(A)+ RNA from mouse tissues were used to identify potential exon-containing genomic DNA fragments in cosmid or phage clones from appropriate yeast artificial chromosomes, and these fragments were subsequ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Nakao M,Sutcliffe JS,Durtschi B,Mutirangura A,Ledbetter DH,Beaudet AL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic defect underlying myotonic dystrophy (DM) has been identified as the expansion of an unstable trinucleotide repeat sequence, and this discovery has led to new approaches to diagnosis and genetic counselling in families with the disorder. We report the genetic analysis of a consanguineous DM family in which...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cobo A,Martinez JM,Martorell L,Baiget M,Johnson K

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterised by the association of branchial, otic and renal anomalies with variable degrees of severity. We have recently identified EYA1 , a human homologue of the Drosophila eyes absent gene, as the gene underlying this syndrome. The products of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Abdelhak S,Kalatzis V,Heilig R,Compain S,Samson D,Vincent C,Levi-Acobas F,Cruaud C,Le Merrer M,Mathieu M,König R,Vigneron J,Weissenbach J,Petit C,Weil D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) G recently has been mapped to the X chromosome. All mammals have a Y chromosome-encoded homologue of HNRNP G called RBMY, which is implicated with a role in male fertility and is a candidate for the azoospermia factor gene. We have identified a new member of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elliott DJ,Venables JP,Newton CS,Lawson D,Boyle S,Eperon IC,Cooke HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galphaq, encoded by the human GNAQ gene, is an effector subunit of the Gq heterotrimeric G-protein and the convergence point for signaling of multiple Gq-coupled neurohormonal receptors. To identify naturally occurring mutations that could modify GNAQ transcription, we examined genomic DNA isolated from 355 normal sub...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liggett SB,Kelly RJ,Parekh RR,Matkovich SJ,Benner BJ,Hahn HS,Syed FM,Galvez AS,Case KL,McGuire N,Odley AM,Sparks L,Kardia SL,Dorn GW 2nd

更新日期：2007-11-15 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：:Gene function in cancer can be disrupted either through genetic alterations, which directly mutate or delete genes, or epigenetic alterations, which alter the heritable state of gene expression. The latter events are mediated by formation of transcriptionally repressive chromatin states around gene transcription start...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Baylin SB,Esteller M,Rountree MR,Bachman KE,Schuebel K,Herman JG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common form of inherited neuromuscular disease in adults and is characterized by progressive muscle wasting and myotonia. The mutation responsible for DM has been identified as the amplification of a polymorphic (CTG)n repeat in the 3' untranslated region of a gene encoding a serine...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Whiting EJ,Waring JD,Tamai K,Somerville MJ,Hincke M,Staines WA,Ikeda JE,Korneluk RG

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the gamma chain of the lymphocyte interleukin-2 receptor has been cloned and shown to be required to associate with the beta chain in order for IL-2 internalization and cell activation to occur (1). We considered this gene, IL2RG, a candidate for the X-linked form of severe combined immunodeficiency ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Puck JM,Deschênes SM,Porter JC,Dutra AS,Brown CJ,Willard HF,Henthorn PS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postnatal development, neuronal activity controls the remodeling of initially imprecise neuronal connections through the regulation of gene expression. MeCP2 binds to methylated DNA and modulates gene expression during neuronal development and MECP2 mutation causes the autistic disorder Rett syndrome. To invest...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lee W,Yun JM,Woods R,Dunaway K,Yasui DH,Lasalle JM,Gong Q

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) mutations are recognized as the most common cause of familial Parkinson's disease in certain populations. Recently, LRRK2 mutations were shown to be associated with a higher risk of hormone-related cancers. However, how LRRK2 itself contributes to cancer risk remains unk...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chen Z,Cao Z,Zhang W,Gu M,Zhou ZD,Li B,Li J,Tan EK,Zeng L

更新日期：2017-11-15 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：:The widespread use of persistent organic polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as commercial flame retardants has raised concern about potential long-lived effects on human health. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, are responsive to environmental influences and have long-lasting consequences. Autism spe...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Woods R,Vallero RO,Golub MS,Suarez JK,Ta TA,Yasui DH,Chi LH,Kostyniak PJ,Pessah IN,Berman RF,LaSalle JM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital vertebral malformations (CVMs) are associated with human TBX6 compound inheritance that combines a rare null allele and a common hypomorphic allele at the TBX6 locus. Our previous in vitro evidence suggested that this compound inheritance resulted in a TBX6 gene dosage of less than haploinsufficiency (i.e. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yang N,Wu N,Zhang L,Zhao Y,Liu J,Liang X,Ren X,Li W,Chen W,Dong S,Zhao S,Lin J,Xiang H,Xue H,Chen L,Sun H,Zhang J,Shi J,Zhang S,Lu D,Wu X,Jin L,Ding J,Qiu G,Wu Z,Lupski JR,Zhang F

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) is an early-onset inherited condition that affects primarily males and is characterized by cystic lesions of the inner retina, decreased visual acuity and contrast sensitivity and a selective reduction of the electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave. Although XLRS is genetically heterogene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu Y,Kinoshita J,Ivanova E,Sun D,Li H,Liao T,Cao J,Bell BA,Wang JM,Tang Y,Brydges S,Peachey NS,Sagdullaev BT,Romano C

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The quakingviable mouse (qkv) is a spontaneous recessive mouse mutant with a deletion of approximately 1.1 Mb in the proximal region of chromosome 17. The deletion affects the expression of three genes; quaking (Qk), Parkin-coregulated gene (Pacrg) and parkin (Park2). The resulting phenotype, which includes dysmyelina...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wilson GR,Wang HX,Egan GF,Robinson PJ,Delatycki MB,O'Bryan MK,Lockhart PJ

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins and protein networks associated with cochlear pathogenesis in the Ames waltzer (av) mouse, a model for deafness in Usher syndrome 1F (USH1F), were identified. Cochlear protein from wild-type and av mice at postnatal day 30, a time point in which cochlear pathology is well established, was analyzed by quantita...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chance MR,Chang J,Liu S,Gokulrangan G,Chen DH,Lindsay A,Geng R,Zheng QY,Alagramam K

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a screen for neuromuscular mouse mutants, we identified ostes, a novel N-ethyl N-nitrosourea-induced mouse mutant with muscle atrophy. Genetic and biochemical evidence shows that upregulation of the novel, uncharacterized transient receptor potential polycystic (TRPP) channel PKD1L2 (polycystic kidney diseas...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mackenzie FE,Romero R,Williams D,Gillingwater T,Hilton H,Dick J,Riddoch-Contreras J,Wong F,Ireson L,Powles-Glover N,Riley G,Underhill P,Hough T,Arkell R,Greensmith L,Ribchester RR,Blanco G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreases in the ratio of neurotrophic versus neurodegenerative signalling play a critical role in Huntington’s disease (HD) pathogenesis and recent evidence suggests that the p75 neurotrophin receptor (NTR) contributes significantly to disease progression. p75NTR signalling intermediates substantially overlap with th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Simmons DA,Belichenko NP,Ford EC,Semaan S,Monbureau M,Aiyaswamy S,Holman CM,Condon C,Shamloo M,Massa SM,Longo FM

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have identified over 150 loci associated with lipid traits, however, no large-scale studies exist for Hispanics and other minority populations. Additionally, the genetic architecture of lipid-influencing loci remains largely unknown. We performed one of the most racially/ethnically dive...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zubair N,Graff M,Luis Ambite J,Bush WS,Kichaev G,Lu Y,Manichaikul A,Sheu WH,Absher D,Assimes TL,Bielinski SJ,Bottinger EP,Buzkova P,Chuang LM,Chung RH,Cochran B,Dumitrescu L,Gottesman O,Haessler JW,Haiman C,Heiss

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:KDM6B/JMJD3 is a histone H3 lysine demethylase with an important gene regulatory role in development and physiology. Here, we show that human JMJD3 expression is induced by the active vitamin D metabolite 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3)) and that JMJD3 modulates the gene regulatory action of this hormone....

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pereira F,Barbáchano A,Silva J,Bonilla F,Campbell MJ,Muñoz A,Larriba MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00