abstract：BACKGROUND:Many hearing-loss diseases are demonstrated to have Mendelian inheritance caused by mutations in single gene. However, many deaf individuals have diseases that remain genetically unexplained. Auditory neuropathy is a sensorineural deafness in which sounds are able to be transferred into the inner ear normall...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Tang F,Ma D,Wang Y,Qiu Y,Liu F,Wang Q,Lu Q,Shi M,Xu L,Liu M,Liang J

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a biologically and clinically heterogeneous cancer of the bone marrow that is characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal myeloid cells. METHODS:We performed a mutational analysis to identify AML somatic mutations using the whole-exome sequencing data of 36 tumor-normal sam...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Heo SG,Koh Y,Kim JK,Jung J,Kim HL,Yoon SS,Park JW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a vascular multi-organ system disorder. Its diagnostic criteria include epistaxis, telangiectases in mucocutaneous sites, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and familial inheritance. HHT is transmitted as an autosomal dominant condition, caused in 85% of cases ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Albiñana V,Zafra MP,Colau J,Zarrabeitia R,Recio-Poveda L,Olavarrieta L,Pérez-Pérez J,Botella LM

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS; OMIM #180849, #613684) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic condition characterized by broad thumbs and halluces, facial dysmorphism, short stature and variable degree of intellectual disability. RSTS is associated with mutations in CREBBP and EP300 genes in 50-60% and 5-8% o...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： López M,Seidel V,Santibáñez P,Cervera-Acedo C,Castro-de Castro P,Domínguez-Garrido E

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic susceptibility plays a key role in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and in fact the disease presents with an unusually high incidence in certain regions of the world like North Africa. We investigated the association between polymorphism of the Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Khaali W,Moumad K,Ben Driss EK,Benider A,Ben Ayoub W,Hamdi-Cherif M,Boualga K,Hassen E,Corbex M,Khyatti M

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome are commonly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The progression of steatosis to NASH depends on a number of metabolic and patient-related factors. The mechanisms of genetic predisposition towards the development of NASH and related fibrosis rema...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Mehta R,Jeiran K,Koenig AB,Otgonsuren M,Goodman Z,Baranova A,Younossi Z

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) D has been reported to be active in fibroblasts, and in areas of myocardial infarction. In this longitudinal study we evaluated the association between PDGF-D polymorphism and cardiovascular mortality, and attempted to discover whether specific genotype differences regar...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Alehagen U,Olsen RS,Länne T,Matussek A,Wågsäter D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:X-chromosomal inheritance patterns and generally rare occurrence of Fabry disease (FD) account for mono-mutational hemizygous male and heterozygous female patients. Female mutation carriers are usually clinically much less severely affected, which has been explained by a suggested mosaicism in cell phenotype...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Oder D,Vergho D,Ertl G,Wanner C,Nordbeck P

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a severe life-threatening form of dengue infection. Low platelet count is one of the characteristic clinical manifestations in patients with severe dengue. However, little is known about genetic factors in the host that cause low platelet count in patients with dengue. METH...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Dang TN,Naka I,Sa-Ngasang A,Anantapreecha S,Wichukchinda N,Sawanpanyalert P,Patarapotikul J,Tsuchiya N,Ohashi J

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:KCNH1 encodes a voltage-gated potassium channel that is predominantly expressed in the central nervous system. Mutations in this gene were recently found to be responsible for Temple-Baraitser Syndrome (TMBTS) and Zimmermann-Laband syndrome (ZLS). METHODS:Here, we report a new case of TMBTS diagnosed in a L...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Mégarbané A,Al-Ali R,Choucair N,Lek M,Wang E,Ladjimi M,Rose CM,Hobeika R,Macary Y,Temanni R,Jithesh PV,Chouchane A,Sastry KS,Thomas R,Tomei S,Liu W,Marincola FM,MacArthur D,Chouchane L

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC) represents the severe end of the congenital uro-rectal malformation spectrum. Initial studies have implicated rare copy number variations (CNVs), including recurrent duplications of chromosomal region 22q11.21, in BEEC etiology. METHODS:To detect further CNVs,...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： von Lowtzow C,Hofmann A,Zhang R,Marsch F,Ebert AK,Rösch W,Stein R,Boemers TM,Hirsch K,Marcelis C,Feitz WF,Brusco A,Migone N,Di Grazia M,Moebus S,Nöthen MM,Reutter H,Ludwig M,Draaken M

更新日期：2016-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human prion diseases are relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disorders which include sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) and variant CJD (vCJD). Aside from variants of the prion protein gene (PRNP) replicated association at genome-wide levels of significance has proven elusive. A recent associat...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Balendra R,Uphill J,Collinson C,Druyeh R,Adamson G,Hummerich H,Zerr I,Gambetti P,Collinge J,Mead S

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral posterior periventricular nodular heterotopia PNH is a complex malformation of cortical development with imaging features distinguishing it from classic bilateral PNH associated with filamin (FLNA) mutations. It distinctively consists of variably sized nodules of neurons along the trigones and temp...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Guglielmi V,Floris R,D'Adamo M,Garaci F,Novelli G,Sbraccia P

更新日期：2016-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About 20 % of hereditary breast cancers are caused by mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Since BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may be spread throughout the gene, genetic testing is usually performed by direct sequencing of entire coding regions. In some populations, especially if relatively isolated, a few number...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Cini G,Mezzavilla M,Della Puppa L,Cupelli E,Fornasin A,D'Elia AV,Dolcetti R,Damante G,Bertok S,Miolo G,Maestro R,de Paoli P,Amoroso A,Viel A

更新日期：2016-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Argininosuccinic aciduria (ASAuria; OMIM 207900) is a rare autosomal recessive heterogeneous urea cycle disorder, which leads to the accumulation of argininosuccinic acid in the blood and urine. We aimed to perform genetic test to the patient and help clinician to diagnose precisely. CASE PRESENTATION:In th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Wen W,Yin D,Huang F,Guo M,Tian T,Zhu H,Yang Y

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression in cellular processes related to the pathogenesis of cancer. Genetic variation in miRNA genes could impact their synthesis and cellular effects and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are one example of genetic v...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Chacon-Cortes D,Smith RA,Haupt LM,Lea RA,Youl PH,Griffiths LR

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is an uncommon pulmonary disorder, with variable clinical features depending on which lung structure is affected, and it is usually linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension. Congenital PCH has been very rarely described and, so far, the only causative gene identifie...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Dello Russo P,Franzoni A,Baldan F,Puppin C,De Maglio G,Pittini C,Cattarossi L,Pizzolitto S,Damante G

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has a great impact in the human variation detection given their high-throughput. These techniques are particularly helpful for the evaluation of the genetic background in disorders of complex genetic etiology such as Hirschsprung disease (HSCR)...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Luzón-Toro B,Espino-Paisán L,Fernández RM,Martín-Sánchez M,Antiñolo G,Borrego S

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CHARGE syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by ocular Coloboma, congenital Heart defects, choanal Atresia, Retardation, Genital anomalies and Ear anomalies. Over 90 % of typical CHARGE patients are mutated in the CHD7 gene, 65 %-70 % of the cases for all typical and suspected cases combi...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Pisaneschi E,Sirleto P,Lepri FR,Genovese S,Dentici ML,Petrocchi S,Angioni A,Digilio MC,Dallapiccola B

更新日期：2015-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, genome wide association studies have identified many genetic variants that are consistently associated with common complex diseases, but the amount of heritability explained by these risk alleles is still low. Part of the missing heritability may be due to genetic heterogeneity and small sam...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Waltoft BL,Pedersen CB,Nyegaard M,Hobolth A

更新日期：2015-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ring chromosomes are one category of structurally abnormal chromosomes that can lead to severe growth retardation and other clinical defects. Traditionally, their diagnosis and characterization has largely relied on conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization, array-based comparative gen...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ji X,Liang D,Sun R,Liu C,Ma D,Wang Y,Hu P,Xu Z

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of meta-analyses conducted by previous association studies between total homocysteine and schizophrenia suggest that an elevated total homocysteine level is a risk factor for schizophrenia. However, observational studies have potential limitations, such as confounding and reverse causation. In th...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Numata S,Kinoshita M,Tajima A,Nishi A,Imoto I,Ohmori T

更新日期：2015-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk gene variants for celiac disease, identified in genome-wide linkage and association studies, might influence molecular pathways important for disease development. The aim was to examine expression levels of potential risk genes close to these variants in the small intestine and peripheral blood and also...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Montén C,Gudjonsdottir AH,Browaldh L,Arnell H,Nilsson S,Agardh D,Naluai ÅT

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) identified in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have generally moderate association with related complex diseases. Accordingly, Multilocus Genetic Risk Scores (MGRSs) have been computed in previous studies in order to assess the cumulative association of multiple S...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ambroise J,Butoescu V,Robert A,Tombal B,Gala JL

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an autosomal dominant condition predisposing to sudden death from malignant arrhythmia. Genetic testing identifies many missense single nucleotide variants of uncertain pathogenicity. Establishing genetic pathogenicity is an essential prerequisite to family cascade screening. Many ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Leong IU,Stuckey A,Lai D,Skinner JR,Love DR

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kabuki syndrome is a rare hereditary disease affecting multiple organs. The causative genes identified to date are KMT2D and KDMA6. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical manifestations and the spectrum of mutations of KMT2D. METHODS:We retrospectively retrieved a series of eight patients from tw...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Liu S,Hong X,Shen C,Shi Q,Wang J,Xiong F,Qiu Z

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waardenburg syndrome type I (WS1), an auditory-pigmentary genetic disorder, is caused by heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in PAX3. Abnormal physical signs such as dystopia canthorum, patchy hypopigmentation and sensorineural hearing loss are common, but short stature is not associated with WS1. CASE ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Li C,Chen R,Fan X,Luo J,Qian J,Wang J,Xie B,Shen Y,Chen S

更新日期：2015-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The variant rs11085226 (G) within the gene encoding polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 (PTBP1) was reported to associate with reduced insulin release determined by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) as well as an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). The aim of the present study was to validate ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hansen TH,Vestergaard H,Jørgensen T,Jørgensen ME,Lauritzen T,Brandslund I,Christensen C,Pedersen O,Hansen T,Gjesing AP

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Int22h1/int22h2-mediated Xq28 duplication syndrome is caused by ~0.5 Mb chromosomal duplications mediated by nonallelic homologous recombination between intron 22 homologous region 1 (int22h1) and 2 (int22h2), which, in addition to int22h3, are also responsible for inversions disrupting the F8 gene in hemoph...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： El-Hattab AW,Schaaf CP,Fang P,Roeder E,Kimonis VE,Church JA,Patel A,Cheung SW

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies have suggested that variants on adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and its receptor ADIPOR1 (adiponectin receptor 1) are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk; however, the results were inconclusive. The aim of the study was to evaluate the associations between the variants on ADIPOQ and ADI...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Ou Y,Chen P,Zhou Z,Li C,Liu J,Tajima K,Guo J,Cao J,Wang H

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is the most common human microdeletion syndrome and is associated with many cognitive, neurological and psychiatric disorders. The majority of individuals have a 3 Mb deletion while others have a nested 1.5 Mb deletion, but rare atypical deletions have also been...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Hwang VJ,Maar D,Regan J,Angkustsiri K,Simon TJ,Tassone F

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SDHD gene encodes a subunit of the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme and tumor suppressor, succinate dehydrogenase. Mutations in this gene show a remarkable pattern of parent-of-origin related tumorigenesis, with almost all SDHD-related cases of head and neck paragangliomas and pheochromocyto...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Bayley JP,Oldenburg RA,Nuk J,Hoekstra AS,van der Meer CA,Korpershoek E,McGillivray B,Corssmit EP,Dinjens WN,de Krijger RR,Devilee P,Jansen JC,Hes FJ

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and clinical phenomena such as primaquine-sensitivity and protection from severe malaria remains poorly defined, with past association studies yielding inconsistent and conflicting results. One possibility is that examination of a s...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Shah SS,Macharia A,Makale J,Uyoga S,Kivinen K,Craik R,Hubbart C,Wellems TE,Rockett KA,Kwiatkowski DP,Williams TN

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is a response of body tissues to injury or irritation. Small RNAs, such as miR-146a and miR-499, participate in various processes of tumorigenesis. A recent study indicates that inflammation and abnormal immune responses may promote malignant progression in cancer development, indicating that in...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Liu J,Xie B,Chen S,Jiang F,Meng W

更新日期：2014-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), characterized by recurrent fever and inflammation of serous membranes, is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. Around 296 mutations have been reported to date. METHODS:Two two-generation Turkish families with a total o...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Dogan H,Akdemir F,Tasdemir S,Atis O,Diyarbakir E,Yildirim R,Emet M,Ikbal M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rare neuro-ichthyotic disorder characterized by ichthyosis, spastic quadriplegia and intellectual disability and caused by recessive mutations in ELOVL4, encoding elongase-4 protein has recently been described. The objective of the study was to search for sequence variants in the gene ELOVL4 in three affec...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Mir H,Raza SI,Touseef M,Memon MM,Khan MN,Jaffar S,Ahmad W

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Germline genetic testing for familial cancer syndromes is usually performed serially for the most likely genetic causes. In recent years the way genetic testing carried out has changed, as next generation sequencing now allows the simultaneous testing of multiple susceptibility genes at low costs. CASE PRES...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Heitzer E,Lax S,Lafer I,Müller SM,Pristauz G,Ulz P,Jahn S,Högenauer C,Petru E,Speicher MR,Geigl JB

更新日期：2013-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variants in the FTO gene have been associated with obesity in children, but this association has not been shown with other biomarkers. We assessed the association of 52 FTO polymorphisms, spanning the whole gene, with obesity and estimated the influence of these polymorphisms on anthropometric, clinical and ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Olza J,Ruperez AI,Gil-Campos M,Leis R,Fernandez-Orth D,Tojo R,Cañete R,Gil A,Aguilera CM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondrial disorders are difficult to diagnose due to extreme genetic and phenotypic heterogeneities. METHODS:We explored the utility of targeted next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders in 148 patients submitted for clinical testing. A panel of 447 nuclear genes encoding m...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： DaRe JT,Vasta V,Penn J,Tran NT,Hahn SH

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) within European populations have implicated common genetic variants associated with insulin and glucose concentrations. In contrast, few studies have been conducted within minority groups, which carry the highest burden of impaired glucose homeostasis and type ...

journal_title：BMC medical genetics

authors： Fesinmeyer MD,Meigs JB,North KE,Schumacher FR,Bůžková P,Franceschini N,Haessler J,Goodloe R,Spencer KL,Voruganti VS,Howard BV,Jackson R,Kolonel LN,Liu S,Manson JE,Monroe KR,Mukamal K,Dilks HH,Pendergrass SA,Nato A,

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00