abstract：:Gene amplification plays a critical role in tumor progression. Hence, understanding the factors triggering this process in human cancers is an important concern. Unfortunately, the structures formed at early stages are usually unavailable for study, hampering the identification of the initiating events in tumors. Here...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ciullo M,Debily MA,Rozier L,Autiero M,Billault A,Mayau V,El Marhomy S,Guardiola J,Bernheim A,Coullin P,Piatier-Tonneau D,Debatisse M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe reduction in mRNA and protein levels of the mitochondrial protein frataxin, encoded by the X25 gene, causes Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), the most common form of recessive hereditary ataxia. Increasing evidence underlines the pathogenetic role of oxidative stress in this disease. We generated an in vitro cellul...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pianese L,Busino L,De Biase I,De Cristofaro T,Lo Casale MS,Giuliano P,Monticelli A,Turano M,Criscuolo C,Filla A,Varrone S,Cocozza S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder with impaired very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) metabolism. The disease-associated ABCD1 (ALD) gene encodes a peroxisomal membrane protein, which belongs to the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette transporters. Several treatment regimes have...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Weinhofer I,Forss-Petter S,Zigman M,Berger J

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of gene therapy for the muscular dystrophies represents a daunting challenge requiring significant advances in our knowledge of the defective genes, muscle promoters, viral vectors, immune system surveillance and methods for systemic delivery of vectors. However, tremendous progress has been made in develo...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chamberlain JS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication is a critical step for cells because of the propensity of replication forks to stall, as a consequence either of endogenous DNA damage or of the propensity of repeated sequences to form tertiary structures, which can impede fork progression. Moreover, as a result of stalled replication fork processing,...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Franchitto A,Pichierri P

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Reduced sarcolemmal integrity in dystrophin-deficient muscles of mdx mice and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients has been reported to result in altered calcium homeostasis. Previous studies have shown a correlative relationship between calcium-dependent protease (calpain) activity in dystrophic muscle and musc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Spencer MJ,Mellgren RL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomization procedure to evaluate the significance level and the false-discovery rate in complex microarray experiments is proposed. A related graph can be used to compare different test statistics that can be used to analyze the same experiment. This graph is closely related to receiver operator characteristic (R...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kooperberg C,Sipione S,LeBlanc M,Strand AD,Cattaneo E,Olson JM

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 2 (PARP-2) is a newly discovered member of the PARP family. We report the association of PARP-2 with mammalian centromeres in a cell-cycle-dependent manner, accumulating at centromeres during prometaphase and metaphase, disassociating during anaphase, and disappearing from the centromeres b...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Saxena A,Wong LH,Kalitsis P,Earle E,Shaffer LG,Choo KH

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a complex disorder characterized by a progressive and treatable degeneration of the optic nerve. TIGR/myocilin (MYOC) gene mutations are found in approximately 4% of all POAG patients. Populations with frequent founder effects, such as the French-Canadians, offer unique advantages...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Faucher M,Anctil JL,Rodrigue MA,Duchesne A,Bergeron D,Blondeau P,Côté G,Dubois S,Bergeron J,Arseneault R,Morissette J,Raymond V,Québec Glaucoma Network.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich ataxia is commonly caused by large expansions of a GAA triplet-repeat (GAA-TR) sequence in the first intron of the FRDA gene. We used small-pool PCR to analyze somatic variability among 7190 individual FRDA molecules from peripheral blood DNA of subjects carrying 12 different expanded alleles, ranging in si...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sharma R,Bhatti S,Gomez M,Clark RM,Murray C,Ashizawa T,Bidichandani SI

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have explored the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) database for a correlation between the density of putative SNPs, as well as SNPs that map to different chromosomal locations (ambiguously mapped SNPs), and segmental duplications of DNA in chromosome region...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Estivill X,Cheung J,Pujana MA,Nakabayashi K,Scherer SW,Tsui LC

更新日期：2002-08-15 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：:The survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein is mutated in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMN is part of a multiprotein complex required for biogenesis of the Sm class of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Following assembly of the Sm core domain, snRNPs are transported to the nucleus via importin ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Narayanan U,Ospina JK,Frey MR,Hebert MD,Matera AG

更新日期：2002-07-15 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：:Mutations in the gene encoding myotubularin-related protein 2 (MTMR2) are responsible for autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4B1 (CMT4B1), a severe hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy characterized by focally folded myelin sheaths and demyelination. MTMR2 belongs to the myotubularin family, which...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Berger P,Bonneick S,Willi S,Wymann M,Suter U

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the population differences in patterns of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for a 400 kb olfactory receptor (OR) gene cluster on human chromosome 17p13.3. Samples were drawn from 35 individuals, of four different ethnogeographical origins: Pygmies, Bedouins, Yemenite Jews and Ashkenazi Jews. Of th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Menashe I,Man O,Lancet D,Gilad Y

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the association between common haplotypes in six relevant lipid metabolism genes with plasma lipid levels. We selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), hepatic triglyceride lipase (HL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol rece...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Knoblauch H,Bauerfeind A,Krähenbühl C,Daury A,Rohde K,Bejanin S,Essioux L,Schuster H,Luft FC,Reich JG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, a proneural basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor (Ath5, Atonal homolog 5) plays a crucial role in the specification of the first retinal neuron: the retinal ganglion cell (RGC). Math5 homozygous null mutant mice lack RGCs and have no optic nerve. Furthermore, the expression of the Ath5 protein i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hsiung F,Moses K

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the MYOC gene may lead to juvenile open-angle glaucoma with high intraocular pressure, and are detected in about 4% of people with adult onset glaucoma. Most of these mutations are found in the third exon of the gene encoding the olfactomedin-like domain located at the C terminus of the protein. Another o...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Torrado M,Trivedi R,Zinovieva R,Karavanova I,Tomarev SI

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduced a targeted single base deletion at codon 307 of the rds-peripherin gene in mice, similar mutations being known to cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in man. Histopathological and electroretinographic analysis indicate that the retinopathy in mice homozygous for the codon 307 mutation appe...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： McNally N,Kenna PF,Rancourt D,Ahmed T,Stitt A,Colledge WH,Lloyd DG,Palfi A,O'Neill B,Humphries MM,Humphries P,Farrar GJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsy (EPT; OMIM 600512) is a form of epilepsy characterized by partial seizures, usually preceded by auditory signs. The gene for this disorder has been mapped by linkage studies to chromosomal region 10q24. Here we show that mutations in the LGI1 gene segregate with EPT in two ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Morante-Redolat JM,Gorostidi-Pagola A,Piquer-Sirerol S,Sáenz A,Poza JJ,Galán J,Gesk S,Sarafidou T,Mautner VF,Binelli S,Staub E,Hinzmann B,French L,Prud'homme JF,Passarelli D,Scannapieco P,Tassinari CA,Avanzini G,Martí

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Finnish variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (vLINCL) belongs to the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis group of common recessively inherited neurodegenerative disorders. The CLN 5 gene responsible for this brain disorder codes for a novel protein with no homology to previously reported proteins. In t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Isosomppi J,Vesa J,Jalanko A,Peltonen L

更新日期：2002-04-15 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：:Glomerular disease is one of the most common causes of end-stage renal failure. Increasing evidence suggests that these glomerulopathies are frequently caused by primary lesions in the renal podocytes. One of the major consequences of podocyte lesions is the accumulation of mesangial matrix in the glomerular basement ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Guo JK,Menke AL,Gubler MC,Clarke AR,Harrison D,Hammes A,Hastie ND,Schedl A

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) is a heterogeneous set of progressive retinopathies caused by several distinct genes. One locus, the RP10 form of adRP, maps to human chromosome 7q31.1 and may account for 5-10% of adRP cases among Americans and Europeans. We identified two American families with the RP10...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bowne SJ,Sullivan LS,Blanton SH,Cepko CL,Blackshaw S,Birch DG,Hughbanks-Wheaton D,Heckenlively JR,Daiger SP

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the novel renal glomerular genes NPHS1 and NPHS2 encoding nephrin and podocin cause two types of severe nephrotic syndrome presenting in early life, Finnish type congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNF) and a form of autosomal recessive familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (SRN1), respectively. To inves...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Koziell A,Grech V,Hussain S,Lee G,Lenkkeri U,Tryggvason K,Scambler P

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination was measured across nine intervals in the human beta-globin gene cluster by single-sperm analysis. A recombination fraction of approximately 0.9% was calculated across an approximately 11 kb region using a new method to estimate recombination fractions from single-sperm typing data. No recombination was ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schneider JA,Peto TE,Boone RA,Boyce AJ,Clegg JB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lifetime accumulation of low-abundance, somatic mtDNA re-arrangements (sublimons) has been proposed as a potential contributor to aging, and also to diseases such as cardiomyopathy or coronary heart disease. Tissue-specific sublimons, varying in abundance by three orders of magnitude between individuals, have rece...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kajander OA,Karhunen PJ,Jacobs HT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Previous data have shown that MECP2 RNA is present in all mouse and human tissues tested, but the timing of expression and regional distribution have not been explored. We investigated the spatial...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shahbazian MD,Antalffy B,Armstrong DL,Zoghbi HY

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in both alleles of the tumour suppressor gene coding for merlin/schwannomin, an ERM family protein, cause the hereditary disease neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). NF2 is characterized by the development of multiple nervous system tumours especially vestibular schwannomas. Efficient oncoretrovirus-mediated gene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schulze KM,Hanemann CO,Müller HW,Hanenberg H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the normal diploid mouse embryo, active demethylation of the paternal genome but not of the maternal genome occurs within only a few hours and in a highly coordinated fashion as the zygote proceeds through the first G1 phase. This zygotic demethylation may be necessary to reprogram the sperm genome for somatic deve...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Barton SC,Arney KL,Shi W,Niveleau A,Fundele R,Surani MA,Haaf T

更新日期：2001-12-15 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：:LKB1 is a serine/threonine kinase which is inactivated by mutation in the Peutz-Jeghers polyposis and cancer predisposition syndrome (PJS). We have identified a novel leucine-rich repeat containing protein, LIP1, that interacts with LKB1. The LIP1 gene consists of 25 exons, maps to human chromosome 2q36 and encodes a ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Smith DP,Rayter SI,Niederlander C,Spicer J,Jones CM,Ashworth A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD), of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and of the metabolic syndrome are in Mauritius amongst the highest in the world. As T2DM and CHD are closely associated and have both a polygenic basis, we conducted a 10 cM genome scan with 403 microsatellite markers in 99 independent families of N...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Francke S,Manraj M,Lacquemant C,Lecoeur C,Leprêtre F,Passa P,Hebe A,Corset L,Yan SL,Lahmidi S,Jankee S,Gunness TK,Ramjuttun US,Balgobin V,Dina C,Froguel P

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type (CNF or NPHS1) is an autosomal recessive kidney disorder resulting in severe proteinurea and renal dysfunction. Although the disease occurs predominantly in the Finnish population, many cases in other populations have also been reported. The disease gene (NPHS1) encode...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liu L,Doné SC,Khoshnoodi J,Bertorello A,Wartiovaara J,Berggren PO,Tryggvason K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1). In humans, two nearly identical copies of SMN exist and differ only by a single non-polymorphic C-->T nucleotide transition in exon 7. SMN1 contains a 'C' nucleotide at the +6 position of exon 7 and produces primari...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： DiDonato CJ,Lorson CL,De Repentigny Y,Simard L,Chartrand C,Androphy EJ,Kothary R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies in mice have clearly demonstrated that eliminating Apo E alters the rate, character and distribution of A beta deposits. In the present study, we asked whether elevating the levels of Apo E can, in a dominant fashion, influence amyloid deposition. We expressed human (Hu) Apo E4 via the mouse prion prote...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lesuisse C,Xu G,Anderson J,Wong M,Jankowsky J,Holtz G,Gonzalez V,Wong PC,Price DL,Tang F,Wagner S,Borchelt DR

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:By GenBank database searches and PCR, we have identified a novel human Bcl2-like gene, Bcl2-L-10, which contains conserved BH4, BH1 and BH2 domains but lacks BH3 domain. The Bcl2-L-10 gene has been assigned to chromosome 15q21.2. Transfection experiments demonstrated that Bcl2-L-10 can block apoptosis induced by inter...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zhang H,Holzgreve W,De Geyter C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder that results from the expansion of a cryptic CAG repeat within the exon 1 of the SCA2 gene. The CAG repeat in normal individuals varies in length from 14 to 31 repeats and is frequently interrupted by one or more CAA triplets, whereas ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Choudhry S,Mukerji M,Srivastava AK,Jain S,Brahmachari SK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00