abstract：:The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS; also known as the RSH syndrome) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, leading to characteristic multi-organ developmental abnormalities, dysmorphic facies, limb malformations and mental retardation. Mutations in the gene for Delta(7)-dehydrocholesterol reductase (Delta(7)-re...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yu H,Lee MH,Starck L,Elias ER,Irons M,Salen G,Patel SB,Tint GS

更新日期：2000-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Three distinct regions, designated AZFa, b and c from proximal to distal Yq, are required for normal spermato-genesis in humans. Deletions involving AZFa (deletion interval 5C/D) seem to occur less frequently in infertile men and to be associated with a more severe testicular phenotype, with almost complete absence of...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Foresta C,Ferlin A,Moro E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) defects are found in a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of mitochondrial disorders. To date, mutations in only two nuclear genes causing COX deficiency have been described. We report here a genetic linkage study of a consanguineous family with an isolated COX defect and subsequ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Valnot I,von Kleist-Retzow JC,Barrientos A,Gorbatyuk M,Taanman JW,Mehaye B,Rustin P,Tzagoloff A,Munnich A,Rötig A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human single gene disorders that affect the nervous system provide a host of natural mutations that can be deployed in the quest to understand its development and function. A paradigm for this approach is the study of disorders caused by mutations in the gene for the neural cell recognition molecule L1. L1 is the foun...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kenwrick S,Watkins A,De Angelis E

更新日期：2000-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal storage diseases are due to inherited deficiencies in various enzymes involved in basic metabolic processes. As with other genetic diseases, accurate structure data for these enzymatic proteins should help in better understanding the molecular effects of mutations identified in patients with the correspondin...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Durand P,Fabrega S,Henrissat B,Mornon JP,Lehn P

更新日期：2000-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common inherited cancer predisposition syndrome. The NF1 gene product, neurofibromin, is hypothesized to function as a tumor suppressor and nearly all NF1 patients develop benign peripheral nerve tumors. These neurofibromas presumably arise from NF1 inactivation in S100(+)Schwann ce...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rutkowski JL,Wu K,Gutmann DH,Boyer PJ,Legius E

更新日期：2000-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL), Batten disease, is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease associated with mutations in CLN3. CLN3 has no known homology to other proteins and a function has not yet been described. The predominant mutation in CLN3 is a 1.02 kb genomic deletion that accounts for...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Haskell RE,Carr CJ,Pearce DA,Bennett MJ,Davidson BL

更新日期：2000-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Exon shuffling is thought to be an important mechanism for evolution of new genes. Here we show that the mouse neurological mutation flailer (flr) expresses a novel gene that combines the promoter and first two exons of guanine nucleotide binding protein beta 5 (Gnb5) with the C-terminal exons of the closely linked My...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Jones JM,Huang JD,Mermall V,Hamilton BA,Mooseker MS,Escayg A,Copeland NG,Jenkins NA,Meisler MH

更新日期：2000-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in human mitochondrial tRNA genes are associated with a number of multisystemic disorders. Using an assay that combines tRNA oxidation and circularization we have determined the relative amounts and states of aminoacylation of mutant and wild-type tRNAs in tissue samples from patients with MELAS syndrome (mi...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Börner GV,Zeviani M,Tiranti V,Carrara F,Hoffmann S,Gerbitz KD,Lochmüller H,Pongratz D,Klopstock T,Melberg A,Holme E,Pääbo S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms are thought to play an important role in determining susceptibility to neural tube defects (NTDs), for example between different ethnic groups, but the embryonic manifestation of these polymorphic genetic influences is unclear. We have used a mouse model to test experimentally whether polymorphic...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fleming A,Copp AJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the presenilin 1 ( PSEN1 ) gene have been implicated in 18-50% of autosomal dominant cases with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD). Also, PSEN1 has been suggested as a potential risk gene in late-onset AD cases. We recently showed genetic association in a population-based study of EOAD, pointing to th...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Theuns J,Del-Favero J,Dermaut B,van Duijn CM,Backhovens H,Van den Broeck MV,Serneels S,Corsmit E,Van Broeckhoven CV,Cruts M

更新日期：2000-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited life span of normal human cells represents a substantial obstacle for biochemical analysis, genetic manipulation and genetic screens. To overcome this technical barrier, immortal human cell lines are often derived from tumors or produced by transformation with viral oncogenes such as SV40 large T antigen. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ouellette MM,McDaniel LD,Wright WE,Shay JW,Schultz RA

更新日期：2000-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation and affects many aspects of brain development. DS individuals exhibit an overall reduction in brain size with a disproportionately greater reduction in cerebellar volume. The Ts65Dn mouse is segmentally trisomic for the distal 12-15 Mb of mouse ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Baxter LL,Moran TH,Richtsmeier JT,Troncoso J,Reeves RH

更新日期：2000-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipocalins are carrier proteins for hydrophobic molecules in many biological fluids. In the oral sphere (nasal mucus, saliva, tears), they have an environmental biosensor function and are involved in the detection of odours and pheromones. Herein, we report the first identification of human lipocalins involved in odor...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lacazette E,Gachon AM,Pitiot G

更新日期：2000-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of the polyglutamine stretch in the MJD gene-encoded protein, ataxin-3. Using a series of deletion constructs expressing ataxin-3 fragments with expanded polyglutamine stretches, we observed aggregate formation and cell dea...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yoshizawa T,Yamagishi Y,Koseki N,Goto J,Yoshida H,Shibasaki F,Shoji S,Kanazawa I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of Friedreich ataxia patients are homozygous for large GAA triplet repeat expansions in intron 1 of the X25 gene. Instability of the expanded GAA repeat was examined in 23 chromosomes bearing 97-1250 triplets in lymphoblastoid cell lines passaged 20-39 times. Southern analyses revealed 18 events of s...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bidichandani SI,Purandare SM,Taylor EE,Gumin G,Machkhas H,Harati Y,Gibbs RA,Ashizawa T,Patel PI

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the DKC1 gene are responsible for causing the bone marrow failure syndrome, dyskeratosis congenita (DKC; OMIM 305000). The majority of mutations identified to date are missense mutations and are clustered in exons 3, 4 and 11. It is predicted that the corresponding protein dyskerin is a nucleolar phosphop...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Heiss NS,Girod A,Salowsky R,Wiemann S,Pepperkok R,Poustka A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of an extra Y chromosome in males is a relatively common occurrence, the 47,XYY karyotype being found in approximately 1 in 1000 male births. The error of disjunction must occur either during paternal meiosis II or as a post-zygotic mitotic error, both of which are rare events for other chromosomes. It is...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Robinson DO,Jacobs PA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome is characterized at the molecular level by expansion and methylation of a CGG trinucleotide repeat located within the FMR1 locus. The tissues of most full mutation carriers are mosaic for repeat size, but these mutational patterns tend to be well conserved when comparing multiple tissues within ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Burman RW,Popovich BW,Jacky PB,Turker MS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DAZ gene cluster on the human Y chromosome is a candidate for the Azoospermia Factor (AZFc). According to the current evolutionary model, the DAZ cluster derived from the autosomal homolog DAZL1 through duplications and rearrangements and is confined to Old World monkeys, apes and humans. To study functional and e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Gromoll J,Weinbauer GF,Skaletsky H,Schlatt S,Rocchietti-March M,Page DC,Nieschlag E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general improvement with ageing has been reported in a few cases of epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (PA-JEB), an autosomal recessive skin disease characterized by extensive disadhesion of epithelia. In a patient who improved from severe to mild PA-JEB, a search for mutations in the integrin beta4 gene (IG...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chavanas S,Gache Y,Vailly J,Kanitakis J,Pulkkinen L,Uitto J,Ortonne J,Meneguzzi G

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated peroxisome biogenesis mutants ZP128 and ZP150 from rat PEX2 -transformed Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, by the 9-(1'-pyrene)nonanol/ultraviolet method. The mutants lacked morphologically recognizable peroxisomes and showed a typical peroxisome assembly-defective phenotype such as a high sensitivity to ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Toyama R,Mukai S,Itagaki A,Tamura S,Shimozawa N,Suzuki Y,Kondo N,Wanders RJ,Fujiki Y

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) are bilateral and symmetric ribbons of gray matter found in the central white matter between the cortex and the ventricular surface, which comprises the less severe end of the lissencephaly (agyria-pachygyria-band) spectrum of malformations. Mutations in DCX (also known as XLIS ) hav...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pilz DT,Kuc J,Matsumoto N,Bodurtha J,Bernadi B,Tassinari CA,Dobyns WB,Ledbetter DH

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Mutation analysis was performed on DNA samples of 965 individuals from four different ethnic groups in South Africa, in an attempt to determine the spectrum of sequence variants in the haemochromatosis ( HFE ) gene. This population screening approach, utilizing a combined heteroduplex and single-strand conformation po...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： de Villiers JN,Hillermann R,Loubser L,Kotze MJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosome 22q11 region is susceptible to rearrangements that are associated with congenital anomaly disorders and malignant tumors. Three congenital anomaly disorders, cat-eye syndrome, der() syndrome and velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome (VCFS/DGS) are associated with tetrasomy, trisomy or monosomy, ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Edelmann L,Pandita RK,Spiteri E,Funke B,Goldberg R,Palanisamy N,Chaganti RS,Magenis E,Shprintzen RJ,Morrow BE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early growth response 2 gene ( EGR2 ) is a Cys2His2zinc finger transcription factor which is thought to play a role in the regulation of peripheral nervous system myelination. This idea is based partly on the phenotype of homozygous Krox20 ( Egr2 ) knockout mice, which display hypomyelination of the PNS and a bloc...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Warner LE,Svaren J,Milbrandt J,Lupski JR

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striated muscle sarcomeres are highly organized structures composed of actin (thin) and myosin (thick) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The integrity of sarcomeres is controlled by a set of structural proteins, among which are titin, a giant molecule that contains several immunoglobulin (Ig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Salmikangas P,Mykkänen OM,Grönholm M,Heiska L,Kere J,Carpén O

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 9 (9p) has been reported in a number of cases to be associated with gonadal dysgenesis and XY sex reversal, suggesting that this region contains one or more genes required in two copies for normal testis development. Recent studies have greatly narrowed the interval conta...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Raymond CS,Parker ED,Kettlewell JR,Brown LG,Page DC,Kusz K,Jaruzelska J,Reinberg Y,Flejter WL,Bardwell VJ,Hirsch B,Zarkower D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome biogenesis disorders, including Zellweger syndrome (ZS), neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD) and infantile Refsum disease, are lethal hereditary diseases caused by abnormalities in peroxisomal assembly. To date, 12 genotypes have been identified. We now have evidence that the complete human cDNA encoding P...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Shimozawa N,Suzuki Y,Zhang Z,Imamura A,Toyama R,Mukai S,Fujiki Y,Tsukamoto T,Osumi T,Orii T,Wanders RJ,Kondo N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is one of a class of inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by a CAG/polyglutamine repeat expansion. We have previously generated mice that are transgenic for exon 1 of the HD gene carrying highly expanded CAG repeats which develop a progressive movement disorder an...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Sathasivam K,Hobbs C,Turmaine M,Mangiarini L,Mahal A,Bertaux F,Wanker EE,Doherty P,Davies SW,Bates GP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glaucoma locus, GLC1A, was identified previously on chromosome 1q. A gene within this locus (encoding the protein myocilin) subsequently was shown to harbor mutations in 2-4% of primary open angle glaucoma patients. A total of 1703 patients was screened from five different populations representing three racial group...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Fingert JH,Héon E,Liebmann JM,Yamamoto T,Craig JE,Rait J,Kawase K,Hoh ST,Buys YM,Dickinson J,Hockey RR,Williams-Lyn D,Trope G,Kitazawa Y,Ritch R,Mackey DA,Alward WL,Sheffield VC,Stone EM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic contribution to the pathogenesis of panic disorder has been demonstrated by clinical genetic studies. Molecular genetic studies have focused on candidate genes suggested by the molecular mechanisms implied in the action of drugs utilized for therapy or in challenge tests. One class of drugs effective in the ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Deckert J,Catalano M,Syagailo YV,Bosi M,Okladnova O,Di Bella D,Nöthen MM,Maffei P,Franke P,Fritze J,Maier W,Propping P,Beckmann H,Bellodi L,Lesch KP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gene HIC1 (hypermethylated in cancer) maps to chromosome 17p13.3 and is deleted in the contiguous gene disorder Miller-Dieker syndrome (MDS) [Makos-Wales et al. (1995) Nature Med., 1, 570-577; Chong et al. (1996) Genome Res., 6, 735-741]. We isolated the murine homologue Hic1, encoding a zinc-finger protein ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grimm C,Spörle R,Schmid TE,Adler ID,Adamski J,Schughart K,Graw J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is caused by mutations in one of three genes: PKD1 on chromosome 16 accounts for approximately 85% of cases whereas PKD2 on chromosome 4 accounts for approximately 15%. Mutations in the PKD3 gene are rare. All patients present with similar clinical phenotypes, and t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Koptides M,Hadjimichael C,Koupepidou P,Pierides A,Constantinou Deltas C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our efforts to identify new loci responsible for non-syndromic autosomal recessive forms of deafness, DFNB loci, we have pursued the analysis of large consanguineous affected families living in geographically isolated areas. Here, we report on the study of a Lebanese family comprising nine members presenting with a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mustapha M,Weil D,Chardenoux S,Elias S,El-Zir E,Beckmann JS,Loiselet J,Petit C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomes, melanosomes and platelet-dense granules are abnormal in the mouse hypopigmentation mutant pearl. The beta3A subunit of the AP-3 adaptor complex, which likely regulates protein trafficking in the trans - Golgi network/endosomal compartments, was identified as a candidate for the pearl gene by a positional/ca...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Feng L,Seymour AB,Jiang S,To A,Peden AA,Novak EK,Zhen L,Rusiniak ME,Eicher EM,Robinson MS,Gorin MB,Swank RT

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressorgene product is believed to be involved in the down-regulation of transcriptional elongation by preventing the association of elongin B and C with the catalytic subunit elongin A. Alterations in the human VHL gene lead to VHL disease which is associated with various rare ne...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Hemberger M,Himmelbauer H,Neumann HP,Plate KH,Schwarzkopf G,Fundele R

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of muscular dystrophy, advances in understanding the molecular basis of the various disorders in this group have been rapidly translated into readily applicable diagnostic tests, allowing the provision of more accurate prognostic and genetic counselling. The limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) have re...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Bushby KM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) are two human autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasias characterized by variable short stature, joint laxity and early-onset degenerative joint disease. Both disorders can result from mut-ations in the gene for cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Délot E,King LM,Briggs MD,Wilcox WR,Cohn DH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00