abstract：:Germline mutations in LKB1 have been reported to underlie familial Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) with intestinal hamartomatous polyps and an elevated risk of various neoplasms. To investigate the prevalence of LKB1 germline mutations in PJS more generally, we studied samples from 33 unrelated PJS patients including eig...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ylikorkala A,Avizienyte E,Tomlinson IP,Tiainen M,Roth S,Loukola A,Hemminki A,Johansson M,Sistonen P,Markie D,Neale K,Phillips R,Zauber P,Twama T,Sampson J,Järvinen H,Mäkelä TP,Aaltonen LA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome results from transcriptional silencing of the FMR1 gene and the absence of its encoded FMRP protein. Two autosomal homologues of the FMR1 gene, FXR1 and FXR2, have been identified and the overall structures of the corresponding proteins are very similar to that of FMRP. Using antibodies raised a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Khandjian EW,Bardoni B,Corbin F,Sittler A,Giroux S,Heitz D,Tremblay S,Pinset C,Montarras D,Rousseau F,Mandel J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neurodegeneration resulting in paralysis and death from respiratory failure within 3-5 years. About 20% of familial cases are associated with mutations in the gene for copper/zinc superoxide dismutase ( SOD1 ), which catalyses the dismutation of the superoxide...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Al-Chalabi A,Andersen PM,Chioza B,Shaw C,Sham PC,Robberecht W,Matthijs G,Camu W,Marklund SL,Forsgren L,Rouleau G,Laing NG,Hurse PV,Siddique T,Leigh PN,Powell JF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha2-Macroglobulin (A2M) is a proteinase inhibitor found in association with senile plaques (SP) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). A2M has been implicated biochemically in binding and degradation of the amyloid beta (Abeta) protein which accumulates in SP. We studied the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and a com...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Liao A,Nitsch RM,Greenberg SM,Finckh U,Blacker D,Albert M,Rebeck GW,Gomez-Isla T,Clatworthy A,Binetti G,Hock C,Mueller-Thomsen T,Mann U,Zuchowski K,Beisiegel U,Staehelin H,Growdon JH,Tanzi RE,Hyman BT

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a distant member of the TGF-beta superfamily, is a survival factor for various neurons, making it a potential therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative disorders. Here we present the genomic structure and characterization of the promoter of the human GDNF (hGDNF) gene....

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Grimm L,Holinski-Feder E,Teodoridis J,Scheffer B,Schindelhauer D,Meitinger T,Ueffing M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target genes for the helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF), a member of the SNF/SWI family, were immunoprecipitated from HeLa chromatin fragments with an anti-HLTF antibody. A 182 bp fragment ( HEFT1 ) presented 87% sequence identity with 3.3 kb dispersed repeats from the 4q35 D4Z4 locus linked to facioscapulohume...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ding H,Beckers MC,Plaisance S,Marynen P,Collen D,Belayew A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia (FSP) is a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder displaying anticipation for which three loci have been mapped to the chromosomal positions 14q11.2-q24.3 (SPG3), 2p21-p24 (SPG4) and 15q11.1 (SPG6). The repeat expansion detection (RED) method has been used t...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Benson KF,Horwitz M,Wolff J,Friend K,Thompson E,White S,Richards RI,Raskind WH,Bird TD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated blood pressure is an important risk factor for renal-, cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. We used an efficient discordant sib-pair ascertainment scheme to investigate the impact of the distal end of the long arm of human chromosome 5 (chromosomal region 5q31.1-qter) containing genes for the alpha1B and bet...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Krushkal J,Xiong M,Ferrell R,Sing CF,Turner ST,Boerwinkle E

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:The autosomal dominant myopathy facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is causally related to a short Eco RI fragment detected by probe p13E-11. This remnant fragment is the result of a deletion of an integral number of tandemly arrayed 3.3 kb repeat units (D4Z4) on 4q35. Despite intensive efforts, no transcrib...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lemmers RJ,van der Maarel SM,van Deutekom JC,van der Wielen MJ,Deidda G,Dauwerse HG,Hewitt J,Hofker M,Bakker E,Padberg GW,Frants RR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-selectin is an adhesion molecule, expressed at the surface of activated cells, that mediates the interaction of activated endothelial cells or platelets with leukocytes. P-selectin expression is increased in atherosclerotic plaques, and high plasma levels of this molecule have been observed in patients with unstable...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Herrmann SM,Ricard S,Nicaud V,Mallet C,Evans A,Ruidavets JB,Arveiler D,Luc G,Cambien F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (XLDCM) is a clinical phenotype of dystrophinopathy which is characterized by preferential myocardial involvement without any overt clinical signs of skeletal myopathy. To date, several mutations in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene, DMD , have been identified in patients with XLDCM,...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yoshida K,Nakamura A,Yazaki M,Ikeda S,Takeda S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) complementation group F was first reported in Japan and most XP-F patients reported to date are Japanese. The clinical features of XP-F patients are rather mild, including late onset of skin cancer. Recently a cDNA that corrects the repair deficiency of cultured XP-F cells was isolated. The ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Matsumura Y,Nishigori C,Yagi T,Imamura S,Takebe H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lethal white foal syndrome (LWFS) is a congenital anomaly of horses characterized by a white coat colour and aganglionosis of the bowel, which is similar to Hirschsprung disease (HSCR). We decided to investigate possible mutations of the endothelin-B receptor gene ( EDNRB ) in LWFS as recent studies in mutant rodents ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Yang GC,Croaker D,Zhang AL,Manglick P,Cartmill T,Cass D

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by expansion of a glutamine repeat in huntingtin. Mutant huntingtin contains 36-55 repeats in adult HD patients and >60 repeats in juvenile HD patients. An N-terminal fragment of mutant huntingtin forms aggregates in neuronal nuclei in the brains of transgenic mice and HD patients. ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Li SH,Li XJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen families with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) have been studied both by DNA sequencing and by emerin protein expression. Fourteen had mutations in the X-linked emerin gene, while three showed evidence of autosomal inheritance. Twelve of the 14 emerin mutations caused early termination of translation...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Manilal S,Recan D,Sewry CA,Hoeltzenbein M,Llense S,Leturcq F,Deburgrave N,Barbot J,Man N,Muntoni F,Wehnert M,Kaplan J,Morris GE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphic K variant of the butyrylcholinesterase ( BCHE-K ) gene recently has been demonstrated to have an elevated frequency in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients carrying the epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein (APO E) gene when compared with a control population. We therefore genotyped a large series of path...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Singleton AB,Smith G,Gibson AM,Woodward R,Perry RH,Ince PG,Edwardson JA,Morris CM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene which is defective in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the largest known gene. The product of the gene in muscle, dystrophin, is a 427 kDa protein. The same gene encodes at least six additional products: two non-muscle dystrophin isoforms transcribed from promoters located in the 5'-end region of the gene...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wang J,Pansky A,Venuti JM,Yaffe D,Nudel U

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric chromosomes are often found in tumor cells and certain cell lines. How they are generated is not fully understood, though their stability suggests that they are non-functional during chromosome segregation. Growing evidence has implicated microtubule motor proteins in attachment of chromosomes to the mito...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Faulkner NE,Vig B,Echeverri CJ,Wordeman L,Vallee RB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutation in exon 4 of the human alpha-synuclein gene was reported recently in four families with autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD). In order to examine whether mutations in this exon or elsewhere in the gene are common in familial PD, all seven exons of the alpha-synuclein gene were amplified by PCR from i...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Vaughan JR,Farrer MJ,Wszolek ZK,Gasser T,Durr A,Agid Y,Bonifati V,DeMichele G,Volpe G,Lincoln S,Breteler M,Meco G,Brice A,Marsden CD,Hardy J,Wood NW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmological and molecular genetic studies were performed in a consanguineous family with individuals showing either retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or cone-rod dystrophy (CRD). Assuming pseudodominant (recessive) inheritance of allelic defects, linkage analysis positioned the causal gene at 1p21-p13 (lod score 4.22), a...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Cremers FP,van de Pol DJ,van Driel M,den Hollander AI,van Haren FJ,Knoers NV,Tijmes N,Bergen AA,Rohrschneider K,Blankenagel A,Pinckers AJ,Deutman AF,Hoyng CB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian sex chromosomes are thought to be descended from a homologous pair of autosomes: a testis-determining allele which defined the Y chromosome arose, recombination between the nascent X and Y chromosomes became restricted and the Y chromosome gradually lost its non-essential genetic functions. This model was or...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Mitchell MJ,Wilcox SA,Watson JM,Lerner JL,Woods DR,Scheffler J,Hearn JP,Bishop CE,Graves JA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the presence of a lipoyl-containing protein (protein X) separate from lipoyl transacetylase in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) has been known for some time, until recently only the cDNA for the yeast enzyme has been cloned. We have cloned, sequenced and characterized the cDNA encoding the human protein ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Ling M,McEachern G,Seyda A,MacKay N,Scherer SW,Bratinova S,Beatty B,Giovannucci-Uzielli ML,Robinson BH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by reduced peroxisomal very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) beta-oxidation. The X - ALD gene product (ALDP) is a peroxisomal transmembrane protein with an ATP binding cassette (ABC). ALDP and three other ABC proteins (PMP70, ALDR, P70R) ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Braiterman LT,Zheng S,Watkins PA,Geraghty MT,Johnson G,McGuinness MC,Moser AB,Smith KD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal neuraminidase (sialidase) occurs in a high molecular weight complex with the glycosidase beta-galactosidase and the serine carboxypeptidase protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA). Association of the enzyme with PPCA is crucial for its correct targeting and lysosomal activation. In man two genetically distinct...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Rottier RJ,Bonten E,d'Azzo A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What would define real progress in the field of deafness research in fundamental and medical terms? In fundamental terms, progress would be measured by an improvement in our knowledge of the development and physiology of the ear. In medical terms, progress would lead to the division of the broad category of hearing de...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Kalatzis V,Petit C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulins play an essential part in the immune system, and immunoglobulin deficiencies can have profound medical consequences. The genetic control and regulation of the immunoglobulin response is therefore of interest. Previous investigations have identified a number of loci influencing total and specific IgE le...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Wiltshire S,Bhattacharyya S,Faux JA,Leaves NI,Daniels SE,Moffatt MF,James A,Musk AW,Cookson WO

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent cause of heritable mental retardation. Most patients have a mutation in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene, consisting of the amplification of a polymorphic (CGG)nrepeat sequence, and cytogenetically express the folate-sensitive fragile site FRAXA in Xq27.3. Fragile X p...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Chiurazzi P,Pomponi MG,Willemsen R,Oostra BA,Neri G

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentration in serum is elevated in atopic diseases such as asthma. A large genomic region on chromosome 5 has previously been implicated in the control of IgE levels and bronchial hyperreactivity and may, therefore, harbor genes predisposing to asthma. In an effort to confirm this linkage and...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Laitinen T,Kauppi P,Ignatius J,Ruotsalainen T,Daly MJ,Kääriäinen H,Kruglyak L,Laitinen H,de la Chapelle A,Lander ES,Laitinen LA,Kere J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The APOE epsilon4 allele is a strong genetic susceptibility factor for Alzheimer's disease. Interaction with other biological factors may modulate the effect of the apoE isoforms. However, previous work suggested that other genetic variability within the APOE locus, influencing the effect of the epsilon4 allele, may e...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lambert JC,Pérez-Tur J,Dupire MJ,Galasko D,Mann D,Amouyel P,Hardy J,Delacourte A,Chartier-Harlin MC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency is the second most common cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, the inherited inability to synthesize cortisol. Severely affected patients carry mutations in the CYB11B1 gene that destroy enzymatic activity. Such patients have signs of androgen excess and usually have hyperten...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Joehrer K,Geley S,Strasser-Wozak EM,Azziz R,Wollmann HA,Schmitt K,Kofler R,White PC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified Peg1/Mest as a novel paternally expressed gene in the developing mouse embryo. The human PEG1 gene was recently assigned to 7q32 and shown to be imprinted and paternally expressed. Therefore, PEG1 deficiency could participate in the aetiology of pre- and post-natal growth retardation associate...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Lefebvre L,Viville S,Barton SC,Ishino F,Surani MA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XX males and XY females have a sex reversal disorder which can be caused by an abnormal interchange between the X and the Y chromosomes. We have isolated and characterized a novel gene on the Y chromosome, PRKY. This gene is highly homologous to a previously isolated gene from Xp22.3, PRKX, and represents a member of ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Schiebel K,Winkelmann M,Mertz A,Xu X,Page DC,Weil D,Petit C,Rappold GA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By sequencing 11,405 individual expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from a cDNA library of a human skeletal muscle, we identified 1945 individual transcripts, 725 of which showed no correspondence with known human genes. We report here the chromosomal localization of 267 of these, obtained by radiation hybrid (RH) mapping....

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Pallavicini A,Zimbello R,Tiso N,Muraro T,Rampoldi L,Bortoluzzi S,Valle G,Lanfranchi G,Danieli GA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of renin binding protein (RnBP) in human (patho)physiology, despite its biochemical characterization, is as yet unclear. RnBP has been shown to bind and inactivate renin, a key player of the blood pressure regulating renin-angiotensin system. This renders the RnBP gene a promising candidate gene in human hype...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Knöll A,Schunkert H,Reichwald K,Danser AH,Bauer D,Platzer M,Stein G,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-syndromic neurosensory autosomal recessive deafness (NSRD) is the most common form of genetic hearing loss. Previous studies defined at least 15 human NSRD loci. Recently we demonstrated that DFNB1, located on the long arm of chromosome 13, accounts for approximately 80% of cases in the Mediterranean area. Further...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Zelante L,Gasparini P,Estivill X,Melchionda S,D'Agruma L,Govea N,Milá M,Monica MD,Lutfi J,Shohat M,Mansfield E,Delgrosso K,Rappaport E,Surrey S,Fortina P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the dynamics of mitochondrial DNA maintenance and segregation in human cells using serial cybrid transfer of partially duplicated mitochondrial DNA, from a mitochondrial myopathy patient, to two distinct recipient cell types. The results indicate two radically different outcomes dependent upon nuclear ...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Holt IJ,Dunbar DR,Jacobs HT

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epilepsies are a group of disorders characterised by recurrent seizures caused by episodes of abnormal neuronal hyperexcitability involving the brain. Up to 60 million people are affected worldwide and genetic factors may contribute to the aetiology in up to 40% of patients. The most common human genetic epilepsie...

journal_title：Human molecular genetics

authors： Elmslie FV,Rees M,Williamson MP,Kerr M,Kjeldsen MJ,Pang KA,Sundqvist A,Friis ML,Chadwick D,Richens A,Covanis A,Santos M,Arzimanoglou A,Panayiotopoulos CP,Curtis D,Whitehouse WP,Gardiner RM

更新日期：1997-08-01 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