abstract：:Although many studies have been performed to identify mutations in Korean patients with various autosomal-recessive Mendelian disorders (AR-MDs), little is known about the carrier frequencies of AR-MDs in the Korean population. Twenty common mutations from six AR-MDs, including Wilson disease (WD), non-syndromic heari...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Song MJ,Lee ST,Lee MK,Ji Y,Kim JW,Ki CS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of outbred populations were first shown in 2006 to contain regions of homozygosity (ROHs) of several megabases. Further studies have also investigated the characteristics of ROHs in healthy individuals in various populations but there are no studies on Singapore populations to date. This study aims to iden...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Teo SM,Ku CS,Salim A,Naidoo N,Chia KS,Pawitan Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MLXIPL is a transcription factor integral to the regulation of glycolysis and lipogenesis in the liver. Common variants of the MLXIPL gene (MLXIPL) are known to influence plasma triglyceride levels in people of European descent. As MLXIPL has a key role in energy storage, genetic variations of the MLXIPL may be releva...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakayama K,Yanagisawa Y,Ogawa A,Ishizuka Y,Munkhtulga L,Charupoonphol P,Supannnatas S,Kuartei S,Chimedregzen U,Koda Y,Ishida T,Kagawa Y,Iwamoto S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:22q11.2 duplication syndrome has recently been established as a new syndrome manifesting broad clinical phenotypes including mental retardation. It is reciprocal to DiGeorge (DGS)/velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), in which the same portion of the chromosome is hemizygously deleted. Deletions and duplications of the ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Shimojima K,Okamoto N,Inazu T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Karretjie people of the South African Great Karoo are itinerants who subsist by sheep shearing. Although officially classified 'Coloured', they are aware of their Khoe and San roots. To investigate the maternal and paternal ancestries of the Karretjie people we analyzed their mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA var...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Schlebusch CM,de Jongh M,Soodyall H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing list of membrane-spanning proteins involved in the transport of a large variety of drugs has been recognized and characterized to include peptide and organic anion/cation transporters. Given such an important role of transporter genes in drug disposition process, the role of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Cheong HS,Kim HD,Na HS,Kim JO,Kim LH,Kim SH,Bae JS,Chung MW,Shin HD

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is primarily caused by deletions involving the paternally derived imprinted region at chromosome 15q11.2-q13 and maternal uniparental disomy 15 (upd(15)mat). The underlying mechanisms for upd(15)mat include trisomy rescue (TR), gamete complementation (GC), monosomy rescue and post-fertiliza...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Matsubara K,Murakami N,Nagai T,Ogata T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of α-galactosidase A (GLA). In our previous studies, we structurally investigated Fabry disease using a structural analysis system, and revealed that structural changes in GLA are very important for understanding the molecular basis of this disease. To the bes...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Saito S,Ohno K,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial aneurysm (IA) is characterized by an abnormal bulging of one of the arteries in the brain and is heavily affected by genetic factors. Although IA is a very serious disease because of its severity and prevalence in the general public, the gene causing IA has not yet been identified due mainly to the lack o...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kim CJ,Park SS,Lee HS,Chung HJ,Choi W,Chung JH,Kim JM,Hong ST

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, pharmacological chaperone therapy for Pompe disease with small molecules such as imino sugars has attracted interest. But mutant acid α-glucosidase (GAA) species responsive to imino sugars are limited. To elucidate the characteristics of a mutant GAA responsive to imino sugars, we performed biochemical and s...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Tajima Y,Saito S,Ohno K,Tsukimura T,Tsujino S,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal-dysplasia-syndactyly syndrome (EDSS1) is a rare form of ectodermal dysplasia (ED), affecting skin and its appendages mainly hair, teeth and nails. In the present study, we have investigated a large consanguineous Pakistani family with 10 individuals showing features of EDSS1. Human genome was screened using...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Jelani M,Chishti MS,Ahmad W

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding RNAs that function as negative regulators of gene expression. Alterations in miRNA expression have been shown to affect tumor growth and response to chemotherapy. In this study, we explored the possible role of miRNAs in cisplatin resistance in esophageal squamous cell carc...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Imanaka Y,Tsuchiya S,Sato F,Shimada Y,Shimizu K,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58 kb region on chromosome 9p21.3 has consistently shown strong association with coronary artery disease (CAD) in multiple genome-wide association studies in populations of European and East Asian ancestry. In this study, we sought to further characterize the role of genetic variants in 9p21.3 in African American in...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kral BG,Mathias RA,Suktitipat B,Ruczinski I,Vaidya D,Yanek LR,Quyyumi AA,Patel RS,Zafari AM,Vaccarino V,Hauser ER,Kraus WE,Becker LC,Becker DM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern day Iran is strategically located in the tri-continental corridor uniting Africa, Europe and Asia. Several ethnic groups belonging to distinct religions, speaking different languages and claiming divergent ancestries inhabit the region, generating a potentially diverse genetic reservoir. In addition, past pre-h...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Terreros MC,Rowold DJ,Mirabal S,Herrera RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is an autosomal, recessively inherited disease caused by mutations in the MLC1 gene. Most of the previously published studies have been carried out in ethnic populations other than the Chinese. In this study, the analysis of clinical features and MLC1 mu...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Wang J,Shang J,Wu Y,Gu Q,Xiong H,Ding C,Wang L,Gao Z,Wu X,Jiang Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a disorder characterized by amenorrhea and elevated serum gonadotropins before 40 years of age. As X chromosomal abnormalities are often recognized in POF patients, defects of X-linked gene may contribute to POF. Four cases of POF with t(X;autosome) were genetically analyzed. All the...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nishimura-Tadaki A,Wada T,Bano G,Gough K,Warner J,Kosho T,Ando N,Hamanoue H,Sakakibara H,Nishimura G,Tsurusaki Y,Doi H,Miyake N,Wakui K,Saitsu H,Fukushima Y,Hirahara F,Matsumoto N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and a leading monogenic form of cognitive impairment and autism. It is the most common form of inherited mental retardation in males and a significant cause of mental retardation in females. It is caused by the instability and subsequent expansion of the CGG re...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Martorell L,Nascimento MT,Colome R,Genovés J,Naudó M,Nascimento A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several genetic loci (JAZF1, CDC123/CAMK1D, TSPAN8/LGR5, ADAMTS9, VEGFA and HHEX-IDE) were identified to be significantly related to the risk of type 2 diabetes and quantitative metabolic traits in European populations. Here, we aimed to evaluate the impacts of these novel loci on type 2 diabetes risk in a population-...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhou DZ,Liu Y,Zhang D,Liu SM,Yu L,Yang YF,Zhao T,Chen Z,Kan MY,Zhang ZF,Feng GY,Xu H,He L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 3⅓-year-old girl with severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (Dejerine-Sottas disease), who was a compound heterozygote carrying a deletion of the whole peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) and a deletion of exon 5 in the other PMP22 allele. Haplotype analyses and sequence determination revealed a 11.2...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Abe A,Nakamura K,Kato M,Numakura C,Honma T,Seiwa C,Shirahata E,Itoh A,Kishikawa Y,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominant risk factor of metabolic syndrome is intra-abdominal fat accumulation, which is determined by waist circumference and waist-hip ratio measurements and visceral fat area (VFA) that is measured by computed tomography (CT). There is evidence that waist circumference and waist-hip ratio in the Caucasian po...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hotta K,Nakamura M,Nakamura T,Matsuo T,Nakata Y,Kamohara S,Miyatake N,Kotani K,Komatsu R,Itoh N,Mineo I,Wada J,Yoneda M,Nakajima A,Funahashi T,Miyazaki S,Tokunaga K,Kawamoto M,Masuzaki H,Ueno T,Hamaguchi K,Tanak

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coding variants in both myocilin (MYOC) and optineurin (OPTN) are reported risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in many populations. This study investigated the contribution of MYOC and OPTN coding variants in Hispanics of Mexican descent with and without POAG. We conducted a case-control study of unrel...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： McDonald KK,Abramson K,Beltran MA,Ramirez MG,Alvarez M,Ventura A,Santiago-Turla C,Schmidt S,Hauser MA,Allingham RR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA is an important tool to study the effects of particular mutations on the mode of splicing and transcripts. However, it is often difficult to isolate mRNA because the organ or tissue in which the gene is expressed cannot be sampled. We previously identified two probable splicing mutations (c.6485+5G>A and c.8559-2...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakanishi H,Ohtsubo M,Iwasaki S,Hotta Y,Mizuta K,Mineta H,Minoshima S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many gene variants are involved in the susceptibility to schizophrenia and some of them are expected to be associated with other human characters. Recently reported meta-analysis of genetic associations revealed nucleotide variants in synaptic vesicular transport/Golgi apparatus genes with schizophrenia. In this study...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Yazaki S,Koga M,Ishiguro H,Inada T,Ujike H,Itokawa M,Otowa T,Watanabe Y,Someya T,Iwata N,Kunugi H,Ozaki N,Arinami T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cblC type of combined methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) and homocystinuria (HC) is the most common inborn error of vitamin B(12) metabolism and is caused by mutations in the MMACHC gene. To elucidate the spectrum of mutations that causes combined MMA and HC in Chinese patients, the MMACHC gene was sequenced in 79 unrel...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Liu MY,Yang YL,Chang YC,Chiang SH,Lin SP,Han LS,Qi Y,Hsiao KJ,Liu TT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of schizophrenia (SCZ) and dihydropyrimidinase-like 2 (DPYSL2), also known as collapsin response mediator protein 2, which regulates axonal growth and branching. We genotyped 20 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1464 patients and 1310 controls. There were two potential associati...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Koide T,Aleksic B,Ito Y,Usui H,Yoshimi A,Inada T,Suzuki M,Hashimoto R,Takeda M,Iwata N,Ozaki N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few mutations in the gene encoding the gamma 2 subunit of the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor type A (GABRG2) have been reported in various types of epilepsy. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of GABRG2 in the pathogenesis of childhood epilepsy in a large Japanese cohort. Genetic analysis of GABRG2 w...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Shi X,Huang MC,Ishii A,Yoshida S,Okada M,Morita K,Nagafuji H,Yasumoto S,Kaneko S,Kojima T,Hirose S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA variants in a 31-kb region of the human major histocompatibility complex, encompassing the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) gene cluster, were surveyed by direct sequencing of 283 unrelated individuals from six Chinese populations. A total of 273 polymorphic sites were identified, with nearly half of them novel. We obs...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang F,Lin H,Shi L,Wang P,Shi L,Gong Q,Li X,Wang M,Hu S,Chu J,Wang DM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by hyperthyroidism due to the presence of autoantibodies against thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor, which is measured as thyroid-stimulating hormone-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (TBII). Most of the GD patients are TBII-positive, but TBII is undetectab...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Takahashi M,Kimura A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a highly complex inheritable disease characterized by numerous genetic susceptibility elements, each contributing a modest increase in risk for the disease. Although numerous linkage or association studies have identified a large set of schizophrenia-associated loci, many are controversial. In additio...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Chu TT,Liu Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, ubiquitin-specific peptidase 46 (Usp46) has been identified as a quantitative trait gene responsible for immobility in the tail suspension test and forced swimming test in mice. Mice with 3-bp deletion in Usp46 exhibited loss of 'behavioral despair' under inescapable stresses in addition to abnormalities in ...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Kushima I,Aleksic B,Ito Y,Nakamura Y,Nakamura K,Mori N,Kikuchi M,Inada T,Kunugi H,Nanko S,Kato T,Yoshikawa T,Ujike H,Suzuki M,Iwata N,Ozaki N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor (TF) is important for initiation of coagulation and for the increased thrombin activity observed at sites of inflammation. Thrombin activity is induced by allergen challenge in asthmatic airways and is involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. A -603A --> G polymorphism (rs1361600) in the promoter region o...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Isada A,Konno S,Hizawa N,Tamari M,Hirota T,Harada M,Maeda Y,Hattori T,Takahashi A,Nishimura M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen was considered to be an important protective factor for cardiovascular diseases in women. Genetic association studies suggested that variations of ESR1and ESR2 genes might have a potential role in lipid profile. Our study aimed to investigate the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ESR1 a...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Zhao T,Zhang D,Liu Y,Zhou D,Chen Z,Yang Y,Li S,Yu L,Zhang Z,Feng G,He L,Xu H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), most patients have a de novo 5-13 polyalanine expansion mutation in PHOX2B. We reported previously that de novo polyalanine expansion mutations were of paternal origin and were derived from unequal sister chromatid exchange during spermatogenesis in six and four...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Arai H,Otagiri T,Sasaki A,Umetsu K,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that the obesity phenotype in the Caucasian populations is associated with variations in several genes, including neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1), SEC16 homolog B (SCE16B), transmembrane protein 18 (TMEM18), ets variant 5 (ETV5), glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase 2 (GNPDA2), prolactin (PRL), brai...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Hotta K,Nakamura M,Nakamura T,Matsuo T,Nakata Y,Kamohara S,Miyatake N,Kotani K,Komatsu R,Itoh N,Mineo I,Wada J,Masuzaki H,Yoneda M,Nakajima A,Funahashi T,Miyazaki S,Tokunaga K,Kawamoto M,Ueno T,Hamaguchi K,Tanak

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of twin studies have shown that autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are attributable to complex multigenic interactions rather than to a single susceptibility gene. However, the growing number of distinct, individually rare genetic causes of ASDs, mostly copy number variations (CNVs), favors an alternative to the...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nishiyama T,Notohara M,Sumi S,Takami S,Kishino H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex has been implicated in schizophrenia (SZ) and affective disorders by gene expression studies. Owing to reciprocal connectivity, the thalamic nuclei and their cortical fields act as functional units. Altered thalamic gene expression would be expected to occur in association with cortical dysfuncti...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Chu TT,Liu Y,Kemether E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the mitochondrial DNA extracted from 14 human skeletal remains from the Doigahama site in Japan to clarify the genetic structure of the Doigahama Yayoi population and the relationship between burial style and kinship among individuals. The sequence types obtained in this study were compared with those of t...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Igawa K,Manabe Y,Oyamada J,Kitagawa Y,Kato K,Ikematsu K,Nakasono I,Matsushita T,Rokutanda A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders (JGRED) is a multisite collaborative study group that was organized for the systematic recruitment of patients with an eating disorder for the purpose of genetic study in Japan. We conducted a genome-wide case-control association study using 23 465 highly polymo...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Nakabayashi K,Komaki G,Tajima A,Ando T,Ishikawa M,Nomoto J,Hata K,Oka A,Inoko H,Sasazuki T,Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders (JGRED).,Shirasawa S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panic disorder (PD) is a severe and chronic psychiatric disorder, with significant genetic components in the etiology. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, which has regulatory effects on neurotransmitter systems such as serotonin and dopamine, is a candidate for susceptibility locus of PD. This study invest...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Otowa T,Shimada T,Kawamura Y,Liu X,Inoue K,Sugaya N,Minato T,Nakagami R,Tochigi M,Umekage T,Kasai K,Kato N,Tanii H,Okazaki Y,Kaiya H,Sasaki T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNK lysine-deficient protein kinase 1 (WNK1) is a member of the WNK family of serine/threonine kinases with no lysine (K), and these kinases have been implicated as important modulators of salt homeostasis in the kidney. It is well known that high dietary sodium and low dietary potassium have been implicated in the et...

journal_title：Journal of human genetics

authors： Osada Y,Miyauchi R,Goda T,Kasezawa N,Horiike H,Iida M,Sasaki S,Yamakawa-Kobayashi K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00