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BMC Medical Genetics

Ausgabe 1/2009

Inhalt (149 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Multiple splice defects in ABCA1cause low HDL-C in a family with Hypoalphalipoproteinemia and premature coronary disease

Jeffrey Rhyne, Myrna M Mantaring, David F Gardner, Michael Miller

Open Access Technical advance

A rapid method for detection of five known mutations associated with aminoglycoside-induced deafness

Soraya Bardien, Hannique Human, Tashneem Harris, Gwynneth Hefke, Rene Veikondis, H Simon Schaaf, Lize van der Merwe, John H Greinwald, Johan Fagan, Greetje de Jong

Open Access Research article

Genome screen in familial intracranial aneurysm

Tatiana Foroud, Laura Sauerbeck, Robert Brown, Craig Anderson, Daniel Woo, Dawn Kleindorfer, Matthew L Flaherty, Ranjan Deka, Richard Hornung, Irene Meissner, Joan E Bailey-Wilson, Carl Langefeld, Guy Rouleau, E Sander Connolly, Dongbing Lai, Daniel L Koller, John Huston III, Joseph P Broderick

Open Access Research article

Genetic and other factors determining mannose-binding lectin levels in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study

Lyle G Best, Robert E Ferrell, Susan DeCroo, Kari E North, Jean W MacCluer, Ying Zhang, Elisa T Lee, Barbara V Howard, Jason Umans, Vittorio Palmieri, Peter Garred

Open Access Research article

An Open Access Database of Genome-wide Association Results

Andrew D Johnson, Christopher J O'Donnell

Open Access Research article

An investigation of ribosomal protein L10 gene in autism spectrum disorders

Xiaohong Gong, Richard Delorme, Fabien Fauchereau, Christelle M Durand, Pauline Chaste, Catalina Betancur, Hany Goubran-Botros, Gudrun Nygren, Henrik Anckarsäter, Maria Rastam, I Carina Gillberg, Svenny Kopp, Marie-Christine Mouren-Simeoni, Christopher Gillberg, Marion Leboyer, Thomas Bourgeron

Open Access Research article

IL23R in the Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian and Italian populations: association with IBD and psoriasis, and linkage to celiac disease

Elisabet Einarsdottir, Lotta LE Koskinen, Emma Dukes, Kati Kainu, Sari Suomela, Maarit Lappalainen, Fabiana Ziberna, Ilma R Korponay-Szabo, Kalle Kurppa, Katri Kaukinen, Róza Ádány, Zsuzsa Pocsai, György Széles, Martti Färkkilä, Ulla Turunen, Leena Halme, Paulina Paavola-Sakki, Tarcisio Not, Serena Vatta, Alessandro Ventura, Robert Löfberg, Leif Torkvist, Francesca Bresso, Jonas Halfvarson, Markku Mäki, Kimmo Kontula, Ulpu Saarialho-Kere, Juha Kere, Mauro D'Amato, Päivi Saavalainen

Open Access Research article

SLC6A3and body mass index in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

Elizabeth M Azzato, Lindsay M Morton, Andrew W Bergen, Sophia S Wang, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Paul Kvale, Meredith Yeager, Richard B Hayes, Stephen J Chanock, Neil E Caporaso

Open Access Research article

An extension to a statistical approach for family based association studies provides insights into genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis in the HLA-DRB1gene

Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Roisin McMahon, David A Dyment, A Dessa Sadovnick, George C Ebers, Knut M Wittkowski

Open Access Research article

DNA instability in replicating Huntington's disease lymphoblasts

Milena Cannella, Vittorio Maglione, Tiziana Martino, Giuseppe Ragona, Luigi Frati, Guo-Min Li, Ferdinando Squitieri

Open Access Research article

Search for cardiac calcium cycling gene mutations in familial ventricular arrhythmias resembling catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Annukka Marjamaa, Päivi Laitinen-Forsblom, Annukka M Lahtinen, Matti Viitasalo, Lauri Toivonen, Kimmo Kontula, Heikki Swan

Open Access Research article

Evaluating the association of common APOA2variants with type 2 diabetes

Konsta Duesing, Guillaume Charpentier, Michel Marre, Jean Tichet, Serge Hercberg, Beverley Balkau, Philippe Froguel, Fernando Gibson

Open Access Research article

Non-replication of an association of CTNNBL1polymorphisms and obesity in a population of Central European ancestry

Carla IG Vogel, Brandon Greene, André Scherag, Timo D Müller, Susann Friedel, Harald Grallert, Iris M Heid, Thomas Illig, H-Erich Wichmann, Helmut Schäfer, Johannes Hebebrand, Anke Hinney

Open Access Research article

Association between TCF7L2gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a large Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) review and meta-analysis

Yu Tong, Ying Lin, Yuan Zhang, Jiyun Yang, Yawei Zhang, Hengchuan Liu, Ben Zhang

Open Access Research article

Unambiguous molecular detections with multiple genetic approach for the complicated chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome

Chen Yang, Cheng-Hung Huang, Mei-Leng Cheong, Kun-Long Hung, Lung-Huang Lin, Yeong-Seng Yu, Chih-Cheng Chien, Huei-Chen Huang, Chan-Wei Chen, Chi-Jung Huang

Open Access Research article

Studies of CTNNBL1 and FDFT1variants and measures of obesity: analyses of quantitative traits and case-control studies in 18,014 Danes

Camilla Helene Andreasen, Mette Sloth Mogensen, Knut Borch-Johnsen, Annelli Sandbæk, Torsten Lauritzen, Katrine Almind, Lars Hansen, Torben Jørgensen, Oluf Pedersen, Torben Hansen

Open Access Research article

The multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene polymorphism G-rs3789243-A is not associated with disease susceptibility in Norwegian patients with colorectal adenoma and colorectal cancer; a case control study

Vibeke Andersen, Lene Agerstjerne, Dorte Jensen, Mette Østergaard, Mona Sæbø, Julian Hamfjord, Elin Kure, Ulla Vogel

Open Access Research article

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor: association analyses for obesity of several polymorphisms in large study groups

Carla IG Vogel, André Scherag, Günter Brönner, Thuy T Nguyen, Hai-Jun Wang, Harald Grallert, Alexa Bornhorst, Dieter Rosskopf, Henry Völzke, Thomas Reinehr, Winfried Rief, Thomas Illig, H-Erich Wichmann, Helmut Schäfer, Johannes Hebebrand, Anke Hinney

Open Access Research article

Haplotype frequencies in a sub-region of chromosome 19q13.3, related to risk and prognosis of cancer, differ dramatically between ethnic groups

Mikkel H Schierup, Thomas Mailund, Heng Li, Jun Wang, Anne Tjønneland, Ulla Vogel, Lars Bolund, Bjørn A Nexø

Open Access Research article

FTOgene variation and measures of body mass in an African population

Branwen J Hennig, Anthony J Fulford, Giorgio Sirugo, Pura Rayco-Solon, Andrew T Hattersley, Timothy M Frayling, Andrew M Prentice

Open Access Research article

Contrasting genetic association of IL2RAwith SLE and ANCA – associated vasculitis

Edward J Carr, Menna R Clatworthy, Christopher E Lowe, John A Todd, Andrew Wong, Timothy J Vyse, Lavanya Kamesh, Richard A Watts, Paul A Lyons, Kenneth GC Smith

Open Access Research article

IL6 and CRPhaplotypes are associated with COPD risk and systemic inflammation: a case-control study

Dilyara G Yanbaeva, Mieke A Dentener, Martijn A Spruit, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Daniel Kotz, Valéria Lima Passos, Emiel FM Wouters

Open Access Research article

High-throughput mutational analysis of TOR1A in primary dystonia

Jianfeng Xiao, Robert W Bastian, Joel S Perlmutter, Brad A Racette, Samer D Tabbal, Morvarid Karimi, Randal C Paniello, Andrew Blitzer, Sat Dev Batish, Zbigniew K Wszolek, Ryan J Uitti, Peter Hedera, David K Simon, Daniel Tarsy, Daniel D Truong, Karen P Frei, Ronald F Pfeiffer, Suzhen Gong, Yu Zhao, Mark S LeDoux

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of pathogenetic MC4R mutations in Italian children with early Onset obesity, tall stature and familial history of obesity

Nicola Santoro, Grazia Cirillo, Zhimin Xiang, Rita Tanas, Nella Greggio, Giuseppe Morino, Lorenzo Iughetti, Alessandra Vottero, Alessandro Salvatoni, Mario Di Pietro, Antonio Balsamo, Antonino Crinò, Anna Grandone, Carrie Haskell-Luevano, Laura Perrone, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice

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Polymorphisms in the ADRB2 gene and Graves disease: a case-control study and a meta-analysis of available evidence

Xun Chu, Yan Dong, Min Shen, Lingling Sun, Changzheng Dong, Yi Wang, Beilan Wang, Kaiyue Zhang, Qi Hua, Shijie Xu, Wei Huang

Open Access Research article

Functional and genetic analysis in type 2 diabetes of Liver X receptor alleles – a cohort study

Ingrid Dahlman, Maria Nilsson, Harvest F Gu, Cecile Lecoeur, Suad Efendic, Claes G Östenson, Kerstin Brismar, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Philippe Froguel, Martine Vaxillaire, Karin Dahlman-Wright, Knut R Steffensen

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Nitric oxide synthase 2A (NOS2A) polymorphisms are not associated with invasive pneumococcal disease

Antony Payton, Debbie Payne, Limangeni A Mankhambo, Daniel L Banda, C Anthony Hart, William ER Ollier, Enitan D Carrol

Open Access Research article

A novel c.-22T>C mutation in GALK1 promoter is associated with elevated galactokinase phenotype

Hyung-Doo Park, Yoon-Kyoung Kim, Kyoung Un Park, Jin Q Kim, Young-Han Song, Junghan Song

Open Access Research article

Knowledge about hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; mutation carriers and physicians at equal levels

Katarina Domanska, Christina Carlsson, Pär-Ola Bendahl, Mef Nilbert

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No relationship between 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase and schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population: an expression study and meta-analysis

Ronglin Che, Wei Tang, Jing Zhang, Zhiyun Wei, Zhao Zhang, Ke Huang, Xinzhi Zhao, Jianjun Gao, Guoquan Zhou, Peirong Huang, Lin He, Yongyong Shi

Open Access Research article

Lack of association between PRNP 1368 polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia

Byung-Hoon Jeong, Kyung-Hee Lee, Yun-Jung Lee, Yun Joong Kim, Eun-Kyoung Choi, Young-Hoon Kim, Young-Sook Cho, Richard I Carp, Yong-Sun Kim

Open Access Research article

Contribution of type 2 diabetes associated loci in the Arabic population from Tunisia: a case-control study

Intissar Ezzidi, Nabil Mtiraoui, Stéphane Cauchi, Emmanuel Vaillant, Aurélie Dechaume, Molka Chaieb, Maha Kacem, Wassim Y Almawi, Philippe Froguel, Touhami Mahjoub, Martine Vaxillaire

Open Access Research article

The first Dutch SDHB founder deletion in paraganglioma – pheochromocytoma patients

Jean-Pierre Bayley, Anneliese EM Grimbergen, Patrick A van Bunderen, Michiel van der Wielen, Henricus P Kunst, Jacques W Lenders, Jeroen C Jansen, Robin PF Dullaart, Peter Devilee, Eleonora P Corssmit, Annette H Vriends, Monique Losekoot, Marjan M Weiss

Open Access Research article

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup T is associated with coronary artery disease and diabetic retinopathy: a case control study

Barbara Kofler, Edith E Mueller, Waltraud Eder, Olaf Stanger, Richard Maier, Martin Weger, Anton Haas, Robert Winker, Otto Schmut, Bernhard Paulweber, Bernhard Iglseder, Wilfried Renner, Martina Wiesbauer, Irene Aigner, Danijela Santic, Franz A Zimmermann, Johannes A Mayr, Wolfgang Sperl

Open Access Research article

Genetic variants of the promoter of the heme oxygenase-1 gene and their influence on cardiovascular disease (The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study)

Nicola Lüblinghoff, Karl Winkler, Bernhard R Winkelmann, Ursula Seelhorst, Britta Wellnitz, Bernhard O Boehm, Winfried März, Michael M Hoffmann

Open Access Research article

The mitochondrial DNA T16189C polymorphism and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype association study

Gasnat Shaboodien, Mark E Engel, Faisal F Syed, Joanna Poulton, Motasim Badri, Bongani M Mayosi

Open Access Research article

C-Reactive protein gene variants are associated with postoperative C-reactive protein levels after coronary artery bypass surgery

Tjörvi E Perry, Jochen D Muehlschlegel, Kuang-Yu Liu, Amanda A Fox, Charles D Collard, Simon C Body, Stanton K Shernan

Open Access Research article

Suggestion for linkage of chromosome 1p35.2 and 3q28 to plasma adiponectin concentrations in the GOLDN Study

Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, James S Pankow, James M Peacock, Ingrid B Borecki, James E Hixson, Michael Y Tsai, Edmond K Kabagambe, Donna K Arnett

Open Access Research article

Identification of a pleiotropic locus on chromosome 7q for a composite left ventricular wall thickness factor and body mass index: the HyperGEN Study

Weihong Tang, Richard B Devereux, Na Li, Albert Oberman, Dalane W Kitzman, Dabeeru C Rao, Paul N Hopkins, Steven A Claas, Donna K Arnett

Open Access Research article

Additive effect of LRP8/APOER2 R952Q variant to APOE ε2/ε3/ε4 genotype in modulating apolipoprotein E concentration and the risk of myocardial infarction: a case-control study

Nicola Martinelli, Oliviero Olivieri, Gong-Qing Shen, Elisabetta Trabetti, Francesca Pizzolo, Fabiana Busti, Simonetta Friso, Antonella Bassi, Lin Li, Ying Hu, Pier Franco Pignatti, Roberto Corrocher, Qing Kenneth Wang, Domenico Girelli

Open Access Research article

Genome-wide association study identifies single-nucleotide polymorphism in KCNB1 associated with left ventricular mass in humans: The HyperGEN Study

Donna K Arnett, Na Li, Weihong Tang, Dabeeru C Rao, Richard B Devereux, Steven A Claas, Rachel Kraemer, Ulrich Broeckel

Open Access Research article

Lack of association between polymorphisms of the IL18R1 and IL18RAP genes and cardiovascular risk: the MORGAM Project

Marie-Lise Grisoni, Carole Proust, Mervi Alanne, Maylis DeSuremain, Veikko Salomaa, Kari Kuulasmaa, François Cambien, Viviane Nicaud, Per-Gunnar Wiklund, Jarmo Virtamo, Frank Kee, Laurence Tiret, Alun Evans, David-Alexandre Tregouet

Open Access Research article

Rapid diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy using High-Resolution Melting Analysis

Wan Jin Chen, Wan Juan Dong, Xiao Zhen Lin, Min Ting Lin, Shen Xing Murong, Zhi Ying Wu, Ning Wang

Open Access Research article

Genetic variation in Fcγ receptor IIa and risk of coronary heart disease: negative results from two large independent populations

Mahir Karakas, Michael M Hoffmann, Caren Vollmert, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Christa Meisinger, Bernhard Winkelmann, Natalie Khuseyinova, Bernhard O Böhm, Thomas Illig, Winfried März, Wolfgang Koenig

Open Access Research article

Functional polymorphism of the NFKB1 gene promoter is related to the risk of dilated cardiomyopathy

Bin Zhou, Li Rao, Ying Peng, Yanyun Wang, Yi Li, Linbo Gao, Yu Chen, Hui Xue, Yaping Song, Miao Liao, Lin Zhang

Open Access Research article

A deletion and a duplication in distal 22q11.2 deletion syndrome region. Clinical implications and review

Luis Fernández, Julián Nevado, Fernando Santos, Damià Heine-Suñer, Victor Martinez-Glez, Sixto García-Miñaur, Rebeca Palomo, Alicia Delicado, Isidora López Pajares, María Palomares, Luis García-Guereta, Eva Valverde, Federico Hawkins, Pablo Lapunzina

Open Access Research article

118 SNPs of folate-related genes and risks of spina bifida and conotruncal heart defects

Gary M Shaw, Wei Lu, Huiping Zhu, Wei Yang, Farren BS Briggs, Suzan L Carmichael, Lisa F Barcellos, Edward J Lammer, Richard H Finnell

Open Access Research article

Mild forms of hypophosphatasia mostly result from dominant negative effect of severe alleles or from compound heterozygosity for severe and moderate alleles

Delphine Fauvert, Isabelle Brun-Heath, Anne-Sophie Lia-Baldini, Linda Bellazi, Agnès Taillandier, Jean-Louis Serre, Philippe de Mazancourt, Etienne Mornet

Open Access Research article

PPARγ Pro12Ala polymorphism and risk of acute coronary syndrome in a prospective study of Danes

Ulla Vogel, Stine Segel, Claus Dethlefsen, Anne Tjønneland, Anne Thoustrup Saber, Håkan Wallin, Majken K Jensen, Erik B Schmidt, Paal Skytt Andersen, Kim Overvad

Open Access Research article

Mutation analysis of "Endoglin" and "Activin receptor-like kinase" genes in German patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and the value of rapid genotyping using an allele-specific PCR-technique

Haneen Sadick, Johanna Hage, Ulrich Goessler, Jens Stern-Straeter, Frank Riedel, Karl Hoermann, Peter Bugert

Open Access Research article

A mitotic recombination map proximal to the APC locus on chromosome 5q and assessment of influences on colorectal cancer risk

Kimberley Howarth, Susanna Ranta, Eitan Winter, Ana Teixeira, Helmut Schaschl, John J Harvey, Andrew Rowan, Angela Jones, Sarah Spain, Susan Clark, Thomas Guenther, Aengus Stewart, Andrew Silver, Ian Tomlinson

Open Access Research article

Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease

Emily J Lyons, William Amos, James A Berkley, Isaiah Mwangi, Mohammed Shafi, Thomas N Williams, Charles R Newton, Norbert Peshu, Kevin Marsh, J Anthony G Scott, Adrian VS Hill

Open Access Research article

The INSIG2 rs7566605 genetic variant does not play a major role in obesity in a sample of 24,722 individuals from four cohorts

Jan Bressler, Myriam Fornage, Craig L Hanis, Wen Hong Linda Kao, Cora E Lewis, Ruth McPherson, Robert Dent, Thomas H Mosley, Len A Pennacchio, Eric Boerwinkle

Open Access Research article

Molecular analysis of the APC and MUTYH genes in Galician and Catalonian FAP families: a different spectrum of mutations?

Nuria Gómez-Fernández, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Ceres Fernández-Rozadilla, Francesc Balaguer, Jenifer Muñoz, Irene Madrigal, Montserrat Milà, Begoña Graña, Ana Vega, Antoni Castells, Ángel Carracedo, Clara Ruiz-Ponte

Open Access Research article

Copy-number variation in BMPR2 is not associated with the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Jennifer A Johnson, Cindy L Vnencak-Jones, Joy D Cogan, James E Loyd, James West

Open Access Research article

A functional polymorphism in the SPINK5 gene is associated with asthma in a Chinese Han Population

Qiji Liu, Yu Xia, Wenjing Zhang, Jisheng Li, Pin Wang, Huaichen Li, Chunhua Wei, Yaoqin Gong

Open Access Research article

Parental diabetes status reveals association of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J1 with type 2 diabetes

Jeanette Feder, Ofer Ovadia, Ilana Blech, Josef Cohen, Julio Wainstein, Ilana Harman-Boehm, Benjamin Glaser, Dan Mishmar

Open Access Research article

Association study of SHANK3 gene polymorphisms with autism in Chinese Han population

Jian Qin, Meixiang Jia, Lifang Wang, Tianlan Lu, Yan Ruan, Jing Liu, Yanqing Guo, Jishui Zhang, Xiaoling Yang, Weihua Yue, Dai Zhang

Open Access Research article

Lack of association of TIM3polymorphisms and allergic phenotypes

Jian Zhang, Denise Daley, Loubna Akhabir, Dorota Stefanowicz, Moira Chan-Yeung, Allan B Becker, Catherine Laprise, Peter D Paré, Andrew J Sandford

Open Access Research article

Association between a rare SNP in the second intron of human Agouti related protein gene and increased BMI

Ineta Kalnina, Ivo Kapa, Valdis Pirags, Vita Ignatovica, Helgi B Schiöth, Janis Klovins

Open Access Research article

Association between ACEgene I/D polymorphisms and hyperandrogenism in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and controls

Jing sun, Haijian fan, Yena Che, Yunxia Cao, Xiaoke Wu, Hai-xiang Sun, Fengjing Liang, Long Yi, Yong Wang

Open Access Research article

Low frequency of the TIRAPS180L polymorphism in Africa, and its potential role in malaria, sepsis, and leprosy

Lutz Hamann, Oliver Kumpf, Ron P Schuring, Erkan Alpsoy, George Bedu-Addo, Ulrich Bienzle, Linda Oskam, Frank P Mockenhaupt, Ralf R Schumann

Open Access Research article

Type 2 diabetes gene TCF7L2polymorphism is not associated with fetal and postnatal growth in two birth cohort studies

Dennis O Mook-Kanamori, Sandra WK de Kort, Cornelia M van Duijn, Andre G Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Henriëtte A Moll, Eric AP Steegers, Anita CS Hokken-Koelega, Vincent WV Jaddoe

Open Access Research article

No association of CDK5 genetic variants with Alzheimer's disease risk

José Luis Vázquez-Higuera, Ignacio Mateo, Pascual Sánchez-Juan, Eloy Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Jon Infante, José Berciano, Onofre Combarros

Open Access Research article

Mutations in STK11gene in Czech Peutz-Jeghers patients

Peter Vasovčák, Alena Puchmajerová, Jan Roubalík, Anna Křepelová

Open Access Research article

OPA1-related dominant optic atrophy is not strongly influenced by mitochondrial DNA background

Denis Pierron, Marc Ferré, Christophe Rocher, Arnaud Chevrollier, Pascal Murail, Didier Thoraval, Patrizia Amati-Bonneau, Pascal Reynier, Thierry Letellier

Open Access Research article

Association study between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and asthma in the chinese han population: a case-control study

Ahlem Saadi, Guimin Gao, Huaichen Li, Chunhua Wei, Yaoqin Gong, Qiji Liu

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A new CYP21A1P/CYP21A2chimeric gene identified in an Italian woman suffering from classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia form

Paola Concolino, Enrica Mello, Angelo Minucci, Emiliano Giardina, Cecilia Zuppi, Vincenzo Toscano, Ettore Capoluongo

Open Access Research article

Functional analysis of the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene -717A>G polymorphism associated with coronary heart disease

Laiyuan Wang, Xiangfeng Lu, Yun Li, Hongfan Li, Shufeng Chen, Dongfeng Gu

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Novel quantitative trait locus is mapped to chromosome 12p11 for left ventricular mass in Dominican families: the Family Study of Stroke Risk and Carotid Atherosclerosis

Liyong Wang, Ashley Beecham, Marco R Di Tullio, Susan Slifer, Susan H Blanton, Tatjana Rundek, Ralph L Sacco

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Constitutive RB1 mutation in a child conceived by in vitrofertilization: implications for genetic counseling

Raquel H Barbosa, Fernando R Vargas, Evandro Lucena, Cibele R Bonvicino, Héctor N Seuánez

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A mutation in CTSK gene in an autosomal recessive pycnodysostosis family of Pakistani origin

Muhammad Naeem, Sabeen Sheikh, Wasim Ahmad

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Common polymorphisms within the NR4A3 locus, encoding the orphan nuclear receptor Nor-1, are associated with enhanced β-cell function in non-diabetic subjects

Peter Weyrich, Harald Staiger, Alena Stančáková, Silke A Schäfer, Kerstin Kirchhoff, Susanne Ullrich, Felicia Ranta, Baptist Gallwitz, Norbert Stefan, Fausto Machicao, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Andreas Fritsche, Hans-Ulrich Häring

Open Access Research article

New mutations in the PKD1 gene in Czech population with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Jitka Stekrova, Jana Reiterova, Stanislava Svobodova, Vera Kebrdlova, Petr Lnenicka, Miroslav Merta, Ondrej Viklicky, Milada Kohoutova

Open Access Research article

Association of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha gene polymorphism with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a Caucasian (Hungarian) sample

Geza Nagy, Reka Kovacs-Nagy, Eva Kereszturi, Aniko Somogyi, Anna Szekely, Nora Nemeth, Nora Hosszufalusi, Pal Panczel, Zsolt Ronai, Maria Sasvari-Szekely

Open Access Technical advance

Rapid detection of the CYP2A6*12 hybrid allele by Pyrosequencing®technology

Deborah A Koontz, Jacqueline J Huckins, Antonina Spencer, Margaret L Gallagher

Open Access Research article

Microsatellites and SNPs linkage analysis in a Sardinian genetic isolate confirms several essential hypertension loci previously identified in different populations

Evelina Mocci, Maria P Concas, Manuela Fanciulli, Nicola Pirastu, Mauro Adamo, Valentina Cabras, Cristina Fraumene, Ivana Persico, Alessandro Sassu, Andrea Picciau, Dionigio A Prodi, Donatella Serra, Ginevra Biino, Mario Pirastu, Andrea Angius

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The promoter polymorphism -232C/G of the PCK1 gene is associated with type 2 diabetes in a UK-resident South Asian population

Simon D Rees, Abigail C Britten, Srikanth Bellary, J Paul O'Hare, Sudhesh Kumar, Anthony H Barnett, M Ann Kelly

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A MANBAmutation resulting in residual beta-mannosidase activity associated with severe leukoencephalopathy: a possible pseudodeficiency variant

Frédérique Sabourdy, Pierre Labauge, Hilde Monica Frostad Riise Stensland, Michèle Nieto, Violeta Latorre Garcés, Dimitri Renard, Giovanni Castelnovo, Nicolas de Champfleur, Thierry Levade

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Otitis media: a genome-wide linkage scan with evidence of susceptibility loci within the 17q12 and 10q22.3 regions

Margaretha L Casselbrant, Ellen M Mandel, Jeesun Jung, Robert E Ferrell, Kathleen Tekely, Jin P Szatkiewicz, Amrita Ray, Daniel E Weeks

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Genome-wide association reveals three SNPs associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through a two-locus analysis

Qiuying Sha, Zhaogong Zhang, Jennifer C Schymick, Bryan J Traynor, Shuanglin Zhang

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Exon deletions and intragenic insertions are not rare in ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2

Veronica Bernard, Martina Minnerop, Katrin Bürk, Friedmar Kreuz, Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach, Christine Zühlke

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Identification of a region required for TSC1 stability by functional analysis of TSC1missense mutations found in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex

Melika Mozaffari, Marianne Hoogeveen-Westerveld, David Kwiatkowski, Julian Sampson, Rosemary Ekong, Sue Povey, Johan T den Dunnen, Ans van den Ouweland, Dicky Halley, Mark Nellist

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Array comparative genomic hybridization and flow cytometry analysis of spontaneous abortions and mors in utero samples

Björn Menten, Katrien Swerts, Barbara Delle Chiaie, Sandra Janssens, Karen Buysse, Jan Philippé, Frank Speleman

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HECTD2, a candidate susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's disease on 10q

Sarah E Lloyd, Martin Rossor, Nick Fox, Simon Mead, John Collinge

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Evaluation of nine candidate genes in patients with normal tension glaucoma: a case control study

Christiane Wolf, Eugen Gramer, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Francesca Pasutto, Eva Reinthal, Bernd Wissinger, Nicole Weisschuh

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Influences of polymorphic variants of DRD2 and SLC6A3 genes, and their combinations on smoking in Polish population

Alicja Sieminska, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Ewa Jassem, Marek Niedoszytko, Ewa Tkacz

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Locations and patterns of meiotic recombination in two-generation pedigrees

Jason C Ting, Elisha DO Roberson, Duane G Currier, Jonathan Pevsner

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Variation in the UCP2 and UCP3genes associates with abdominal obesity and serum lipids: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

Titta Salopuro, Leena Pulkkinen, Jaana Lindström, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Johan G Eriksson, Timo T Valle, Sirkka Aunola, Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Laakso, Matti Uusitupa

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Two-stage case-control association study of dopamine-related genes and migraine

Roser Corominas, Marta Ribases, Montserrat Camiña, Ester Cuenca-León, Julio Pardo, Susana Boronat, María-Jesús Sobrido, Bru Cormand, Alfons Macaya

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Association analyses of the INSIG2polymorphism in the obesity and cholesterol levels of Korean populations

Seongwon Cha, Imhoi Koo, Sun Mi Choi, Byung Lae Park, Kil Soo Kim, Jae-Ryong Kim, Hyoung Doo Shin, Jong Yeol Kim

Open Access Case report

Pathogenesis of vestibular schwannoma in ring chromosome 22

Ellen Denayer, Hilde Brems, Paul de Cock, Gareth D Evans, Frank Van Calenbergh, Naomi Bowers, Raf Sciot, Maria Debiec-Rychter, Joris V Vermeesch, Jean-Pierre Fryns, Eric Legius

Open Access Research article

Genomewide association study for onset age in Parkinson disease

Jeanne C Latourelle, Nathan Pankratz, Alexandra Dumitriu, Jemma B Wilk, Stefano Goldwurm, Gianni Pezzoli, Claudio B Mariani, Anita L DeStefano, Cheryl Halter, James F Gusella, William C Nichols, Richard H Myers, Tatiana Foroud

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Genetic association study of selected candidate genes (ApoB, LPL, Leptin) and telomere length in obese and hypertensive individuals

Birajalaxmi Das, Nilambari Pawar, Divyalakshmi Saini, M Seshadri

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Analysis of TACI mutations in CVID & RESPI patients who have inherited HLA B*44 or HLA*B8

Manda L Waldrep, Yingxin Zhuang, Harry W Schroeder Jr

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Do the mutations of C1GALT1C1gene play important roles in the genetic susceptibility to Chinese IgA nephropathy?

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