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BMC Medical Genetics | Articles

BMC Medical Genetics | Articles

BMC Medical Genetics

  1. Research article

    Ischemic stroke (IS) is a serious cardiovascular disease and is associated with several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, the role of Cytochrome P450 family 4 subfamily F member 2 (CYP4F2) gene in ...
    Authors:Yuan Wu, Junjie Zhao, Yonglin Zhao, Tingqin Huang, Xudong Ma, Honggang Pang and Ming Zhang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:155
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  2. Content type:Research article

    Unique pathogenic mutations in BRCA1 and 2 genes have been reported in different populations of patients originating from the Middle East region. Limited data are available for the Iraqi population. For many reas...
    Authors:Chantal Farra, Christelle Dagher, Lama Hamadeh, Nagi El Saghir and Deborah Mukherji
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:154
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  3. Content type:Research article

    Mutations in more than 52 genes have been identified in isolated congenital cataracts, the majority of which are located in crystalline and connexin (gap junction) genes. An in-frame one amino acid deletion in...
    Authors:Dan Li, Qinghe Jing and Yongxiang Jiang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:153
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  4. Content type:Research article

    Consanguine families display a high degree of homozygosity which increases the risk of family members suffering from autosomal recessive disorders. Thus, homozygous mutations in monogenic obesity genes may be ...
    Authors:Robina Khan Niazi, Anette Prior Gjesing, Mette Hollensted, Christian Theil Have, Dmitrii Borisevich, Niels Grarup, Oluf Pedersen, Asmat Ullah, Gulbin Shahid, Ifrah Shafqat, Asma Gul and Torben Hansen
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:152
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  5. Content type:Research article

    PE (preeclampsia) is a heterogeneous disorder with early onset PE (EOPE) and late onset PE (LOPE) subtypes. Associations between maternal miRNAs biosynthesis genes polymorphisms and risk of PE have been previo...
    Authors:Xin Huang, Zuodong Li, Jun Lei, Dapeng Wang and Yujing Zhang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:151
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  6. Content type:Research article

    Genetic testing is becoming an essential tool for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and treatment pathway, and particularly important for early detection and cancer prevention. The purpose of this study was to expl...
    Authors:Hosneara Akter, Nasima Sultana, Nazrana Martuza, Aaysha Siddiqua, Nushrat Jahan Dity, Md. Atikur Rahaman, Bisan Samara, Ahmed Sayeed, Mohammed Basiruzzaman, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Md. Rashidul Hoq, Md. Robed Amin, Md. Abdul Baqui, Marc Woodbury-Smith, K. M. Furkan Uddin, Syed S. Islam…
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:150
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  7. Content type:Research article

    Rotator cuff disease is a widespread musculoskeletal pathology and a major cause of shoulder pain. Studies on familial predisposition suggest that genetic plays a role in the pathogenesis of rotator cuff disea...
    Authors:Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Candela, Alessandra Berton, Giuseppe Salvatore, Andrea Guarnieri, Joseph DeAngelis, Ara Nazarian and Vincenzo Denaro
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:149
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  8. Content type:Research article

    Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in several CYP genes have been associated with altered breast cancer (BC) risk in different populations. Despite this, there is a dearth of information on the roles of th...
    Authors:Laith N. AL-Eitan, Doaa M. Rababa’h, Mansour A. Alghamdi and Rame H. Khasawneh
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:148
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  9. Content type:Case report

    The SLC29A3 gene, encoding a nucleoside transporter protein, is found in intracellular membranes. Based on the literatures, mutations in this gene cause a wide range of clinical manifestations including H syndrom...
    Authors:Sadaf Noavar, Samira Behroozi, Taraneh Tatarcheh, Farshid Parvini, Majid Foroutan and Hossein Fahimi
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:147
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  10. Content type:Case report

    Although Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDS) can be classified into three forms: myopathic, encephalomyopathic and hepatocerebral form, it is difficult to identify its form due to its clinical heterogen...
    Authors:Xianghong Li, Liangshan Li, Yaqi Sun, Fuyan Lv, Guoqing Zhang, Wenmiao Liu, Meiyan Zhang, Hong Jiang and Shiguo Liu
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:146
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  11. Content type:Research article

    Inherited palmoplantar keratodermas (PPKs) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous and phenotypically diverse group of genodermatoses characterized by hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles. More than 20 g...
    Authors:Abida Akbar, Claire Prince, Chloe Payne, James Fasham, Wasim Ahmad, Emma L. Baple, Andrew H. Crosby, Gaurav V. Harlalka and Asma Gul
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:145
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  12. Content type:Research article

    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder causing infertility in reproductive-age women. The cause of PCOS is not fully understood but it is thought to be influenced by environmental and ...
    Authors:Asma A. Batarfi, Najlaa Filimban, Osama S. Bajouh, Ashraf Dallol, Adeel G. Chaudhary and Sherin Bakhashab
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:144
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  13. Content type:Case report

    Mutations of the autoimmune regulator gene (AIRE), located on chromosome 21q22.3, are recognized as the cause of a rare monogenic organ-specific autoimmune disorder called autoimmune polyglandular syndrome typ...
    Authors:Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi, Akbar Soltani, Samaneh Enayati, Armita Kakavand Hamidi and Mahsa M. Amoli
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:143
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  14. Content type:Research article

    Various studies have investigated the relationship between the polymorphism, rs2596542, in the promoter of the major histocompatibility complex class I-related gene A (MICA) gene with susceptibility to hepatitis ...
    Authors:Xiaojun Luo, Yu Wang, Ai Shen, Hejun Deng and Min Ye
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:142
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  15. Content type:Research article

    This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) 1790G/A gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and prostate cancer (PCa).
    Authors:Hong-Yan Li, Tianbiao Zhou, Wenshan Lin, Shujun Lin and Hongzhen Zhong
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:141
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  16. Content type:Research article

    Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of malaria-related morbidity and mortality in children. The genetic factors that influence development of SMA and inefficient erythropoiesis, a central pathogeni...
    Authors:Lily E. Kisia, Prakasha Kempaiah, Samuel B. Anyona, Elly O. Munde, Angela O. Achieng, John M. Ong’echa, Christophe G. Lambert, Kiprotich Chelimo, Collins Ouma, Douglas J. Perkins and Evans Raballah
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:140
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  17. Content type:Research article

    Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children, and there are no effective therapies for DMD or Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD). Currently, targeted gene therapy treatments hav...
    Authors:Xiangdong Kong, Xingjian Zhong, Lina Liu, Siying Cui, Yuxia Yang and Lingrong Kong
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:139
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  18. Content type:Research article

    Reference genes are often interchangeably called housekeeping genes due to 1) the essential cellular functions their proteins provide and 2) their constitutive expression across a range of normal and pathophys...
    Authors:Lai Xu, Helen Luo, Rong Wang, Wells W. Wu, Je-Nie Phue, Rong-Fong Shen, Hartmut Juhl, Leihong Wu, Wei-lun Alterovitz, Vahan Simonyan, Lorraine Pelosof and Amy S. Rosenberg
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:138
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  19. Content type:Research article

    Thalassemia is the most common inherited disease in the world, involving α- or β-globin in red blood cells. Thalassemia cases rank fifth in the list of national catastrophic diseases in Indonesia; however, nat...
    Authors:Ani Melani Maskoen, Lelani Reniarti, Edhyana Sahiratmadja, Joice Sisca and Sjarif Hidajat Effendi
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:136
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  20. Content type:Research article

    Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease, caused by the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency in the metabolic pathway, which prevents phenylalanine from being converted into tyrosi...
    Authors:Xin Zhang, Huan-Xin Chen, Chuan Li, Gui Zhang, Sheng-Yun Liao, Zhuo-chun Peng, Xiao-Ping Lai and Ling-Li Wang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:135
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  21. Content type:Case report

    Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a contiguous gene syndrome caused by partial 4p deletion highly variable in size in individual patients. The core WHS phenotype is defined by the association of growth delay, ...
    Authors:Yanrui Jiang, Huizhen Sun, Qingmin Lin, Zengge Wang, Guanghai Wang, Jian Wang, Fan Jiang and Ruen Yao
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:134
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  22. Content type:Research article

    Proximal symphalangism (SYM1; OMIM 185800), also called Cushing’s symphalangism, is an infrequent autosomal dominant disease. An SYM1 patient typically features variable fusion of proximal interphalangeal join...
    Authors:Yanwei Sha, Ding Ma, Ning Zhang, Xiaoli Wei, Wensheng Liu and Xiong Wang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:133
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  23. Content type:Case report

    FOXL2 gene mutations cause blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) and may be associated with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Two types of BPES were described in the literature. BPES ty...
    Authors:Barbara Grzechocińska, Damian Warzecha, Maria Wypchło, Rafal Ploski and Mirosław Wielgoś
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:132
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  24. Content type:Case report

    CHEK2 is involved in the DNA damage repair response Fanconi anemia (FA)-BRCA pathway. An increased risk for breast and other cancers has been documented in individuals who carry a single pathogenic CHEK2 variant....
    Authors:Konstantinos Agiannitopoulos, Eirini Papadopoulou, Georgios N. Tsaousis, Georgia Pepe, Stavroula Kampouri, Mehmet Ali Kocdor and George Nasioulas
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:131
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  25. Content type:Case report

    Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a group of rare genetically heterogeneous disorders. The present study aimed to identify the genetic cause of a Chinese Han family with non-syndromic oculocutaneous albinism (O...
    Authors:Hairong Wang, Yang Wan, Yun Yang, Hao Li, Liangwei Mao, Shuyang Gao, Jingjing Xu and Jing Wang
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:130
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  26. Content type:Research article

    Several studies have been performed to investigate the associations between interleukin (IL)-8 rs4073 polymorphism and acute pancreatitis (AP), but the results are inconclusive. We conducted this cumulative me...
    Authors:Yening Li, Jing Bai, Bing He, Nan Wang, Haoran Wang and Dongliang Liu
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:129
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  27. Content type:Technical advance

    Increasingly, molecular measurements from multiple studies are pooled to identify risk scores, with only partial overlap of measurements available from different studies. Univariate analyses of such markers ha...
    Authors:Anne-Sophie Stelzer, Livia Maccioni, Aslihan Gerhold-Ay, Karin E. Smedby, Martin Schumacher, Alexandra Nieters and Harald Binder
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:128
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  28. Content type:Case report

    CHARGE syndrome (MIM# 214800)—which is characterised by a number of congenital anomalies including coloboma, ear anomalies, deafness, facial anomalies, heart defects, atresia choanae, genital hypoplasia, growt...
    Authors:Evelina Siavrienė, Gunda Petraitytė, Violeta Mikštienė, Tautvydas Rančelis, Živilė Maldžienė, Aušra Morkūnienė, Jekaterina Byčkova, Algirdas Utkus, Vaidutis Kučinskas and Eglė Preikšaitienė
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:127
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  29. Content type:Case report

    Osteodysplasia of the oral and maxillofacial bone is generally accompanied by systemic bone abnormalities (such as short stature, joint contracture) or other systemic abnormalities (such as renal, dermatologic...
    Authors:Ken-ichi Aoyama, Minoru Kimura, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Masahiro Uchibori, Rena Kojima, Yuko Osawa, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Yoshihide Ota, Masayuki Tanaka, Shiro Yamada and Gen Nishimura
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:126
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  30. Content type:Research article

    Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) is a key serum proteinase inhibitor encoded by SERPINA1. Sequence variants of the gene can cause Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD), a condition associated with lung and liver disease...
    Authors:Friedrich Kueppers, Mark D. Andrake, Qifang Xu, Roland L. Dunbrack Jr, Joannah Kim and Christopher L. Sanders
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:125
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  31. Content type:Research article

    Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease (1 per 100 000 newborns) caused by NPC proteins impairment that leads to unesterified cholesterol accumulation in late endosomal/lys...
    Authors:Anna V. Degtyareva, Tatiana Y. Proshlyakova, Marina S. Gautier, Dmitry N. Degtyarev, Elena A. Kamenets, Galina V. Baydakova, Denis V. Rebrikov and Ekaterina Y. Zakharova
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:123
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  32. Content type:Case report

    Fanconi anemia (FA) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder characterized by congenital anomalies, early-onset bone marrow failure, and a high predisposition to cancers. Up to know, different genes involved in the...
    Authors:Soheila Zareifar, Hassan Dastsooz, Mahdi Shahriari, Mohammad Ali Faghihi, Golsa Shekarkhar, Mohammadreza Bordbar, Omid Reza Zekavat and Nader Shakibazad
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:122
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  33. Content type:Research article

    The mitochondrial genotype 5178 cytosine/adenine (5178 C > A) within the NADH dehydrogenase subunit-2 gene (ND2) was proved to associate with longevity and predispose resistance to adult-onset diseases. This s...
    Authors:Xi Chen, Xiang-Yu He, Chao Zhu, Yusong Zhang, Zongbin Li, Yuqi Liu, Yuxiao Zhang, Tong Yin and Yang Li
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:121
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  34. Content type:Case report

    Mutations in ARL6IP1, which encodes a tetraspan membrane protein localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), have been recently described in a large family with a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegi...
    Authors:Salma M. Wakil, Safa Alhissi, Haya Al Dossari, Ayesha Alqahtani, Sherin Shibin, Brahim T. Melaiki, Josef Finsterer, Amal Al-Hashem, Saeed Bohlega and Anas M. Alazami
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:119
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  35. Content type:Research article

    Recessive mutations of coding regions and splice sites of the SLC26A4 gene cause hearing loss with enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct (EVA). Some patients also have a thyroid iodination defect that can lead t...
    Authors:Janet R. Chao, Parna Chattaraj, Tina Munjal, Keiji Honda, Kelly A. King, Christopher K. Zalewski, Wade W. Chien, Carmen C. Brewer and Andrew J. Griffith
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:118
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  36. Content type:Research article

    Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are attractive choices in regenerative medicine and can be genetically modified to obtain better results in therapeutics. Bone development and metabolism are controlled by various...
    Authors:Samaneh Mollazadeh, Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz, Vajiheh Neshati, Antoine A. F. de Vries, Hojjat Naderi-Meshkin, Majid Mojarad, Mahdi Mirahmadi, Zeinab Neshati and Mohammad Amin Kerachian
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:117
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  37. Content type:Research article

    Preterm birth is a significant clinical problem and an enormous burden on society, affecting one in eight pregnant women and their newborns. Despite decades of research, the molecular mechanism underlying its ...
    Authors:Jessica Schuster, Alper Uzun, Joan Stablia, Christoph Schorl, Mari Mori and James F. Padbury
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:116
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  38. Content type:Research article

    Calreticulin (CALR) gene mutations are currently recommended as biomarkers in diagnosis of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) with Jak2 V617F negative phenotype. Our aim was to establish a rapid, lo...
    Authors:Ngo Tat Trung, Dao Thanh Quyen, Nghiem Xuan Hoan, Dao Phuong Giang, Tran Thi Huyen Trang, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Mai Hong Bang and Le Huu Song
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:115
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  39. Content type:Case report

    Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency (MIM #243700) is a rare disease, leads to a combined primary immunodeficiency (PID), and accounts for the autosomal recessive-hyper immunoglobulin E syndrome (AR-H...
    Authors:Lika’a Fasih Y. Al-Kzayer, Hanadi Munaf H. Al-Aradi, Tomonari Shigemura, Kenji Sano, Miyuki Tanaka, Motoharu Hamada, Kenan Hussien Ali, Osamah Mohammed Aldaghir, Yozo Nakazawa and Yusuke Okuno
    Citation:BMC Medical Genetics 2019 20:114
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