Correspondence to Dr Marta Futema; mfutema{at}sgul.ac.uk Conclusions The prevalence and gene distribution of FH-causing variants in 100KGP are consistent with UK estimates. Differences in variant ...
Background Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a fatal sporadic autosomal dominant premature ageing disease caused by single base mutations that optimise a cryptic splice site within exon ...
The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is a key regulator of melanocyte development, function and survival. The p.E318K variant affects SUMOylation at K316 and has been shown to ...
Background Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) is caused by truncating mutations in MAGEL2, mapping to the Prader-Willi region (15q11-q13), with an observed phenotype partially overlapping that of Prader-Willi ...
The inactivation of programmed cell death has profound effects not only on the development but also on the overall integrity of multicellular organisms. Beside developmental abnormalities, it may lead ...
Division of Dermatopharmacology, Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA K H Kraemer, DNA Repair Section, Basic Research ...
3 Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Dr Nada Jabado, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, 4060 Ste Catherine ...
Importance Genetic testing of hereditary cancer using comprehensive gene panels can identify patients with more than one pathogenic mutation in high and/or moderate-risk-associated cancer genes. This ...
12 Cancer Research UK Familial Gastric Cancer Study, University Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK 13 Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute and Department of ...
Frequency of familial hypercholesterolaemia-causing genetic variants in the 100 000 Genomes Project cohort: whole genome sequencing analyses of 77 260 participants ...
Correspondence to Professor Wenhao Zhou, Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China; zhouwenhao{at}fudan.edu.cn Background Congenital anomalies are the ...
Background Recurrent preimplantation embryo developmental arrest (RPEA) is the most common phenotype in assisted reproductive technology treatment failure associated with identified genetic ...