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Pharmacogenomics J ; 18(1): 127-135, 2018 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27958378

RESUMO

Sulfonylureas, a commonly used class of medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Their effects on QT interval duration and related electrocardiographic phenotypes are potential mechanisms for this adverse effect. In 11 ethnically diverse cohorts that included 71 857 European, African-American and Hispanic/Latino ancestry individuals with repeated measures of medication use and electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements, we conducted a pharmacogenomic genome-wide association study of sulfonylurea use and three ECG phenotypes: QT, JT and QRS intervals. In ancestry-specific meta-analyses, eight novel pharmacogenomic loci met the threshold for genome-wide significance (P<5 × 10-8), and a pharmacokinetic variant in CYP2C9 (rs1057910) that has been associated with sulfonylurea-related treatment effects and other adverse drug reactions in previous studies was replicated. Additional research is needed to replicate the novel findings and to understand their biological basis.


Assuntos
Eletrocardiografia/efeitos dos fármacos , Etnicidade/genética , Compostos de Sulfonilureia/efeitos adversos , Idoso , Doenças Cardiovasculares/induzido quimicamente , Doenças Cardiovasculares/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Efeitos Colaterais e Reações Adversas Relacionados a Medicamentos/genética , Feminino , Variação Genética/efeitos dos fármacos , Variação Genética/genética , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Farmacogenética/métodos , Testes Farmacogenômicos/métodos , Compostos de Sulfonilureia/uso terapêutico
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Nat Genet ; 5(4): 386-91, 1993 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8298648

RESUMO

Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is an autosomal-dominant neurological disorder which appears to result from a genetically determined deficiency of striatal dopamine. Pathological evidence suggests that this may be due to the establishment of a reduced number of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum, or to an excessive reduction (pruning) of these terminals in early development. We have mapped the DRD gene to chromosome 14 by linkage analysis in 3 families with a maximum 2-point lod score of 4.67 at 8.6 centiMorgans from D14S63; maximum multipoint lod scores > 6 were obtained for the intervals D14S47-D14S52 and D14S52-D14S63. The flanking loci D14S47 and D14S63 define a region of about 22 cM as containing the DRD gene.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 14 , Di-Hidroxifenilalanina/deficiência , Distonia/genética , Escore Lod , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Distonia/patologia , Família , Feminino , Ligação Genética , Genótipo , Humanos , Masculino , Linhagem
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Pharmacogenomics J ; 12(2): 147-55, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21079646

RESUMO

Pharmacogenomics is yet to fulfill its promise of manifestly altering clinical medicine. As one example, a predictive test for tardive dyskinesia (TD) (an adverse drug reaction consequent to antipsychotic exposure) could greatly improve the clinical treatment of schizophrenia but human studies are equivocal. A complementary approach is the mouse-then-human design in which a valid mouse model is used to identify susceptibility loci, which are subsequently tested in human samples. We used inbred mouse strains from the Mouse Phenome Project to estimate the heritability of haloperidol-induced activity and orofacial phenotypes. In all, 159 mice from 27 inbred strains were chronically treated with haloperidol (3 mg kg(-1) per day via subdermal slow-release pellets) and monitored for the development of vacuous chewing movements (VCMs; the mouse analog of TD) and other movement phenotypes derived from open-field activity and the inclined screen test. The test battery was assessed at 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days in relation to haloperidol exposure. As expected, haloperidol caused marked changes in VCMs, activity in the open field and extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Unexpectedly, factor analysis demonstrated that these measures were imprecise assessments of a latent construct rather than discrete constructs. The heritability of a composite phenotype was ∼0.9 after incorporation of the longitudinal nature of the design. Murine VCMs are a face valid animal model of antipsychotic-induced TD, and heritability estimates from this study support the feasibility of mapping of susceptibility loci for VCMs.


Assuntos
Antipsicóticos/efeitos adversos , Haloperidol/efeitos adversos , Mastigação/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Masculino , Mastigação/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos
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Psychol Med ; 41(4): 799-808, 2011 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20594377

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Nicotine dependence has been shown to represent a heritable condition, and several research groups have performed linkage analysis to identify genomic regions influencing this disorder though only a limited number of the findings have been replicated. METHOD: In the present study, a genome-wide linkage scan for nicotine dependence was conducted in a community sample of 950 probands and 1204 relatives recruited through the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Family Alcoholism Study. A modified version of the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA) with additional questions that probe nicotine use was used to derive DSM-IV nicotine dependence diagnoses. RESULTS: A locus on chromosome 2q31.1 at 184 centiMorgans nearest to marker D2S2188 yielded a logarithm (base 10) of odds (LOD) score of 3.54 (point-wise empirical p=0.000012). Additional peaks of interest were identified on chromosomes 2q13, 4p15.33-31, 11q25 and 12p11.23-21. Follow-up analyses were conducted examining the contributions of individual nicotine dependence symptoms to the chromosome 2q31.1 linkage peak as well as examining the relationship of this chromosomal region to alcohol dependence. CONCLUSIONS: The present report suggests that chromosome 2q31.1 confers risk to the development of nicotine dependence and that this region influences a broad range of nicotine dependence symptoms rather than a specific facet of the disorder. Further, the results show that this region is not linked to alcohol dependence in this population, and thus may influence nicotine dependence specifically.


Assuntos
Alcoolismo/genética , Ligação Genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Tabagismo/genética , Adulto , Alcoolismo/psicologia , Cromossomos Humanos Par 2/genética , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/psicologia , Humanos , Escore Lod , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fenótipo , Tabagismo/psicologia , Estados Unidos
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Nat Med ; 5(4): 454-7, 1999 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10202939

RESUMO

Familial forms of frontotemporal dementias are associated with mutations in the tau gene. A kindred affected by progressive subcortical gliosis (PSG), a rare form of presenile dementia, has genetic linkage to chromosome 17q21-22. This kindred (PSG-1) is included in the 'frontotemporal dementias and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17' group along with kindreds affected by apparently different forms of atypical dementias. Some of these kindreds have mutations in the tau gene. We report here that PSG-1 has a tau mutation at position +16 of the intron after exon 10. The mutation destabilizes a predicted stem-loop structure and leads to an over-representation of the soluble four-repeat tau isoforms, which assemble into wide, twisted, ribbon-like filaments and ultimately result in abundant neuronal and glial tau pathology. The mutations associated with PSG and other atypical dementias can be subdivided into three groups according to their tau gene locations and effects on tau. The existence of tau mutations with distinct pathogenetic mechanisms may explain the phenotypic heterogeneity of atypical dementias that previously led to their classification into separate disease entities.


Assuntos
Córtex Cerebral/patologia , Demência/genética , Gliose/genética , Mutação , Proteínas tau/genética , Lobo Frontal/patologia , Humanos , Neuroglia/patologia , Neurônios/patologia , Lobo Temporal/patologia
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Science ; 282(5395): 1914-7, 1998 Dec 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9836646

RESUMO

Tau proteins aggregate as cytoplasmic inclusions in a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and hereditary frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). Over 10 exonic and intronic mutations in the tau gene have been identified in about 20 FTDP-17 families. Analyses of soluble and insoluble tau proteins from brains of FTDP-17 patients indicated that different pathogenic mutations differentially altered distinct biochemical properties and stoichiometry of brain tau isoforms. Functional assays of recombinant tau proteins with different FTDP-17 missense mutations implicated all but one of these mutations in disease pathogenesis by reducing the ability of tau to bind microtubules and promote microtubule assembly.


Assuntos
Encéfalo/metabolismo , Demência/genética , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Doença de Parkinson Secundária/genética , Proteínas tau/genética , Proteínas tau/metabolismo , Processamento Alternativo , Cerebelo/metabolismo , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Demência/metabolismo , Lobo Frontal/metabolismo , Humanos , Mutação , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Doença de Parkinson Secundária/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Solubilidade , Síndrome , Proteínas tau/química
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Twin Res Hum Genet ; 10(6): 805-11, 2007 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18179391

RESUMO

Impulsivity is a personality trait characterized by acting suddenly in an unplanned manner in order to satisfy a desire without consideration for the consequences of such behavior. There are several psychiatric disorders that include the term impulsivity as a criterion and, therefore, it has been suggested that impulsivity may be an important phenotype that may link a number of different behavioral disorders, including substance abuse. This study's aims were to determine if a significant association could be detected between the (AAT)n triplet repeat polymorphism as well as 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in or near the CNR1 receptor gene and impulsivity in Southwest California 'Mission' Indians (SWC). Impulsivity was assessed using a scale derived from the Maudsley personality inventory, and blood samples were collected for DNA analyses from 251 individuals recruited from local Indian reservations. The estimated heritability (h(2)) for the impulsivity phenotype was 0.20 + 0.12 (p < .004). Impulsivity was significantly associated with the 6-repeat allele of the triplet repeat polymorphism (AATn/A6; p < .0001), as well as four SNPs in or near the CNR1 receptor gene: rs1535255 (p = .001), rs2023239 (p = .004), rs1049353 (p < .001) and rs806368 (p < .0006). These studies provide data to suggest that the CNR1 receptor gene may be significantly associated with impulsivity in SWC Indians.


Assuntos
Comportamento Impulsivo/genética , Indígenas Norte-Americanos/genética , Indígenas Norte-Americanos/psicologia , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Receptor CB1 de Canabinoide/genética , Adulto , Sequência de Bases , California , Primers do DNA/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Masculino , Repetições de Trinucleotídeos
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Genes Brain Behav ; 15(6): 568-77, 2016 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27167163

RESUMO

Impulsivity is a multi-faceted construct that, while characterized by a set of correlated dimensions, is centered around a core definition that involves acting suddenly in an unplanned manner without consideration for the consequences of such behavior. Several psychiatric disorders include impulsivity as a criterion, and thus it has been suggested that it may link a number of different behavioral disorders, including substance abuse. Native Americans (NA) experience some of the highest rates of substance abuse of all the US ethnic groups. The described analyses used data from a low-coverage whole genome sequence scan to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of an impulsivity phenotype in an American Indian community sample (n = 658). Demographic and clinical information were obtained using a semi-structured interview. Impulsivity was assessed using a scale derived from the Maudsley personality inventory that combines both novelty seeking and lack of planning items. The impulsivity score was tested for association with each variant adjusted for demographic variables, and corrected for ancestry and kinship, using emmax. Simulations were conducted to calculate empirical P-values. Genome-wide significant findings were observed for a variant 50-kb upstream from catenin cadherin-associated protein, alpha 2 (CTNNA2), a neuronal-specific catenin, in the REG gene cluster. A meta-analysis of GWAS had previously identified common variants in CTNNA2 as being associated with excitement seeking. A second locus upstream of nei endonuclease VIII-like 3 (NEIL3) on chromosome 4 also achieved genome-wide significance. The association between sequence variants in these regions suggests their potential roles in the genetic regulation of this phenotype in this population.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 2/genética , Comportamento Impulsivo , Indígenas Norte-Americanos/genética , N-Glicosil Hidrolases/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Litostatina/genética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , alfa Catenina/genética
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Gene ; 213(1-2): 205-18, 1998 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9630632

RESUMO

We have cloned and characterized the ACO2 gene on human chromosome 22q13, which encodes the essential iron-dependent metabolic enzyme mitochondrial aconitase. We determined that the ACO2 gene comprises 18 translated exons distributed over approximately 35 kilobasepairs (kbp) of DNA. We have shown that the ACO2 mRNA is 2.7kb in length and is expressed ubiquitously, and we can detect multiple isoforms of the ACO2 protein. As others had reported the existence of biochemically active electrophoretic variants of mitochondrial aconitase, we wished to find common ACO2 gene allozymes, functional polymorphisms that might be associated with susceptibility to human genetic diseases. We looked for ACO2 allozymes by DNA sequencing and genotyping in a population of 217 subjects, many of which had idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). We studied patients with IPD because this movement disorder is thought to arise from defects in neuronal iron and energy metabolism, two properties with which aconitase is involved. Furthermore, reports of associations between alleles of the CYP2D6 locus (nearby on 22q13) and IPD, although inconsistent, indicated that an IPD susceptibility locus might be in strong linkage disequilibrium with CYP2D6. We found three functionally silent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present in transcribed sequences that exist in similar frequencies in IPD patients and healthy controls. These ACO2 SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium with each other, providing evidence for distinct ACO2 haplotypes. We have, as yet, not detected polymorphisms that would lead to ACO2 allozymes, nor have we observed differences in ACO2 isoform prevalence or distribution in our population of IPD patients and controls. We conclude it is unlikely that polymorphism in the ACO2 gene or post-translational modification of the enzyme predispose to IPD.


Assuntos
Aconitato Hidratase/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 22/genética , Genes , Ferro/metabolismo , Isoenzimas/genética , Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Doença de Parkinson/genética , Alelos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Bases , Western Blotting , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar/genética , Éxons/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Focalização Isoelétrica , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Doença de Parkinson/enzimologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo Genético , Polimorfismo Conformacional de Fita Simples , Substância Negra/enzimologia
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Neurology ; 44(6): 1083-6, 1994 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8208405

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possibility that neuroepithelial tumors in Turcot's syndrome are caused by pleiotropic mutations in the gene for adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a tumor-suppressor gene implicated in colonic cancer. METHODS: We studied the inheritance patterns of genetic markers for the chromosome 5q21 region in 12 members of a Turcot's syndrome kindred with five affected members. We performed linkage analysis to detect linkage between the disease phenotype and DNA markers. RESULTS: Marker D5S346, located 30 to 70 kilobases from the APC locus, showed evidence highly suggestive of linkage to the disease phenotype (lod score = 1.92). CONCLUSIONS: The data provide evidence that the tumor-suppressor gene implicated in APC and sporadic colon cancers may also cause malignant neuroepithelial tumors in Turcot's syndrome.


Assuntos
Polipose Adenomatosa do Colo/genética , Ligação Genética , Mutação , Tumores Neuroectodérmicos Primitivos Periféricos/genética , Síndrome de Gardner/genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Linhagem , Síndrome
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Neurology ; 43(8): 1555-8, 1993 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8351010

RESUMO

Lubag (X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism) has been considered a sex-linked recessive trait and has been mapped to the pericentromeric region of the X chromosome. We studied a 54-year-old man with lubag and two of his female first cousins. Genetic typing was carried out using X chromosome markers. Fluorodopa PET was performed on the man and one of the women. The man had moderately severe parkinsonism and dystonia. A 61-year-old female first cousin had mild left-sided dystonia and her 54-year-old sister had mild generalized chorea. Genetic typing data revealed that all three inherited an X chromosome with marker alleles strongly associated with lubag. Cytologic analysis did not reveal evidence of X chromosomal deletion. Fluorodopa PET in both the man and one affected cousin revealed reduced striatal uptake rate constants consistent with nigrostriatal involvement. These observations suggest that lubag may be a codominant disorder and that it is possible for women to be affected.


Assuntos
Distonia/genética , Expressão Gênica , Ligação Genética , Doença de Parkinson/genética , Cromossomo X , Alelos , Corpo Estriado/diagnóstico por imagem , Corpo Estriado/fisiopatologia , Distonia/complicações , Distonia/diagnóstico por imagem , Distonia/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença de Parkinson/complicações , Doença de Parkinson/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença de Parkinson/fisiopatologia , Linhagem , Fenótipo , Filipinas , Polimorfismo Genético , Substância Negra/diagnóstico por imagem , Substância Negra/fisiopatologia , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão
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Neurology ; 41(9): 1418-22, 1991 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1679910

RESUMO

The disease locus for the clinically heterogeneous childhood spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) maps to the chromosome 5 subregion, 5q11.2-13.3. The beta-subunit of beta-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase (hexosaminidase) (EC 3.2.1.52) (Hex B) maps to the same region, and the protein required for substrate recognition by this enzyme, GM2-activator protein, likewise maps to chromosome 5. We have investigated the possibility of allelic variation among some forms of SMA and hexosaminidase deficiency. Recombination between the Hex B and SMA loci eliminates this enzyme as a candidate site for defects causing the illness. Furthermore, we show that, despite previous evidence to the contrary, the GM2-activator locus does not map to chromosome 5, thereby eliminating it as a candidate gene for SMA.


Assuntos
Genes , Atrofia Muscular Espinal/genética , Mutação , Proteínas/genética , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , DNA/análise , Eletroforese , Proteína Ativadora de G(M2) , Amplificação de Genes , Hexosaminidase B , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Atrofia Muscular Espinal/enzimologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição
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Neurology ; 50(6): 1546-55, 1998 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9633693

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: The clinical and pathologic features of hereditary dysphasic disinhibition dementia (HDDD) are described to determine whether it is a variant of known dementias. BACKGROUND: Several dementing disorders have clinical and pathologic similarities with AD, Pick's disease, and the "nonspecific" dementias. A detailed description of clinical and pathologic presentation will aid classification, but ultimately the discovery of causative gene(s) will define these disorders. METHODS: The authors performed a clinical assessment: gross and microscopic pathologic evaluation of brain tissue, genetic linkage studies, and sequence analyses. RESULTS: HDDD is an autosomal-dominant frontotemporal dementia with many similarities to Pick's disease. Salient clinical features are global dementia with disproportionate dysphasia and "frontotemporal" symptoms. A linkage between HDDD and 17q21-22 was shown, with a maximum lod score of 3.68 at zero recombination. CONCLUSIONS: Several dementias have been linked to the same region and have been termed frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17. These disorders may represent phenotypic variants arising from mutations within a common gene.


Assuntos
Cromossomos Humanos Par 17/genética , Demência/diagnóstico , Demência/genética , Lobo Frontal/patologia , Lobo Frontal/fisiopatologia , Ligação Genética/genética , Lobo Temporal/patologia , Lobo Temporal/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Cadáver , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 3/genética , Haplótipos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Linhagem , Príons/genética
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J Neural Transm Suppl ; 49: 269-75, 1997.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9266434

RESUMO

DDPAC was defined based on the cardinal symptoms of the syndrome found in family Mo. Investigation of DDPAC cases in family Mo shows non-specific pathological changes in a distribution that is consistent with the cardinal features of the disease. Genetic analysis identified a locus on chromosome 17q21-22 that produces this syndrome which is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. DDPAC overlaps clinically and pathologically with a variety of named neurodegenerative syndromes and falls within the spectrum called frontotemporal dementia. The localization of the disease locus for DDPAC allows the testing of whether other familial neurodegenerative conditions also map to the same chromosomal regions. It seems possible that ultimately these conditions that have thus far been difficult to categorize will be subject to a nosology based on genetic etiology.


Assuntos
Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica/genética , Encefalopatias/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Demência/genética , Doença de Parkinson/genética , Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica/patologia , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Demência/patologia , Feminino , Lobo Frontal/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Doença de Parkinson/patologia , Síndrome , Lobo Temporal/patologia
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J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol ; 11(2): 55-60, 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9877526

RESUMO

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most common syndrome in which the focus of neurodegeneration is the frontal lobes. FTD is frequently familial. It is also often due to a susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q21-22. Some 17q21-22-linked families have mutations in the tau gene and most have microscopically visible aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau. Demonstrating that mutations in tau can produce neurodegeneration will necessitate a reassessment of the role of tau in the pathogenesis of the many diseases in which tau biology is disrupted.


Assuntos
Demência/genética , Lobo Frontal/patologia , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Lobo Temporal/patologia , Idoso , Sequência de Aminoácidos/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Demência/diagnóstico , Demência/patologia , Ligação Genética/genética , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Degeneração Neural/genética , Proteínas tau/genética
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Parkinsonism Relat Disord ; 1(2): 73-84, 1995 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18591005

RESUMO

The search for the etiology of idiopathic parkinsonism (IP) has been difficult and largely unsuccessful. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the possibility that there are genetic susceptibility loci for IP. Part of this interest has been spurred by recent advances in molecular genetics. This review analyzes the available genetic epidemiology and family study data (clinical and molecular genetic) as they relate to IP and parkinsonism plus syndromes (PPS). Analysis of data from families with several members having IP or PPS suggests that this approach may not identify susceptibility genes for IP. When the genes responsible for the syndromes affecting multiplex families are identified, they are likely to provide insight into the pathogenesis of IP and may be the basis for developing a more useful nosology. The molecular genetic study of PPS and the mapping of the wld locus may herald rapid advances in understanding these syndromes.

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Parkinsonism Relat Disord ; 3(2): 67-76, 1997 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18591058

RESUMO

Genetic analysis provides specific etiologic information about disease that cannot be deduced by clinical and pathologic investigations alone. Two large families have been characterized with multi-system degeneration: rapidly progressive autosomal dominant parkinsonism and dementia with pallido-ponto-nigral degeneration (PPND) and disinhibition-dementia-parkinsonism-amyotrophy complex (DDPAC). Linkage analysis identified a locus, wld, on-17q21-22 that is responsible for DDPAC. Analysis of a PPND family shows that PPND is also due to a gene on 17q21-22. Comparison of genealogic, clinical, diagnostic, and pathologic data shows that DDPAC and PPND are distinct disorders suggesting two different mutations in wld. Literature review identifies many kindreds with multi-system degeneration that may be allelic.

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Transl Psychiatry ; 2: e192, 2012 Nov 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23168992

RESUMO

Genetic variation, both single-nucleotide variations and copy number variations (CNV), contribute to changes in gene expression. In some cases these variations are meaningfully correlated with disease states. We hypothesized that in a genetically heterogeneous disorder such as sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), utilizing gene expression as a quantitative trait and CNVs as a genetic marker map within the same individuals in the context of case-control status may increase the power to detect relevant loci. Using this approach an 8-kb deletion was identified that contains a PAX6-binding site on chr2q33.3 upstream of CREB1 encoding the cAMP responsive element-binding protein1 transcription factor. The association of the CNV to AD was confirmed by a case-control association study consisting of the Texas Alzheimer Research and Care Consortium and NIA-LOAD Family Study data sets.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Proteína de Ligação ao Elemento de Resposta ao AMP Cíclico/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Proteína de Ligação ao Elemento de Resposta ao AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Proteínas do Olho/metabolismo , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fator de Transcrição PAX6 , Fatores de Transcrição Box Pareados/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo
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