Search Results - "Bachinski, Linda L."
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Population frequency of myotonic dystrophy: higher than expected frequency of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) mutation in Finland
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-07-2011)“…Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy with an estimated prevalence of 1/8000. There are two genetically distinct types, DM1…”
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Methylation of the candidate biomarker TCF21 is very frequent across a spectrum of early‐stage nonsmall cell lung cancers
Published in Cancer (01-02-2011)“…BACKGROUND: The transcription factor TCF21 is involved in mesenchymal‐to‐epithelial differentiation and was shown to be aberrantly hypermethylated in lung and…”
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Altered MEF2 isoforms in myotonic dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-12-2010)“…Because of their central role in muscle development and maintenance, MEF2 family members represent excellent candidate effectors of the muscle pathology in…”
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Identification of a Gene Responsible for Familial Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome
Published in The New England journal of medicine (14-06-2001)“…Probable causative mutation was identified in a protein kinase gene (PRKAG2) on chromosome 7. The Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is the second most common…”
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Global analysis of aberrant pre-mRNA splicing in glioblastoma using exon expression arrays
Published in BMC genomics (12-05-2008)“…Tumor-predominant splice isoforms were identified during comparative in silico sequence analysis of EST clones, suggesting that global aberrant alternative…”
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Differences in aberrant expression and splicing of sarcomeric proteins in the myotonic dystrophies DM1 and DM2
Published in Acta neuropathologica (01-04-2010)“…Aberrant transcription and mRNA processing of multiple genes due to RNA-mediated toxic gain-of-function has been suggested to cause the complex phenotype in…”
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Effects of MDM2, MDM4 and TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms on cancer risk in a cohort study of carriers of TP53 germline mutations
Published in PloS one (26-05-2010)“…Previous studies have shown that MDM2 SNP309 and p53 codon 72 have modifier effects on germline P53 mutations, but those studies relied on case-only studies…”
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Desmin mutation responsible for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (03-08-1999)“…Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, of which approximately 20% of cases are familial (FDCM), is a primary myocardial disorder characterized by ventricular…”
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Mutations in the Gene for Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C and Late-Onset Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Published in The New England journal of medicine (30-04-1998)“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disorder occurring in approximately 1 of every 500 people, causes a broad spectrum of pathological findings and clinical…”
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Identification of a Genetic Locus for Familial Atrial Fibrillation
Published in The New England journal of medicine (27-03-1997)“…Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained cardiac-rhythm disturbance, 1 affects more than 2 million Americans, 2 with an overall prevalence of 0.89…”
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Molecular signatures of metastasis in head and neck cancer
Published in Head & neck (01-10-2008)“…Background. Metastases are the primary cause of cancer treatment failure and death, yet metastatic mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Methods. We…”
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Genetic mapping of a third Li-Fraumeni syndrome predisposition locus to human chromosome 1q23
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-01-2005)“…Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited cancer syndrome. Most cases ( approximately 70%) identified and…”
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Localization of a gene responsible for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia to chromosome 3p23
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (22-12-1998)“…Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), a familial cardiomyopathy occurring with a prevalence of 1 in 5000, is characterized by replacement of…”
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Mutant (CCTG)n Expansion Causes Abnormal Expression of Zinc Finger Protein 9 (ZNF9) in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-12-2010)“…The mutation that underlies myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a (CCTG)n expansion in intron 1 of zinc finger protein 9 ( ZNF9 ). It has been suggested that…”
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Tissue Doppler imaging consistently detects myocardial abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and provides a novel means for an early diagnosis before and independently of hypertrophy
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (10-07-2001)“…Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the clinical hallmark of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM), is absent in a significant number of subjects with…”
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Phenotypical spectrum of DOK7 mutations in congenital myasthenic syndromes
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-06-2007)“…Dok ('downstream-of-kinase') family of cytoplasmic proteins play a role in signalling downstream of receptor and non-receptor phosphotyrosine kinases…”
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Molecular Diagnosis of Myotonic Dystrophy
Published in Current protocols in human genetics (11-10-2016)“…Myotonic dystrophy types 1 (DM1) and 2 (DM2) are autosomal dominant, microsatellite repeat expansion disorders that affect muscle function. Myotonic dystrophy…”
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Localization of a gene responsible for familial dilated cardiomyopathy to chromosome 1q32
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (15-12-1995)“…Dilated cardiomyopathy, characterized by ventricular dilatation and decreased systolic contraction, is twofold to threefold more common as a cause of heart…”
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Most expression and splicing changes in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2 skeletal muscle are shared with other muscular dystrophies
Published in Neuromuscular disorders : NMD (01-03-2014)“…Abstract The prevailing pathomechanistic paradigm for myotonic dystrophy (DM) is that aberrant expression of embryonic/fetal mRNA/protein isoforms accounts for…”
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Sex-specific effect of the TP53 PIN3 polymorphism on cancer risk in a cohort study of TP53 germline mutation carriers
Published in Human genetics (01-12-2011)“…Germline mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 occur in the majority of families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, who are at an increased risk for a wide…”
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