Search Results - "Mandel, J. L"
-
1
A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2
Published in Nature (London) (04-02-2010)“…Obesity has become a major worldwide challenge to public health, owing to an interaction between the Western 'obesogenic' environment and a strong genetic…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Intranuclear Inclusions of Expanded Polyglutamine Protein in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-08-1997)“…The mechanism of neurodegeneration in CAG/polyglutamine repeat expansion diseases is unknown but is thought to occur at the protein level. Here, in studies of…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Identification of 28 novel mutations in the Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes: the burden of private mutations in an extensively heterogeneous disease
Published in Human genetics (01-05-2010)“…Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), an emblematic disease in the rapidly evolving field of ciliopathies, is characterized by pleiotropic clinical features and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Myotubularins, a large disease-associated family of cooperating catalytically active and inactive phosphoinositides phosphatases
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-10-2003)“…The myotubularin family is a large eukaryotic group within the tyrosine/dual-specificity phosphatase super-family (PTP/DSP). Among the 14 human members, three…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Myotubularin, a phosphatase deficient in myotubular myopathy, acts on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate pathway
Published in Human molecular genetics (22-09-2000)“…Myotubular myopathy (MTM1) is an X-linked disease, characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness, with pathological features…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
Clinical and Genetic Abnormalities in Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia
Published in The New England journal of medicine (17-10-1996)“…Friedreich's ataxia, an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common hereditary ataxia. Its estimated prevalence in European populations…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Monogenic causes of X-linked mental retardation
Published in Nature reviews. Genetics (01-09-2001)“…Mutations in X-linked genes are likely to account for the observation that more males than females are affected by mental retardation. Causative mutations have…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Cloning of the gene for spinocerebellar ataxia 2 reveals a locus with high sensitivity to expanded CAG/glutamine repeats
Published in Nature genetics (01-11-1996)“…Two forms of the neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia are known to be caused by the expansion of a CAG (polyglutamine) trinucleotide repeat. By…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
Frataxin is Reduced in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and is Associated with Mitochondrial Membranes
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-10-1997)“…Friedreich ataxia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of function mutations in the frataxin gene. In order to unravel frataxin function…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
A Cellular Model That Recapitulates Major Pathogenic Steps of Huntington's Disease
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-09-1998)“…To gain insight into the pathogenic mechanisms of Huntington's disease (HD), we have developed a stable cellular model, using a neuroblastoma cell line in…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Differentiating Alström from Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) using systematic ciliopathy genes sequencing
Published in Ophthalmic genetics (01-03-2012)“…Introduction: Early onset retinal degeneration associated with obesity can present a diagnostic challenge in paediatric ophthalmology practice. Clinical…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
12
Mutations in the kinase Rsk-2 associated with Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Published in Nature (London) (12-12-1996)“…The Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS), an X-linked disorder, is characterized by severe psychomotor retardation, facial and digital dysmorphisms, and progressive…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
A gene mutated in X-linked myotubular myopathy defines a new putative tyrosine phosphatase family conserved in yeast
Published in Nature genetics (01-06-1996)“…X-linked recessive myotubular myopathy (MTM1) is characterized by severe hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness, with impaired maturation of muscle fibres…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
14
Adult centronuclear myopathies: A hospital-based study
Published in Revue neurologique (01-08-2013)“…Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are rare inherited disorders characterized by nuclei placed in rows in the central part of the muscle fibres. Three CNM-causing…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
15
Characterization of the Myotubularin Dual Specificity Phosphatase Gene Family from Yeast to Human
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-10-1998)“…X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a severe congenital muscle disorder due to mutations in the MTM1 gene. The corresponding protein, myotubularin,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Clinical and genetic characterization of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Tunisia: defining a strategy for molecular diagnosis
Published in Clinical genetics (01-02-2014)“…Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS, OMIM 209900) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, post axial polydactyly, cognitive…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Instability of a 550-Base Pair DNA Segment and Abnormal Methylation in Fragile X Syndrome
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-05-1991)“…The fragile X syndrome, a common cause of inherited mental retardation, is characterized by an unusual mode of inheritance. Phenotypic expression has been…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
The myotubularin family: from genetic disease to phosphoinositide metabolism
Published in Trends in Genetics (01-04-2001)“…The myotubularin-related genes define a large family of eukaryotic proteins, most of them initially characterized by the presence of a ten-amino acid consensus…”
Get full text
Book Review Journal Article -
19
The N-Terminus of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Contains a Novel Domain Involved in Dimerization and RNA Binding
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (09-09-2003)“…Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited mental retardation, is caused by the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). The…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
20
Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency is caused by mutations in the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein
Published in Nature genetics (01-02-1995)“…Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease which maps to chromosome 8q13. AVED patients have an…”
Get full text
Journal Article