European Human Genetics Conference 2012, Young Investigator Award FinalistRie Kawamura, Hideyuki Tanabe, Takahito Wada, Shinji Saitoh, Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Keiko Wakui
Journal of medical genetics 54(12) 836-842 2017年12月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND: Heterozygous mutations in CTCF have been reported in patients with distinct clinical features including intellectual disability. However, the precise pathomechanism underlying the phenotype remains to be uncovered, partly because of th...
European journal of medical genetics 60(10) 521-526 2017年10月 [査読有り]
Mutations in WDR45 are responsible for beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN), which is an X-linked form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. BPAN mainly affects females and is characterized by seizures and develo...
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology 20(6) 659-72 2012年8月 [査読有り]
The three-dimensional (3D) structure of the genome is organized non-randomly and plays a role in genomic function via epigenetic mechanisms in the eukaryotic nucleus. Here, we analyzed the spatial positioning of three target regions; the SNRPN, UB...
American journal of medical genetics. Part A 152A(12) 3143-7 2010年12月
We describe two patients with Pallister-Hall syndrome (PHS) with genital abnormalities: a female with hydrometrocolpos secondary to vaginal atresia and a male with micropenis, hypoplastic scrotum, and bilateral cryptorchidism. Nonsense mutations i...
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogeneous connective tissue disorder involving skin and joint laxity and tissue fragility. A new type of EDS, similar to kyphoscoliosis type but without lysyl hydroxylase deficiency, has been investigated. We ...