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Luo Y, Qu K, Kuai L, Ru Y, Huang K, Yan X, Xing M. Epigenetics in psoriasis: perspective of DNA methylation. Mol Genet Genomics 2021; 296:1027-1040. [PMID: 34137900 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-021-01804-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by excessive proliferation of keratinocytes (KCs). Onset of psoriasis is related to genetic, immune and environmental factors. The environment can interact with the genome through epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, and this modification is involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. In addition to a skin disease, psoriasis is also considered a systemic disease. We reviewed the current literature of psoriatic DNA methylation for studies from several aspects on the DNA methylation distribution patterns in different tissues/cells, single-nucleotide polymorphisms, and candidate disease genes and identified target genes regulated by DNA methylation that have been directly/indirectly validated. This review contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the important a role that DNA methylation plays in psoriasis from a holistic perspective and will promote the implementation of DNA methylation in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for psoriatic patients.
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- Ying Luo
- Department of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China
- Institute of Dermatology, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Surgery, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Shaanxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 4 West Glorious Gate, Xi'an, 710003, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Dermatology, Shaanxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 4 West Glorious Gate, Xi'an, 710003, People's Republic of China.
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Taniguchi A, Yamada Y, Hakoda M, Sekita C, Kawamoto M, Kaneko H, Yamanaka H. Molecular characterization of a deletion in the HPRT1 gene in a patient with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2012; 30:1266-71. [PMID: 22132985 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.608396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is caused by a deficiency of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) encoded by HPRT1. About 20% of patients have a deletion of HPRT1 and large deletions of HPRT1 are not always fully characterized at the molecular level. Here, we report on a case of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome with a 33-kb deletion involving exon 1 of HPRT1. This novel mutation is caused by a nonhomologous recombination between different classes of interspersed repetitive DNA.
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- A Taniguchi
- Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Deinococcus radiodurans is a robust bacterium best known for its capacity to repair massive DNA damage efficiently and accurately. It is extremely resistant to many DNA-damaging agents, including ionizing radiation and UV radiation (100 to 295 nm), desiccation, and mitomycin C, which induce oxidative damage not only to DNA but also to all cellular macromolecules via the production of reactive oxygen species. The extreme resilience of D. radiodurans to oxidative stress is imparted synergistically by an efficient protection of proteins against oxidative stress and an efficient DNA repair mechanism, enhanced by functional redundancies in both systems. D. radiodurans assets for the prevention of and recovery from oxidative stress are extensively reviewed here. Radiation- and desiccation-resistant bacteria such as D. radiodurans have substantially lower protein oxidation levels than do sensitive bacteria but have similar yields of DNA double-strand breaks. These findings challenge the concept of DNA as the primary target of radiation toxicity while advancing protein damage, and the protection of proteins against oxidative damage, as a new paradigm of radiation toxicity and survival. The protection of DNA repair and other proteins against oxidative damage is imparted by enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant defense systems dominated by divalent manganese complexes. Given that oxidative stress caused by the accumulation of reactive oxygen species is associated with aging and cancer, a comprehensive outlook on D. radiodurans strategies of combating oxidative stress may open new avenues for antiaging and anticancer treatments. The study of the antioxidation protection in D. radiodurans is therefore of considerable potential interest for medicine and public health.
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Phylipsen M, Vogelaar IP, Schaap RA, Arkesteijn SG, Boxma GL, van Helden WC, Wildschut IC, de Bruin-Roest AC, Giordano PC, Harteveld CL. A new α0-thalassemia deletion found in a Dutch family (--AW). Blood Cells Mol Dis 2010; 45:133-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Long interspersed elements (LINE-1 or L1) are the most active
transposable elements in the human genome. Due to their high copy
number and ability to sponsor retrotransposition of nonautonomous
RNA sequences, unchecked L1 activity can negatively impact the
genome by a number of means. Substantial evidence in lower
eukaryotes demonstrates that the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery
plays a major role in containing transposon activity. Despite
extensive analysis in other eukaryotes, no experimental evidence
has been presented that L1-derived siRNAs exist, or that the RNAi
plays a significant role in restricting L1 activity in the human
genome. This review will present evidence showing a direct role
for RNAi in suppressing the movement of transposable elements in
other eukaryotes, as well as speculate on the role RNAi might play
in protecting the human genome from LINE-1 activity.
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- Harris S. Soifer
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Fox North 2002, 1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
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Miyazaki D, Yoshida K, Fukushima K, Nakamura A, Suzuki K, Sato T, Takeda S, Ikeda SI. Characterization of deletion breakpoints in patients with dystrophinopathy carrying a deletion of exons 45-55 of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene. J Hum Genet 2009; 54:127-30. [PMID: 19158820 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2008.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deletion of exons 45-55 (del45-55) in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene (DMD) has gained particular interest in the field of molecular therapy, because it causes a milder phenotype than DMD, and therefore, may represent a good candidate for the goal of a multiple exon-skipping strategy. We have precisely characterized deletion breakpoints in three patients with del45-55 in DMD. Two of them were young adult males of the X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype, and the third patient revealed the mild Becker muscular dystrophy phenotype of late onset. The deletion breakpoints differed among patients. The deletion started at nt 226 604, 231 518, 117 284 in intron 44, and ended at nt 64 994, 59 314, 71 806 in intron 55, respectively. Deletion junctions showed no significant homology between the sequences adjacent to the distal and proximal end joints in these patients. Deletion breakpoints were not primarily associated with any particular sequence element, or with a matrix attachment region. However, there were several palindromic sequences and short tandem repeats at or near the breakpoints. These sequences, with a marked propensity to form secondary DNA structure intermediates, may predispose local DNA to breakage and intragenic recombination in these patients.
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- Daigo Miyazaki
- Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
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Fazza AC, Sabino FC, de Setta N, Bordin NA, da Silva EHT, Carareto CMA. Estimating genomic instability mediated by Alu retroelements in breast cancer. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:25-31. [PMID: 21637642 PMCID: PMC3032955 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009005000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Alu-PCR is a relatively simple technique that can be used to investigate genomic instability in cancer. This technique allows identification of the loss, gain or amplification of gene sequences based on the analysis of segments between two Alu elements coupled with quantitative and qualitative analyses of the profiles obtained from tumor samples, surgical margins and blood. In this work, we used Alu-PCR to identify gene alterations in ten patients with invasive ductal breast cancer. Several deletions and insertions were identified, indicating genomic instability in the tumor and adjacent normal tissue. Although not associated with specific genes, the alterations, which involved chromosomal bands 1p36.23, 1q41, 11q14.3, 13q14.2, occurred in areas of well-known genomic instability in breast and other types of cancer. These results indicate the potential usefulness of Alu-PCR in identifying altered gene sequences in breast cancer. However, caution is required in its application since the Alu primer can produce non-specific amplification.
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- Ana Cristina Fazza
- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Faculdade de Medicina, São José do Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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Elez M, Radman M, Matic I. The frequency and structure of recombinant products is determined by the cellular level of MutL. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8935-40. [PMID: 17502621 PMCID: PMC1885606 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610149104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The presence of repeated DNA sequences is a genomic liability, because interrepeat recombination can result in chromosomal rearrangements. The mismatch repair system prevents recombination between nonidentical repeats, but the mechanism of antirecombination has not been established. Although the MutS protein binds to base pair mismatches in heteroduplex DNA, the role of the MutL protein in preventing recombination is unknown. In a screen designed to identify new cellular functions that suppress deletion formation involving nonidentical DNA repeats, we isolated a mutL mutant having a separation-of-function phenotype. The mutant showed an increased frequency of deletions but not of mutations. The split phenotype is due to a decreased MutL level, indicating that recombination, but not replication editing, is highly sensitive to MutL level. By altering the MutL level, we found that the frequency of deletion-generating recombination is inversely related to the amount of cellular MutL. DNA sequence analysis of the recombined repeats shows that the tolerance of base pair mismatches in heteroduplex DNA is also inversely correlated with MutL level. Unlike recombination, correction of misincorporation errors by mismatch repair is insensitive to fluctuations in MutL level. Overproduction of MutS does not affect either of these phenotypes, suggesting that, unlike MutL, MutS is not limiting for mismatch repair activities. These results indicate that MutL (i) determines effective DNA homology in recombination processes and (ii) fine tunes the process of deletion formation involving repeated, diverged DNA sequences.
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- Marina Elez
- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U571, Faculté de Médicine, Université Paris V, 156 Rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France; and
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U571, Faculté de Médicine, Université Paris V, 156 Rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France; and
- Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Mestrovicevo Setaliste bb, 21000 Split, Croatia
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U571, Faculté de Médicine, Université Paris V, 156 Rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Soifer HS, Zaragoza A, Peyvan M, Behlke MA, Rossi JJ. A potential role for RNA interference in controlling the activity of the human LINE-1 retrotransposon. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:846-56. [PMID: 15701756 PMCID: PMC549394 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Long interspersed nuclear elements (LINE-1 or L1) comprise 17% of the human genome, although only 80-100 L1s are considered retrotransposition-competent (RC-L1). Despite their small number, RC-L1s are still potential hazards to genome integrity through insertional mutagenesis, unequal recombination and chromosome rearrangements. In this study, we provide several lines of evidence that the LINE-1 retrotransposon is susceptible to RNA interference (RNAi). First, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) generated in vitro from an L1 template is converted into functional short interfering RNA (siRNA) by DICER, the RNase III enzyme that initiates RNAi in human cells. Second, pooled siRNA from in vitro cleavage of L1 dsRNA, as well as synthetic L1 siRNA, targeting the 5'-UTR leads to sequence-specific mRNA degradation of an L1 fusion transcript. Finally, both synthetic and pooled siRNA suppressed retrotransposition from a highly active RC-L1 clone in cell culture assay. Our report is the first to demonstrate that a human transposable element is subjected to RNAi.
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- Harris S. Soifer
- Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Integrated DNA Technologies Inc.1710 Commercial Park, Coralville, IA 53341-2760, USA
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3011, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 626 301 8390; Fax: +1 626 301 8271;
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Dvorak J, Yang ZL, You FM, Luo MC. Deletion polymorphism in wheat chromosome regions with contrasting recombination rates. Genetics 2004; 168:1665-75. [PMID: 15579715 PMCID: PMC1448774 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.103.024927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2003] [Accepted: 07/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Polymorphism for deletions was investigated in 1027 lines of tetraploid and hexaploid wheat and 420 lines of wheat diploid ancestors. A total of 26 deletions originating during the evolution of polyploid wheat were discovered among 155 investigated loci. Wheat chromosomes were divided into a proximal, low-recombination interval containing 69 loci and a distal, high-recombination interval containing 86 loci. A total of 23 deletions involved loci in the distal, high-recombination interval and only 3 involved loci in the proximal, low-recombination interval. The rates of DNA loss differed by several orders of magnitude in the two intervals. The rate of diploidization of polyploid wheat by deletions was estimated and was shown to have proceeded faster in the distal, high-recombination interval than in the proximal, low-recombination interval.
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- Jan Dvorak
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
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Turelli P, Vianin S, Trono D. The Innate Antiretroviral Factor APOBEC3G Does Not Affect Human LINE-1 Retrotransposition in a Cell Culture Assay. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:43371-3. [PMID: 15322092 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c400334200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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APOBEC3G (apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3G) is an innate intracellular antiretroviral factor that can inhibit viral retroelements such as retroviruses and hepadnaviruses. However, it is unknown whether it can act on non-viral substrates. Retrotransposons are transposable elements that cumulatively account for about one third of the human genome. They are commonly classified in long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, which are strongly homologous to retroviruses, and non-LTR retrotransposons also known as L1 elements or LINE-1 (long interspersed nucleotide element-1) elements. Most of the L1 elements are defective and only a small number are very active in vivo, but they are responsible for nearby all of the retrotransposition in the human population. The cloning of active human L1 elements has allowed the development of tissue culture-based assays for measuring their retrotransposition potential. We used such an assay to demonstrate that APOBEC3G, which impairs the replication of exogenous retroelements, does not affect the replication of endogenous L1 retrotransposons.
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- Priscilla Turelli
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, 1211 4, Switzerland
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Chi CS, Tsai CR, Chen LH, Lee HF, Mak BSC, Yang SH, Wang TY, Shu SG, Chen CH. Maple syrup urine disease in the Austronesian aboriginal tribe Paiwan of Taiwan: a novel DBT (E2) gene 4.7 kb founder deletion caused by a nonhomologous recombination between LINE-1 and Alu and the carrier-frequency determination. Eur J Hum Genet 2004; 11:931-6. [PMID: 14508502 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an autosomal recessive inborn error disorder derived from the accumulation of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) leucine, isoleucine and valine. Either the E1alpha, E1beta or DBT (E2) genes are responsible for this neurometabolic disease. Here, we report the identification and characterization of a novel E2 gene 4.7 kb deletion as a rare nonhomologous recombination of the long interspersed nuclear elements 1 (LINE-1) in intron 10 and the Alu in the 3' UTR of the E2 gene from three classic MSUD patients of the Austronesian aboriginal tribe Paiwan in Taiwan. The E2 gene 4.7 kb deletion accounted for five out of six alleles in the three unrelated Paiwanese MSUD patients, indicating a founder effect. Carrier-frequency study revealed one deleted heterozygote out of 101 normal Paiwanese. As the nine Taiwanese Austronesian aboriginal tribes share a common origin, this E2 4.7 kb deletion may be preserved in some of the other Austronesian aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. This is the first comprehensive genetics study of MSUD in the Austronesian tribal groups as well as in Taiwan.
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- Ching-Shiang Chi
- Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
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Laccone F, Jünemann I, Whatley S, Morgan R, Butler R, Huppke P, Ravine D. Large deletions of the MECP2 gene detected by gene dosage analysis in patients with Rett syndrome. Hum Mutat 2004; 23:234-44. [PMID: 14974082 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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MECP2 mutations are responsible for Rett syndrome (RTT). Approximately a quarter of classic RTT cases, however, do not have an identifiable mutation of the MECP2 gene. We hypothesized that larger deletions arising from a deletion prone region (DPR) occur commonly and are not being routinely detected by the current PCR-mediated screening strategies. We developed and applied a quantitative PCR strategy (qPCR) to samples referred for diagnostic assessment from 140 patients among whom RTT was strongly suspected and from a second selected group of 31 girls with classical RTT. Earlier MECP2 mutation screening in both groups of patients had yielded a wild-type result. We identified 10 large deletions (7.1%) within the first group and five deletions in the second group (16.1%). Sequencing of the breakpoints in 11 cases revealed that eight cases had one breakpoint within the DPR. Among seven cases, the breakpoint distant to the DPR involved one of several Alu repeats. Sequence analysis of the junction sequences revealed that eight cases had complex rearrangements. Examination of the MECP2 genomic sequence reveals that it is highly enriched for repeat elements, with the content of Alu repeats rising to 27.8% in intron 2, in which there was an abundance of breakpoints among our patients. Furthermore, a perfect chi sequence, known to be recombinogenic in E. coli, is located in the DPR. We propose that the chi sequence and Alu repeats are potent factors contributing to genomic rearrangement. We suggest that routine mutation screening in MECP2 should include quantitative analysis of the genomic sequences flanking the DPR.
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- Franco Laccone
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Göttingen, Germany.
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Silao CLT, Padilla CD, Matsuo M. A novel deletion creating a new terminal exon of the dihydrolipoyl transacylase gene is a founder mutation of Filipino maple syrup urine disease. Mol Genet Metab 2004; 81:100-4. [PMID: 14741190 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2003.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare, autosomal-recessive disorder of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism. In the Philippines, many MSUD cases have been diagnosed clinically. Here, molecular analysis of the dihydrolipoyl transacylase (E2) gene was done in 13 unrelated families from the Philippines. A novel deletion spanning 4.1 kb of intron 10 and 601 bp of exon 11, caused by non-homologous recombination between an L1 repeat in intron 10 and an Alu repeat in exon 11, was found in 8 out of 13 families, with 5 of them being homozygous for the mutation, implicating it as a founder mutation of Filipino MSUD. The resulting mutant E2 mRNA contains a 239-bp insertion after exon 10, thereby producing a new terminal exon. Large-scale population screening of the deletion revealed that one carrier of the mutation was identified in 100 normal Filipinos. These findings suggest that a limited number of mutations might underlie MSUD in the Filipino population, potentially facilitating prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection of MSUD in this group.
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- Catherine Lynn T Silao
- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunokicho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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Muntoni F, Torelli S, Ferlini A. Dystrophin and mutations: one gene, several proteins, multiple phenotypes. Lancet Neurol 2003; 2:731-40. [PMID: 14636778 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(03)00585-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 706] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A large and complex gene on the X chromosome encodes dystrophin. Many mutations have been described in this gene, most of which affect the expression of the muscle isoform, the best-known protein product of this locus. These mutations result in the Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD and BMD). However, there are several other tissue specific isoforms of dystrophin, some exclusively or predominantly expressed in the brain or the retina. Mutations affecting the correct expression of these tissue-specific isoforms have been associated with the CNS involvement common in DMD. Rare mutations also account for the allelic disorder X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy, in which dystrophin expression or function is affected mostly or exclusively in the heart. Genotype definition of the dystrophin gene in patients with dystrophinopathies has taught us much about functionally important domains of the protein itself and has provided insights into several regulatory mechanisms governing the gene expression profile. Here, we focus on current understanding of the genotype-phenotype relation for mutations in the dystrophin gene and their implications for gene functions.
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- Francesco Muntoni
- Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK.
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Kayano S, Kure S, Suzuki Y, Kanno K, Aoki Y, Kondo S, Schutte BC, Murray JC, Yamada A, Matsubara Y. Novel IRF6 mutations in Japanese patients with Van der Woude syndrome: two missense mutations (R45Q and P396S) and a 17-kb deletion. J Hum Genet 2003; 48:622-628. [PMID: 14618417 DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0089-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2003] [Accepted: 09/22/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Three Japanese families with Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) were screened for mutations in the interferon regulatory factor 6 gene (IRF6) by sequencing its entire coding region. Two novel missense mutations, R45Q in exon 3 and P396S in exon 9, were identified in families 1 and 2, respectively. In family 3, no causative base change was found by the sequencing analysis, but a deletion involving exons 4-9 was suggested by multiplex PCR analysis. To confirm the deletion and to determine its 5'- and 3'-boundaries, we amplified a DNA fragment containing a heterozygous polymorphic site in exon 2 by using a 5'-upstream forward PCR primer and eight different reverse primers located 3'-downstream of exon 2. The amplified product was subjected to nested PCR to generate a DNA fragment containing the polymorphic site. When a reverse primer located within the deletion was used for the first PCR amplification, only the nondeletion allele was detected after the second PCR. Repeated analyses with eight different reverse primers allowed us to map the boundaries of the deletion, and subsequently a heterozygous 17,162-bp deletion involving exons 4-9 was identified. Since IRF6 mutations in a significant portion of VWS patients remain undetected by conventional sequencing analysis, it may be important to search for a large deletion in those patients. Our simple methods to identify deletions and to determine the boundaries of a deletion would facilitate the identification of such patients.
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- Shuji Kayano
- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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Furmaga WB, Ryan JL, Coleman WB, Cole SR, Tsongalis GJ. Alu profiling of primary and metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer. Exp Mol Pathol 2003; 74:224-9. [PMID: 12782008 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4800(03)00016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The metastatic potential of nonsmall cell carcinoma of lung (NSCLC), is currently recognized post factum, when lymph nodes or distant organs are already involved. Our ability to determine which tumors have acquired metastatic potential could help direct therapy to be more aggressive or less aggressive based upon this information. Evaluation of microsatellite instability via detection of LOH at specific loci may be useful in identifying specific markers and/or genes associated with this process. We examined Alu insertional elements as a potential marker of genetic changes associated with the metastatic potential of NSCLC. We analyzed archived, paraffin embedded tissue from 20 proven cases of NSCLC. DNA was extracted from 10 micron paraffin sections and amplified using an Alu PCR protocol. This technique does not examine specific loci but rather results in a banding profile of cellular genomic DNA. Informative allelic banding patterns, noted as differences between primary and metastatic lesions from the same patient, were observed in five of six cases (83%) with intrapulmonary metastases and in only nine of 14 (64%) cases with extrapulmonary metastases. Multiple genomic changes were detected in metastatic tumor cells as compared to normal lung tissue or primary lung tumor tissue. It appears that Alu profiling may be useful in the detection of metastatic vs primary lesions, and this technique may offer a method for identifying novel genes responsible for tumor progression and metastases.
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- Wieslaw B Furmaga
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 06102, USA
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Desmaze C, Soria JC, Freulet-Marrière MA, Mathieu N, Sabatier L. Telomere-driven genomic instability in cancer cells. Cancer Lett 2003; 194:173-82. [PMID: 12757975 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00704-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Telomeres, the ends of linear chromosomes, play a major role in the maintenance of genome integrity. Telomerase or alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) mechanisms exist in most cancer cells in order to stabilize telomere length by the addition of telomeric repeats. Telomere loss can be dramatically mutagenic. Chromosomes lacking one telomere remain unstable until they are capped, generating chromosomal instability, gene amplification via breakage/fusion/bridge (B/F/B) cycles and resulting in chromosome imbalances. The chronology of the occurrence of gene amplification and chromosome imbalances detected in human tumors is still unknown. All of the aberrations that occur prior to, during or after activation of a telomere maintenance mechanism promote the development of cancer.
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- Chantal Desmaze
- CEA-DSV/DRR/LRO, 18 Route du Panorama, 92265 Cedex, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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Mathews LM, Chi SY, Greenberg N, Ovchinnikov I, Swergold GD. Large differences between LINE-1 amplification rates in the human and chimpanzee lineages. Am J Hum Genet 2003; 72:739-48. [PMID: 12574987 PMCID: PMC1180250 DOI: 10.1086/368275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2002] [Accepted: 12/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The genomic evolution and causes of phenotypic variation among humans and great apes remain largely unknown, although the phylogenetic relationships among them have been extensively explored. Previous studies that focus on differences at the amino acid and nucleotide sequence levels have revealed a high degree of similarity between humans and chimpanzees, suggesting that other types of genomic change may have contributed to the relatively large phenotypic differences between them. For example, the activity of long interspersed element 1 (LINE-1) retrotransposons may impose significant changes on genomic structure and function and, consequently, on phenotype. Here we investigate the relative rates of LINE-1 amplification in the lineages leading to humans, bonobos (Pan paniscus), and chimpanzees (P. troglodytes). Our data indicate that LINE-1 insertions have accumulated at significantly greater rates in bonobos and chimpanzees than in humans, provide insights into the timing of major LINE-1 amplification events during great ape evolution, and identify a Pan-specific LINE-1 subfamily.
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- Lauren M Mathews
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Javaud C, Dupuy F, Maftah A, Julien R, Petit JM. The fucosyltransferase gene family: an amazing summary of the underlying mechanisms of gene evolution. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-0229-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hagan CR, Rudin CM. Mobile genetic element activation and genotoxic cancer therapy: potential clinical implications. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGENOMICS : GENOMICS-RELATED RESEARCH IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL PRACTICE 2002; 2:25-35. [PMID: 12083952 DOI: 10.2165/00129785-200202010-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Approximately one-quarter of the human genome is composed of short and long interspersed elements (SINEs and LINEs, respectively). These elements have spread throughout the genome by a process termed retrotransposition, consisting of transcription of an element into RNA, reverse transcription into cDNA, and reinsertion of the copied element into a new genomic location. Recombination events involving these elements, including novel insertions into active genes, have been associated with a number of human diseases. Despite the fact that these elements have replicated to hundreds of thousands of copies in the genome, under most conditions they remain transcriptionally silent, and therefore are not actively replicating. The signals controlling retrotransposable element activation in the genome have not been defined. Our laboratory recently found that exposure of cells to a variety of DNA-damaging agents, including several common chemotherapeutic drugs and gamma-radiation, is associated with dramatic induction of SINE transcription, and of a concomitant endogenous reverse transcriptase activity. As SINEs do not encode for reverse transcriptase, the latter finding suggests a more global activation of retrotransposable elements in response to DNA damage. Together these observations suggest that genotoxic exposure may lead to genomic mutation not only through direct DNA damage, but also through indirect activation of potentially mutagenic mobile elements in the genome. The nonrandom distribution of retrotransposable elements in the human genome may contribute to the pattern of characteristic translocation events associated with secondary malignancies in patients exposed to genotoxic agents. Here we describe these and other mechanisms by which retrotransposable elements can contribute to disease, and present an overview of what is known about this large, and largely unexplored, segment of the genome. Understanding the cellular responses to genotoxic stress may permit the development of a means of predicting the risks and preventing the development of secondary malignancy following cancer therapy.
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- Christy R Hagan
- Committee on Cancer Biology and Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 Aouth Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Pozzoli U, Sironi M, Cagliani R, Comi GP, Bardoni A, Bresolin N. Comparative analysis of the human dystrophin and utrophin gene structures. Genetics 2002; 160:793-8. [PMID: 11861579 PMCID: PMC1461978 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/160.2.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We present analysis of intronic sequences in the human DMD and UTRN genes. In both genes accumulation of repeated elements could account for intron expansion. Out-of-frame rod-domain exons have stronger splice sites and are separated by significantly longer introns as compared to in-frame exons. These features are unique for the two homologs and not shared by other spectrin superfamily genes.
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- Uberto Pozzoli
- IRCCS E. Medea, Associazione La Nostra Famiglia, 23842 Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy.
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Chernova OB, Hunyadi A, Malaj E, Pan H, Crooks C, Roe B, Cowell JK. A novel member of the WD-repeat gene family, WDR11, maps to the 10q26 region and is disrupted by a chromosome translocation in human glioblastoma cells. Oncogene 2001; 20:5378-92. [PMID: 11536051 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2001] [Revised: 05/17/2001] [Accepted: 05/31/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Allelic deletions of 10q25-26 and 19q13.3-13.4 are the most common genetic alterations in glial tumors. We have identified a balanced t(10;19) reciprocal translocation in the A172 glioblastoma cell line which involves both critical regions on chromosomes 10 and 19. In addition, loss of an entire copy of chromosome 10 has occurred in this cell line suggesting that the translocation event may provide a highly specific critical inactivating event in a gene responsible for tumorigenesis. Positional cloning of this translocation breakpoint resulted in the identification of a novel chromosome 10 gene, WDR11, which is a member of the WD-repeat gene family. The WDR11 gene is ubiquitously expressed, including normal brain and glial tumors. WDR11 is composed of 29 exons distributed over 58 kilobases and oriented towards the telomere. The translocation resulted in deletion of exon 5 and consequently fusion of intron 4 of WDR11 to the 3' untranslated region of a novel member, ZNF320, of the Krüppel-like zinc finger gene family. Since ZNF320 is oriented toward the centromere of chromosome 19, both genes appeared on the same derivative chromosome der(10). The chimeric transcript encodes the WDR11 polypeptide, which is truncated after the second of six WD-repeats. ZNF320 is also expressed in A172 cells, although it is not clear if the translocation affects the expression of the altered gene because of the presence of another unrearranged gene on chromosome 19. We suggest that, because of its localization in a region frequently showing LOH and the observation of inactivation of this gene in glioblastoma cells, WDR11 is a candidate gene for the frequently proposed tumor suppressor gene in 10q25-26 which is involved in tumorigenesis of glial and other tumors showing frequent alterations in the distal 10q region.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Exons
- GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Deletion
- Glioblastoma/genetics
- Glioma/genetics
- Glioma/metabolism
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Introns
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Telomere
- Tissue Distribution
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Zinc Fingers
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- O B Chernova
- Center for Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute /ND40, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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