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Genes, Volume 12, Issue 10

October 2021 - 187 articles

Cover Story: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a neuropsychiatric condition with strong ties to disease and lifestyle factors. Trait associations at the population level can result from a shared genetic or environmental etiology. In a twin pedigree approach with almost 20.000 relatives, we establish to what degree genetic and environmental factors influence the association between MDD and smoking behavior, physical inactivity, and obesity. We show that each of these traits is heritable, and that the associations between MDD and lifestyle factors are mainly driven by shared genetic factors.View this paper
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Articles (187)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,057 Views
7 Pages

Prenatal Diagnosis of Combined Maternal 4q Interstitial Deletion and Paternal 15q Microduplication

  • Francesco Libotte,
  • Marco Fabiani,
  • Katia Margiotti,
  • Antonella Viola,
  • Alvaro Mesoraca and
  • Claudio Giorlandino

16 October 2021

The 4q deletion syndrome is a well-known rare genetic condition caused by partial, terminal, or interstitial deletion in the long arm (q) of chromosome 4. The phenotype of this syndrome shows a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations due to the gre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,155 Views
8 Pages

Intermittent Hypoxia Alters the Circadian Expression of Clock Genes in Mouse Brain and Liver

  • Bala S. C. Koritala,
  • Yin Yeng Lee,
  • Shweta S. Bhadri,
  • Laetitia S. Gaspar,
  • Corinne Stanforth,
  • Gang Wu,
  • Marc D. Ruben,
  • Lauren J. Francey and
  • David F. Smith

16 October 2021

At least one-third of adults in the United States experience intermittent hypoxia (IH) due to health or living conditions. The majority of these adults suffer with sleep breathing conditions and associated circadian rhythm disorders. The impact of IH...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,589 Views
13 Pages

Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Hearing Loss Caused by MYH14 Variants

  • Ken Hiramatsu,
  • Shin-ya Nishio,
  • Shin-ichiro Kitajiri,
  • Tomohiro Kitano,
  • Hideaki Moteki,
  • Shin-ichi Usami and
  • on behalf of the Deafness Gene Study Consortium

15 October 2021

Variants in MYH14 are reported to cause autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss (ADNSHL), with 34 variants reported to cause hearing loss in various ethnic groups. However, the available information on prevalence, as well as with rega...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,996 Views
14 Pages

Structural Protein Analysis of Driver Gene Mutations in Conjunctival Melanoma

  • Mak B. Djulbegovic,
  • Vladimir N. Uversky,
  • J. William Harbour,
  • Anat Galor and
  • Carol L. Karp

15 October 2021

In recent years, there has been tremendous enthusiasm with respect to detailing the genetic basis of many neoplasms, including conjunctival melanoma (CM). We aim to analyze five proteins associated with CM, namely BRAF, NRAS, c-KIT, NF1, and PTEN. We...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,957 Views
10 Pages

15 October 2021

WDR36 is one of a number of genes implicated in the pathogenesis of adult-onset primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Here we describe in detail the phenotype of a patient with pathogenic variation in WDR36 who presented with a protracted history of ce...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,149 Views
13 Pages

Genetic Loci Underlying Awn Morphology in Barley

  • Biguang Huang,
  • Weiren Wu and
  • Zonglie Hong

14 October 2021

Barley awns are highly active in photosynthesis and account for 30–50% of grain weight in barley. They are diverse in length, ranging from long to awnless, and in shape from straight to hooded or crooked. Their diversity and importance have intrigued...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,570 Views
11 Pages

Disruptive NADSYN1 Variants Implicated in Congenital Vertebral Malformations

  • Jiachen Lin,
  • Lina Zhao,
  • Sen Zhao,
  • Shengjie Li,
  • Zhengye Zhao,
  • Zefu Chen,
  • Zhifa Zheng,
  • Jiashen Shao,
  • Yuchen Niu and
  • Xiaoxin Li
  • + 3 authors

14 October 2021

Genetic perturbations in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide de novo (NAD) synthesis pathway predispose individuals to congenital birth defects. The NADSYN1 encodes the final enzyme in the de novo NAD synthesis pathway and, therefore, plays an importan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,031 Views
27 Pages

Epigenetic Regulatory Dynamics in Models of Methamphetamine-Use Disorder

  • Subramaniam Jayanthi,
  • Michael T. McCoy and
  • Jean Lud Cadet

14 October 2021

Methamphetamine (METH)-use disorder (MUD) is a very serious, potentially lethal, biopsychosocial disease. Exposure to METH causes long-term changes to brain regions involved in reward processing and motivation, leading vulnerable individuals to engag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,582 Views
13 Pages

Isolation of RNA from Acute Ischemic Stroke Clots Retrieved by Mechanical Thrombectomy

  • Vincent M. Tutino,
  • Sarah Fricano,
  • Kirsten Frauens,
  • Tatsat R. Patel,
  • Andre Monteiro,
  • Hamid H. Rai,
  • Muhammad Waqas,
  • Lee Chaves,
  • Kerry E. Poppenberg and
  • Adnan H. Siddiqui

14 October 2021

Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has enabled biologic analyses of resected clots. While clot histology has been well-studied, little is known about gene expression within the tissue, which could shed light on...

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