Observational study of gene-disease association, gene-environment interaction, and pharmacogenomic / toxicogenomic. (HuGE Navigator) | Variation at the NFATC2 locus increases the risk of thiazolidinedione-induced edema in the Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril and rosiglitazone Medication (DREAM) study. Bailey SD, Xie C, Do R, Montpetit A, Diaz R, Mohan V, Keavney B, Yusuf S, Gerstein HC, Engert JC, Anand S, DREAM investigators., Free PMC Article | 09/15/2010 |
Observational study of gene-disease association. (HuGE Navigator) | Gene-centric association signals for lipids and apolipoproteins identified via the HumanCVD BeadChip. Talmud PJ, Drenos F, Shah S, Shah T, Palmen J, Verzilli C, Gaunt TR, Pallas J, Lovering R, Li K, Casas JP, Sofat R, Kumari M, Rodriguez S, Johnson T, Newhouse SJ, Dominiczak A, Samani NJ, Caulfield M, Sever P, Stanton A, Shields DC, Padmanabhan S, Melander O, Hastie C, Delles C, Ebrahim S, Marmot MG, Smith GD, Lawlor DA, Munroe PB, Day IN, Kivimaki M, Whittaker J, Humphries SE, Hingorani AD, ASCOT investigators, NORDIL investigators, BRIGHT Consortium., Free PMC Article | 09/15/2010 |
Ofd1 acts at the distal centriole to build distal appendages, recruit Ift88, and stabilize centriolar microtubules at a defined length. | Ofd1, a human disease gene, regulates the length and distal structure of centrioles. Singla V, Romaguera-Ros M, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Reiter JF., Free PMC Article | 04/19/2010 |
Odontoblasts in vitro express tubulin, inversin, rootletin, OFD1, BBS4, BBS6, ALMS1, KIF3A, PC1, and PC2. In vivo, cilia align parallel to dentin walls with top part oriented toward pulp core. Close relations between cilium and nerve fibers are found. | Primary cilia of odontoblasts: possible role in molar morphogenesis. Thivichon-Prince B, Couble ML, Giamarchi A, Delmas P, Franco B, Romio L, Struys T, Lambrichts I, Ressnikoff D, Magloire H, Bleicher F. | 01/21/2010 |
OFD1 is mutated in X-linked Joubert syndrome and interacts with LCA5-encoded lebercilin | OFD1 is mutated in X-linked Joubert syndrome and interacts with LCA5-encoded lebercilin. Coene KL, Roepman R, Doherty D, Afroze B, Kroes HY, Letteboer SJ, Ngu LH, Budny B, van Wijk E, Gorden NT, Azhimi M, Thauvin-Robinet C, Veltman JA, Boink M, Kleefstra T, Cremers FP, van Bokhoven H, de Brouwer AP., Free PMC Article | 01/21/2010 |
Six OFD1 genomic deletions (exon 5, exons 1-8, exons 1-14, exons 10-11, exons 13-23 and exon 17) were identified, accounting for 5% of OFDI patients and for 23% of patients with negative mutation screening by DNA sequencing. | Genomic deletions of OFD1 account for 23% of oral-facial-digital type 1 syndrome after negative DNA sequencing. Thauvin-Robinet C, Franco B, Saugier-Veber P, Aral B, Gigot N, Donzel A, Van Maldergem L, Bieth E, Layet V, Mathieu M, Teebi A, Lespinasse J, Callier P, Mugneret F, Masurel-Paulet A, Gautier E, Huet F, Teyssier JR, Tosi M, Frébourg T, Faivre L. | 01/21/2010 |
exon 3 nucleotide change, 243C>G, leading to the missense mutation H81Q, [is] causative mutation [of] orofaciodigital I syndrome | Buccal anomalies, cephalometric analysis and genetic study of two sisters with orofaciodigital syndrome type I. Romero M, Franco B, del Pozo JS, Romance A. | 01/21/2010 |
OFD1 may be part of a multi-protein complex and could play different biological functions in the centrosome-primary cilium organelles as well as in the nuclear compartment | Functional characterization of the OFD1 protein reveals a nuclear localization and physical interaction with subunits of a chromatin remodeling complex. Giorgio G, Alfieri M, Prattichizzo C, Zullo A, Cairo S, Franco B., Free PMC Article | 01/21/2010 |
demonstrated that OFD1 is conserved among vertebrates and absent in invertebrates; evolutionarily conserved domains in the protein were identified; nonfunctional OFD1 copies, organized in repeat units on the human Y chromosome, were identified | Characterization of the OFD1/Ofd1 genes on the human and mouse sex chromosomes and exclusion of Ofd1 for the Xpl mouse mutant. Ferrante MI, Barra A, Truong JP, Banfi S, Disteche CM, Franco B. | 01/21/2010 |
OFD1 plays a role in differentiation of metanephric precursor cells. | OFD1, the gene mutated in oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1, is expressed in the metanephros and in human embryonic renal mesenchymal cells. Romio L, Wright V, Price K, Winyard PJ, Donnai D, Porteous ME, Franco B, Giorgio G, Malcolm S, Woolf AS, Feather SA. | 01/21/2010 |
These striking patterns of OFD1 localization within cells place the protein at key sites, where it may play roles not only in microtubule organization (centrosomal function) but also in mechanosensation of urine flow (a primary ciliary function). | OFD1 is a centrosomal/basal body protein expressed during mesenchymal-epithelial transition in human nephrogenesis. Romio L, Fry AM, Winyard PJ, Malcolm S, Woolf AS, Feather SA. | 01/21/2010 |
In 11 families, 11 novel mutations, including nine frameshift, one nonsense, and one missense mutation were identified, which spanned nine different exons. | Clinical, molecular, and genotype-phenotype correlation studies from 25 cases of oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1: a French and Belgian collaborative study. Thauvin-Robinet C, Cossée M, Cormier-Daire V, Van Maldergem L, Toutain A, Alembik Y, Bieth E, Layet V, Parent P, David A, Goldenberg A, Mortier G, Héron D, Sagot P, Bouvier AM, Huet F, Cusin V, Donzel A, Devys D, Teyssier JR, Faivre L., Free PMC Article | 01/21/2010 |
Study reports on a large family in which a novel X-linked recessive mental retardation (XLMR) syndrome comprising macrocephaly and ciliary dysfunction co-segregates with a frameshift mutation in the OFD1 gene. | A novel X-linked recessive mental retardation syndrome comprising macrocephaly and ciliary dysfunction is allelic to oral-facial-digital type I syndrome. Budny B, Chen W, Omran H, Fliegauf M, Tzschach A, Wisniewska M, Jensen LR, Raynaud M, Shoichet SA, Badura M, Lenzner S, Latos-Bielenska A, Ropers HH. | 01/21/2010 |