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No genes for the “broken hearted”

Screening of a large cohort of patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as 'broken heart disease', shows no significant association with polymorphisms previously suggested to contribute to the disease.

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Featured article: Neurotrophins and emotions after mild traumatic brain injury

The rs6265 variant of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene shows a strong correlation with the emotional response following mild traumatic brain injury.

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Content type: Research article
| 21 September 2018

Muscle-specific regulation of right ventricular transcriptional responses to chronic hypoxia-induced hypertrophy by the muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) ubiquitin ligase in mice

Authors: Robert H. Oakley, Matthew J. Campen, Michael L. Paffett, Xin Chen, Zhongjing Wang, Traci L. Parry, Carolyn Hillhouse, John A. Cidlowski and Monte S. Willis
Content type: Research article
| 21 September 2018

The estrogen receptor 1 gene affects bone mineral density and osteoporosis treatment efficiency in Slovak postmenopausal women

Authors: Vladimira Mondockova, Maria Adamkovicova, Martina Lukacova, Birgit Grosskopf, Ramona Babosova, Drahomir Galbavy, Monika Martiniakova and Radoslav Omelka
Content type: Case report
| 20 September 2018

Identification of a novel TSC2 c.3610G > A, p.G1204R mutation contribute to aberrant splicing in a patient with classical tuberous sclerosis complex: a case report

Authors: Ruixiao Zhang, Jianhong Wang, Qing Wang, Yue Han, Xuejun Liu, Irene Bottillo, Yanhua Lang and Leping Shao
Content type: Case report
| 17 September 2018

Novel PNPLA2 gene mutation in a child causing neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy

Authors: Shouyan Zheng and Wei Liao
Content type: Research article
| 17 September 2018

Correlation between CTLA-4 and CD40 gene polymorphisms and their interaction in graves’ disease in a Chinese Han population

Authors: Xiaoming Chen, Zhuoqing Hu, Meilian Liu, Huaqian Li, Chanbo Liang, Wei Li, Liwen Bao, Manyang Chen and Ge Wu

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| 14 December 2009

Reduced transcription of TCOF1 in adult cells of Treacher Collins syndrome patients

Authors: Cibele Masotti, Camila C Ornelas, Alessandra Splendore-Gordonos, Ricardo Moura, Têmis M Félix, Nivaldo Alonso, Anamaria A Camargo and Maria Rita Passos-Bueno
Content type: Case report
| 1 May 2013

Deletion Xq27.3q28 in female patient with global developmental delays and skewed X-inactivation

Authors: Lauren S Marshall, Julie Simon, Tim Wood, Mei Peng, Renius Owen, Gary S Feldman and Michael V Zaragoza
Content type: Research article
| 1 May 2015

Leptin and adiponectin DNA methylation levels in adipose tissues and blood cells are associated with BMI, waist girth and LDL-cholesterol levels in severely obese men and women

Authors: Andrée-Anne Houde, Cécilia Légaré, Simon Biron, Odette Lescelleur, Laurent Biertho, Simon Marceau, André Tchernof, Marie-Claude Vohl, Marie-France Hivert and Luigi Bouchard
Content type: Research article
| 19 February 2013

Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related single nucleotide polymorphisms

Authors: Mohd Nazif Darawi, Chin Ai-Vyrn, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Philip Poi Jun Hua, Tan Maw Pin, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman and Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed
Content type: Correspondence
| 11 May 2010

Practice guidelines for the molecular analysis of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

Authors: Simon C Ramsden, Jill Clayton-Smith, Rachael Birch and Karin Buiting

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Muscle-specific regulation of right ventricular transcriptional responses to chronic hypoxia-induced hypertrophy by the muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) ubiquitin ligase in mice

The estrogen receptor 1 gene affects bone mineral density and osteoporosis treatment efficiency in Slovak postmenopausal women

Identification of a novel TSC2 c.3610G > A, p.G1204R mutation contribute to aberrant splicing in a patient with classical tuberous sclerosis complex: a case report

Novel PNPLA2 gene mutation in a child causing neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy

Correlation between CTLA-4 and CD40 gene polymorphisms and their interaction in graves’ disease in a Chinese Han population

Reduced transcription of TCOF1 in adult cells of Treacher Collins syndrome patients

Deletion Xq27.3q28 in female patient with global developmental delays and skewed X-inactivation

Leptin and adiponectin DNA methylation levels in adipose tissues and blood cells are associated with BMI, waist girth and LDL-cholesterol levels in severely obese men and women

Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related single nucleotide polymorphisms

Practice guidelines for the molecular analysis of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

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Alcohol as part of ‘care practices’ in White British women’s everyday personal relationships

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