Objective: To describe the clinical features of and genetic locus associated with autosomal-dominant macular dystrophy (MCDR5) in a large Greek family. Methods: 26 members of a single family underwent ...

Background: Patients with cystic fibrosis with the same mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ( CFTR ) gene differ widely in survival suggesting other factors have a ...

Background The genomic contribution to adverse health sequelae in babies born very preterm (<32 weeks’ gestation) is unknown. We conducted an investigation of rare CNVs in infants born very preterm as ...

Friedreich ataxia, an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, is the most common of the inherited ataxias. The recent discovery of the gene that is mutated in this condition, FRDA , has led to ...

Kuwait has a cosmopolitan population of 1.7 million, mostly Arabs. This population is a mosaic of large and small minorities representing most Arab communities. In general, Kuwait's population is ...

Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders have a high clinical variability, mainly explained by variation of the mutant load across tissues. The high recurrence risk of these serious diseases ...

Background T cell dysfunction occurs in many diseases, especially in chronic virus infection and cancers. However, up to now, little is known on the distinctions in T cell exhaustion between cancer ...

Background Short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase—ECHS1—catalyses many metabolic pathways, including mitochondrial short-chain fatty acid β-oxidation and branched-chain amino acid catabolic pathways; however ...

Background: Microdeletions at 17q21.31 have recently been shown to cause a novel syndrome. Here we identify the reciprocal 17q21.31 duplication syndrome in 4 patients. Method: Patients with the ...

Immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising therapeutic strategies in cancer. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) system ...

Background Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibres (MERRF) and mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) are established phenotypes of mitochondrial ...

Background 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is considered as the genetic model of schizophrenia. However, its polymorphic nature has led researchers to further investigate its neuropsychiatric ...