Analysis of cell‐free DNA in maternal blood in screening for fetal aneuploidies: updated meta‐analysis

MM Gil, MS Quezada, R Revello… - … in obstetrics & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To review clinical validation or implementation studies of maternal blood cell‐free
(cf) DNA analysis and define the performance of screening for fetal trisomies 21, 18 and 13 …

Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency: new developments and opportunities

Y Qin, X Jiao, JL Simpson… - Human reproduction …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by marked
heterogeneity, but with a significant genetic contribution. Identifying exact causative genes …

A framework for the classification of joint hypermobility and related conditions

M Castori, B Tinkle, H Levy, R Grahame… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, growing attention has been placed on joint hypermobility and related
disorders. The new nosology for Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS), the best‐known and …

The diverse consequences of aneuploidy

NK Chunduri, Z Storchová - Nature Cell Biology, 2019 - nature.com
Aneuploidy, or imbalanced chromosome number, has profound effects on eukaryotic cells.
In humans, aneuploidy is associated with various pathologies, including cancer, which …

Cellular stress associated with aneuploidy

J Zhu, HJ Tsai, MR Gordon, R Li - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
Aneuploidy, chromosome stoichiometry that deviates from exact multiples of the haploid
compliment of an organism, exists in eukaryotic microbes, several normal human tissues …

Genes that escape from X inactivation

JB Berletch, F Yang, J Xu, L Carrel, CM Disteche - Human genetics, 2011 - Springer
To achieve a balanced gene expression dosage between males (XY) and females (XX),
mammals have evolved a compensatory mechanism to randomly inactivate one of the …

Sex differences in psychiatric disorders: what we can learn from sex chromosome aneuploidies

T Green, S Flash, AL Reiss - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 - nature.com
The study of sexual dimorphism in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders is
challenging due to the complex interplay of diverse biological, psychological, and social …

Changes in the cohort composition of turner syndrome and severe non-diagnosis of Klinefelter, 47, XXX and 47, XYY syndrome: a nationwide cohort study

A Berglund, MH Viuff, A Skakkebæk, S Chang… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2019 - Springer
Background Knowledge on the prevalence of sex chromosome abnormalities (SCAs) is
limited, and delayed diagnosis or non-diagnosis of SCAs are a continuous concern. We …

Quantifying the polygenic contribution to variable expressivity in eleven rare genetic disorders

MT Oetjens, MA Kelly, AC Sturm, CL Martin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Rare genetic disorders (RGDs) often exhibit significant clinical variability among affected
individuals, a disease characteristic termed variable expressivity. Recently, the aggregate …

The genetics of infertility: current status of the field

M Zorrilla, AN Yatsenko - Current genetic medicine reports, 2013 - Springer
Infertility is a relatively common health condition, affecting nearly 7% of all couples.
Clinically, it is a highly heterogeneous pathology with a complex etiology that includes …