• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2020

가성부갑상샘기능저하증(pseudohypoparathyroidism, PHP)은 부갑상샘호르몬에 대해 표적 기관이 저항성을 가지며, 저칼슘혈증과 고인산혈증을 특징으로 하는 질병이다. PHP의 원인은 자극형 G 단백의 신호전달이 문제인데, α-아형을 인코딩하는 GNAS 유전자와 GNAS 유전자 상부의 각인 이상으로 발생한다. 가족력 없이 발생하는 산발성 PHP 1b형은 GNAS 유전자 상류 다발 지역의 메칠화 이상으로, 그 중 일부는 모계 유전형이 소실되고, 부계 유전형만이 표현된다. 본 논문에서는 간헐적 강직을 주소로 내원한 10.8세 남아에서 발생한 20번 염색체 장완의 부계 단친성 이염색체에 의한 산발성 PHP 1b형의 증례를 고찰해보고자 한다.

• Laboratory Medicine Online
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2017

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a rare disorder caused by genetic and epigenetic aberrations in the GNAS complex locus resulting in impaired expression of stimulatory G protein ($Gs{\alpha}$). PHP type Ib (PHP-Ib) is characterized by hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia due to renal resistance to the parathyroid hormone, and is distinguished from PHP-Ia by the absence of osteodystrophic features. An 11-yr-old boy presented with poor oral intake and cramping lower limb pain after physical activity. Laboratory studies revealed hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and increased parathyroid hormone levels. The GNAS complex locus was evaluated using the methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay. Gain of methylation in the NESP55 domain and loss of methylation in the antisense (AS) transcript, XL, and A/B domains in the maternal allele were observed. Consequently, we present a case of PHP-Ib diagnosed using MS-MLPA.

• Journal of Interdisciplinary Genomics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.29-31
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• 2023

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is very rare and shows heterogeneity with impaired genetic components. PHP is characterized by parathyroid hormone resistance to target organ, related with a GNAS (guanine nucleotide-binding protein α-subunit) mutation and epimutation. PHP receptor is coupled with the stimulatory G protein which activates cyclic adenosine monophosphate formation. PHP type 1A is caused by inactivating mutations on the maternal allele of the GNAS whereas paternal allele mutations cause pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. PHP type 1B is caused by abnormal patterns of methylation in differentially methylated region which can be divided into partial or complete. This disease has some difficulties to diagnose according to these different molecular alterations caused by complex genetic and epigenetic defects. According to this different molecular alterations, genetic confirmation must be done to discriminate their etiology.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.240-244
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• 2014

Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia (PHP Ia) is a disorder characterized by multiform hormonal resistance including parathyroid hormone (PTH) resistance and Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). It is caused by heterozygous inactivating mutations within the Gs alpha-encoding GNAS exons. A 9-year-old boy presented with clinical and laboratory abnormalities including hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, PTH resistance, multihormone resistance and AHO (round face, short stature, obesity, brachydactyly and osteoma cutis) which were typical of PHP Ia. He had a history of repeated convulsive episodes that started from the age of 2 months. A cranial computed tomography scan showed bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia and his intelligence quotient testing indicated mild mental retardation. Family history revealed that the patient's maternal relatives, including his grandmother and 2 of his mother's siblings, had features suggestive of AHO. Sequencing of the GNAS gene of the patient identified a heterozygous nonsense mutation within exon 11 (c.637 C>T). The C>T transversion results in an amino acid substitution from Gln to stop codon at codon 213 ($p.Gln213^*$). To our knowledge, this is a novel mutation in GNAS.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2021

목적: 가성부갑상선기능항진증은 GNAS 부위의 돌연변이에 의해 발생하며, 여러 호르몬에 대한 저항성과 올브라이트 유전성 골이영양증을 특징으로 한다. 이 연구는 가성부갑상선기능항진증의 표현형 특성과 분자유전학적 특징을 조사하고자 하였다. 방법: 부산대학교 어린이병원에 등록된 가성부갑상선기능항진증으로 진단된 환자 8명의 임상적 특징과, 생화학적, 유전학적 검사 결과들을 포함한 의무기록을 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결과: 총 8명의 환자 중 5명은 PHP1a로 진단되었고 3명은 PHP-1b로 진단되었다. PHP1a 환자는 GNAS 유전자의 3가지 서로 다른 돌연변이를 가졌고, PHPIb 환자는 DMR (differential methylated region) 각인 GNAS의 소실을 보였다. 두 개의 새로운 GNAS 변이(c.313-2A>T, c.1094G>A)가 PHP1a 환자에서 발견이 되었다. 모든 PHP1a 환자는 저신장(80%), 단지증(80%), 둥근 얼굴(80%), 비만(40%), 이소성 골화(60%), 지적 장애(60%) 등의 올브라이트 유전성 골이영양증의 특징을 보였으며, PHP1b 환자의 경우는 한 명(33.3%)만이 둥근 얼굴과 같은 올브라이트 유전성 골이영양증의 특징을 보였다. PHP1a 환자와 PHP1b 환자의 표현형 특징을 비교하였을 때, 현재 키 SDS만이 PHP1b 환자에서 PHP1a 환자보다 각각 더 높은 경향성을 보였다(P=0.06). 결론: 본 연구는 한국인 PHP 환자들의 임상적 표현형 및 유전학적 특징을 요약하였다. PHP1a와 PHP1 환자들 간에 상당한 임상적 중복이 있었지만, 다른 장기 말단 저항의 영향뿐만 아니라 PHP로 진단받은 소아의 성장과 발달을 평가하기 위해서는 더 장기적인 추적 연구가 필요하겠다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.693-699
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• 2010

Imprinted genes are essential for fetal development, growth regulation, and postnatal behavior. However, little is known about imprinted genes in livestock. We hypothesized that certain putatively imprinted genes affected normal peri-implantation development such as embryo elongation, initial placental development, and preparation of implantation. The objective of the present study was to investigate the mRNA expression patterns of several putatively imprinted genes during the porcine peri-implantation stages from day 6 to day 21 of gestation. Imprinted genes were selected both maternally (Dlk1, IGF2, Ndn, and Sgce) and paternally (IGF2r, H19, Gnas and Xist). Here, we report that the maternally imprinted gene IGF2 was expressed from day 6 (Blastocyst stage), but Dlk1, Ndn, and Sgce were not expressed in this stage. These genes were first expressed between days 12 and day 14. All the maternally imprinted genes studied showed significantly high expression patterns from day 18 of embryo development. In contrast, paternally imprinted genes IGF2r, H19, Gnas, and Xist were first expressed from day 6 of embryo development (BL). Our data demonstrated that the expression of H19 and Gnas genes was significantly increased from day 14 of the embryo developmental stage, while IGF2r and Xist only showed high expression after day 21. This study is the first to show that the putatively imprinted genes were stage-specific during porcine embryonic development. These results demonstrate that the genes studied may exert important effects on embryo implantation and fetal development.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2017

Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1b (PHP 1b) is the result of end organ resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the absence of any features of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. There are two subtypes of PHP 1b with different genetic mechanisms. One subtype is related to a maternally derived 3kb microdeletion involving STX 16 gene, and is inherited in an autosomal dominant mode. Familial autosomal dominant inheritance of PHP 1b is relatively rare. The other subtype is associated with more extensive loss of imprinting at the GNAS locus that affects at least one additional differential methylated (hypermethylation at neuroendocrine secretory protein and hypomethylation at antisense transcript and or extra-large stimulatory G protein region) without microdeletion of the STX 16 or AS gene. It can be sporadic due to an imprinting defect in the GNAS gene. In our case, an 8-year-old girl was referred for suspected PHP with no feature of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy. Blood test results revealed hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. Elevated PTH was also checked. There was no family history of endocrine or developmental problem. Her intelligence was normal, but she had inferior sociability at that time. Based on above, we diagnosed a rare case of paternal uniparental disomy of the long arm of chromosome 20 as the cause of PHP 1b by microsatellite marker test of chromosome 20.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.8.1-8.19
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• 2023

Cancer of the stomach is the second most frequent cancer-related death worldwide. The survival rate of patients with gastric cancer (GC) remains fragile. There is a requirement to discover biomarkers for prognosis approaches. Helicobacter pylori in the stomach is closely associated with the progression of GC. We identified the genes associated with poor/favorable prognosis in H. pylori-induced GC. Multivariate statistical analysis was applied on the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset GSE54397 to identify differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in gastric tissues with H. pylori-induced cancer compared with the H. pylori-positive with non-cancerous tissue. A protein interaction map (PIM) was built and subjected to DEMs targets. The enriched pathways and biological processes within the PIM were identified based on substantial clusters. Thereafter, the most critical genes in the PIM were illustrated, and their prognostic impact in GC was investigated. Considering p-value less than 0.01 and |Log2 fold change| as >1, five microRNAs demonstrated significant changes among the two groups. Gene functional analysis revealed that the ubiquitination system, neddylation pathway, and ciliary process are primarily involved in H. pylori-induced GC. Survival analysis illustrated that the overexpression of DOCK4, GNAS, CTGF, TGF-b1, ESR1, SELE, TIMP3, SMARCE1, and TXNIP was associated with poor prognosis, while increased MRPS5 expression was related to a favorable prognosis in GC patients. DOCK4, GNAS, CTGF, TGF-b1, ESR1, SELE, TIMP3, SMARCE1, TXNIP, and MRPS5 may be considered prognostic biomarkers for H. pylori-induced GC. However, experimental validation is necessary in the future.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2023

Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon genetic disorder in which bone is replaced by immature bone and fibrous tissue, manifesting as slow-growing lesions. Sporadic post-zygotic activating mutations in GNAS gene result in dysregulated GαS-protein signaling and elevation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate in affected tissues. This condition has a broad clinical spectrum, ranging from insignificant solitary lesions to severe disease. The craniofacial area is the most common site of fibrous dysplasia, and nine out of 10 patients with fibrous dysplasia affecting the craniofacial bones present before the age of 5. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment, but the technique varies according to the location and severity of the lesion and associated symptoms. The timing and indications of surgery should be carefully chosen with multidisciplinary consultations and a patient-specific approach.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2013

Normal-karyotype acute myeloid leukemia (NK-AML) is a highly malignant and cytogenetically heterogeneous hematologic cancer. We searched for somatic mutations from 10 pairs of tumor and normal cells by using a highly efficient and reliable analysis workflow for whole-exome sequencing data and performed association tests between the NK-AML and somatic mutations. We identified 21 nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants (SNVs) located in a coding region of 18 genes. Among them, the SNVs of three leukemia-related genes (MUC4, CNTNAP2, and GNAS) reported in previous studies were replicated in this study. We conducted stepwise genetic risk score (GRS) models composed of the NK-AML susceptible variants and evaluated the prediction accuracy of each GRS model by computing the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The GRS model that was composed of five SNVs (rs75156964, rs56213454, rs6604516, rs10888338, and rs2443878) showed 100% prediction accuracy, and the combined effect of the three reported genes was validated in the current study (AUC, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.92 to 1.00). Further study with large sample sizes is warranted to validate the combined effect of these somatic point mutations, and the discovery of novel markers may provide an opportunity to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets for NK-AML.