2004
A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A
Jiang Y, Sahoo T, Michaelis RC, Bercovich D, Bressler J, Kashork CD, Liu Q, Shaffer LG, Schroer RJ, Stockton DW, Spielman RS, Stevenson RE, Beaudet AL. A mixed epigenetic/genetic model for oligogenic inheritance of autism with a limited role for UBE3A. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2004, 131A: 1-10. PMID: 15389703, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAutistic DisorderBlotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternBrainChromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Deoxyribonuclease BamHIDeoxyribonuclease HpaIIDNADNA MethylationFemaleGene DuplicationHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleModels, GeneticMutationPedigreeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsOligogenic inheritanceComplex disease traitsGenome-wide studiesAbnormal DNA methylationE6-AP proteinDe novoGenetic modelsRole of UBE3AUbiquitin ligaseDNA methylationEpigenetic abnormalitiesDisease traitsAutism brainPaternal duplicationChromosome 15qUBE3AGenetic contributionRegion downstreamGenesOligogenic modelInheritanceProteinNovoLigaseBrain samples
1999
Mutation of the E6-AP Ubiquitin Ligase Reduces Nuclear Inclusion Frequency While Accelerating Polyglutamine-Induced Pathology in SCA1 Mice
Cummings C, Reinstein E, Sun Y, Antalffy B, Jiang Y, Ciechanover A, Orr H, Beaudet A, Zoghbi H. Mutation of the E6-AP Ubiquitin Ligase Reduces Nuclear Inclusion Frequency While Accelerating Polyglutamine-Induced Pathology in SCA1 Mice. Neuron 1999, 24: 879-892. PMID: 10624951, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81035-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtaxin-1AtaxinsCell NucleusCells, CulturedCysteine EndopeptidasesFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHeLa CellsHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryInclusion BodiesLigasesMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ConfocalMultienzyme ComplexesMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPeptidesPhenotypePlasmidsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexPurkinje CellsSpinocerebellar DegenerationsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitinsConceptsMutant ataxin-1Ataxin-1Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1Ataxin-1 aggregationUbiquitin-protein ligaseUbiquitin-positive nuclear inclusionsUbiquitin-proteasome pathwayNuclear inclusionsPolyglutamine proteinsProteasomal degradationProteasome distributionMutant formsSCA1 pathogenesisAtaxia type 1Patient neuronsPurkinje cell pathologySCA1 miceCell pathologyInclusion frequencyCellsLigasePurkinje cellsProtein
1998
Imprinting in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes
Jiang Y, Tsai T, Bressler J, Beaudet A. Imprinting in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 1998, 8: 334-342. PMID: 9691003, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(98)80091-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligaseUbiquitin-protein ligaseAnalysis of methylationTissue-specific imprintingAngelman syndromeSNRPN promoterPrader-Willi syndromeAS genesMaternal chromosomesGene expressionGenomic sequencingPoint mutationsGenesBisulfite methodMethylationCandidate regionsImprintingHippocampal neuronsDrosophilaNecdinSNRPNLigaseChromosomesPromoterPurkinje cells