Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
A locus for Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) has recently been mapped to a 30-cM region of chromosome 14q in five pedigrees of Japanese descent. MJD is a clinically pleomorphic neurodegenerative disease that was originally described in subjects of Azorean descent. In light of the nonallelic heterogeneity in other inherited spinocerebellar ataxias, we were interested to determine if the MJD phenotype in Japanese and Azorean pedigrees arose from mutations at the same locus. We provide evidence that MJD in five pedigrees of Azorean descent is also linked to chromosome 14q in an 18-cM region between the markers D14S67 and AACT (multipoint lod score +7.00 near D14S81). We also report molecular evidence for homozygosity at the MJD locus in an MJD-affected subject with severe, early-onset symptoms. These observations confirm the initial report of linkage of MJD to chromosome 14; suggest that MJD in Japanese and Azorean subjects may represent allelic or identical mutations at the same locus; and provide one possible explanation (MJD gene dosage) for the observed phenotypic heterogeneity in this disease.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1303289, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1407591, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1436057, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1620135, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1639382, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-1639414, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-2296358, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-2693890, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-3208224, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-3838272, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-5061839, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-6509398, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-6651242, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-6681562, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-7902323, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-8358429, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-8358438, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-8358439, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-8364563, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8023841-8421964
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:geneSymbol
MJD
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
120-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Machado-Joseph disease in pedigrees of Azorean descent is linked to chromosome 14.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't