supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82071437,U20A20355,and 82101342);the Hunan Innovative Province Construction Project(No.2019SK2335);the Natural Science Foundations of Hunan Province(No.2021JJ31115);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFC1306000 and 2021YFC2502100);the Project Program of National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders(Xiangya Hospital)(No.2021KFJJ10)
Background:Genetic variants of dopaminergic transcription factor-encoding genes are suggested to be Parkinson’s disease(PD)risk factors;however,no comprehensive analyses of these genes in patients with PD have been u...
National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFC1005300);Program of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(No.2022YFS0244)
To the Editor:Autosomal recessive mental retardation-52(MRT52,OMIM:616887)was first reported in 2016 and is characterized by global developmental delay,[1]severe intellectual disability(ID),speech disorder,and seizure...
This review was supported by the Medical and Health Science and Technology Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(No. 2021-I2M-1-040)。
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to major public health challenges globally. The increasing viral lineages identified indicate tha...
This work was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFD0500301,2021YFC0863300,and 2020YFC0840900).
Background:With the ongoing worldwide coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,an increasing number of viral variants are being identified,which poses a challenge for nucleic acid-based diagnostic tests.Rapid tests,...
This work was supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFC0909100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81801120);the Initial Scientific Research Fund at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University(No.SDFEYBS1702);Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Discipline Project(No.ZDXKB2016022);Jiangsu Provincial social development projects(No.BE2018658 and BE2017653);Suzhou Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease(No.Szzx201503).
To the Editor:Parkinson disease(PD)is the second most common neurodegenerative disease,and is characterized by both motor and non-motor symptoms.The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2(LRRK2)gene,characterized by different m...
Background: SH3TC2, PMP2, and BSCL2 genes are related to autosomal recessive (AR) Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 1, autosomal dominant (AD)-CMTI, and AD-CMT2, respectively. Pathogenic variants in these ...
Background:Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is an autoimmune disease and the leading cause of adult nephritic syndrome.HLA-DQA1 had been identified to be associated with IMN in Europeans and the result was r...
Gilbert syndrome (GS, MIM #143500) is characterized by fluctuating mild, unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia 〈85 μmol/L and is caused by mutations in the bilirubin uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase g...
This work was supportecl by the Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2016M602846).
Background: Discoid lateral meniscus was a common meniscal dysplasia and was predisposed to tear. There were some anatomical knee variants in patients with discoid lateral meniscus. The aim of this study was to analy...
w The authors sincerely thank the patients and their parents for the help and willingness to take part in this study.This work was supported by grants from National Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program and Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of Fujian and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81125009 and No. 3091110488).
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are autoimmune demyelinating diseases of the central nerve system, lnterleukin-7 (IL-7) and interleukin-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Rα) were prove...