TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 51, Issue 3 (March 2006)

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Original Articles

Polymorphism in the 3'-untranslated region of the thymidylate synthase gene and sensitivity of stomach cancer to fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy

Jian-Wei Lu, Chang-Ming Gao, Jian-Zhong Wu, Hai-Xia Cao, Kazuo Tajima and Ji-Feng Feng

J Hum Genet 51: 155-160; advance online publication, January 20, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0339-4

De novo COX2 mutation in a LHON family of Caucasian origin: implication for the role of mtDNA polymorphism in human pathology

Sergey I Zhadanov, Vasiliy V Atamanov, Nikolay I Zhadanov and Theodore G Schurr

J Hum Genet 51: 161-170; advance online publication, January 18, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0340-y

Quantitative trait loci in ABCA1 modify cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-beta1-42 and plasma apolipoprotein levels

Hagit Katzov, Anna M Bennet, Kina Höglund, Björn Wiman, Dieter Lütjohann, Anthony J Brookes, Niels Andreasen, Kaj Blennow, Ulf De Faire and Jonathan A Prince

J Hum Genet 51: 171-179; advance online publication, December 22, 2005; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0341-x

Comparison of the effects of agalsidase alfa and agalsidase beta on cultured human Fabry fibroblasts and Fabry mice

Hitoshi Sakuraba, Mai Murata-Ohsawa, Ikuo Kawashima, Youichi Tajima, Masaharu Kotani, Toshio Ohshima, Yasunori Chiba, Minako Takashiba, Yoshifumi Jigami, Tomoko Fukushige, Tamotsu Kanzaki and Kohji Itoh

J Hum Genet 51: 180-188; advance online publication, December 22, 2005; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0342-9

The CAG repeat at the Huntington disease gene in the Portuguese population: insights into its dynamics and to the origin of the mutation

Maria do Carmo Costa, Paula Magalhães, Laura Guimarães, Patrícia Maciel, Jorge Sequeiros and Alda Sousa

J Hum Genet 51: 189-195; advance online publication, December 22, 2005; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0343-8

Association of IL8, CXCR2 and TNF-alpha polymorphisms and airway disease

Melanie C Matheson, Justine A Ellis, Joan Raven, E Haydn Walters and Michael J Abramson

J Hum Genet 51: 196-203; advance online publication, January 21, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0344-7

Biochemical data in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) carrier risk estimation: logistic discrimination and combination with genetic information

Konrad Oexle

J Hum Genet 51: 204-208; advance online publication, February 2, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0345-6

Mutational screening of the RB1 gene in Italian patients with retinoblastoma reveals 11 novel mutations

Katia Sampieri, Theodora Hadjistilianou, Francesca Mari, Caterina Speciale, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Francesco Cetta, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernard Peissel, Daniela Giachino, Barbara Pasini, Antonio Acquaviva, Aldo Caporossi, Renato Frezzotti, Alessandra Renieri and Mirella Bruttini

J Hum Genet 51: 209-216; advance online publication, February 4, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0348-3

Molecular insights into the origins of the Shompen, a declining population of the Nicobar archipelago

Rajni Trivedi, T Jheelam Banerjee, Anamika Singh, P K Sircar and V K Kashyap

J Hum Genet 51: 217-226; advance online publication, February 2, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0349-2

A rapid and reliable detection system for the analysis of PMP22 gene dosage by MP/DHPLC assay

Chia-Yun Lin, Yi-Ning Su, Chien-Nan Lee, Chia-Cheng Hung, Wen-Fang Cheng, Win-Li Lin, Chi-An Chen and Sung-Tsang Hsieh

J Hum Genet 51: 227-235; advance online publication, February 4, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0350-9

Expression of the Snurf-Snrpn IC transcript in the oocyte and its putative role in the imprinting establishment of the mouse 7C imprinting domain

Christophe K Mapendano, Tatsuya Kishino, Kazumi Miyazaki, Shinji Kondo, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, Takehiko Koji, Norio Niikawa and Tohru Ohta

J Hum Genet 51: 236-243; advance online publication, January 21, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0351-8

Austronesian origin of the 27-bp deletion of the erythrocyte band 3 gene in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea inferred from mtDNA analysis

Takahiro Tsukahara, Francis Wanak Hombhanje, Jeffrey Koji Lum, Ilomo Hwaihwanje, Andrew Masta, Akira Kaneko and Takatoshi Kobayakawa

J Hum Genet 51: 244-248; advance online publication, January 21, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0352-7

Association of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms with warfarin dose requirements in Japanese patients

Taisei Mushiroda, Yozo Ohnishi, Susumu Saito, Atsushi Takahashi, Yuka Kikuchi, Shigeru Saito, Hideki Shimomura, Yasuhiko Wanibuchi, Takao Suzuki, Naoyuki Kamatani and Yusuke Nakamura

J Hum Genet 51: 249-253; advance online publication, January 24, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0354-5

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Short Communications

South Indian men with reduced CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene have an increased risk of prostate cancer

Vijayalakshmi Krishnaswamy, Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Vettriselvi Venkatesan, Sunil Shroff, Vikram R Jayanth and Solomon F D Paul

J Hum Genet 51: 254-257; advance online publication, January 26, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0346-5

A misquoted mutation in exon16 of the BRCA2 gene

Agapi Kataki, Anastasia Derventzi, Ilias Gomatos and Manoussos M Konstadoulakis

J Hum Genet 51: 258-261; advance online publication, January 25, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0347-4

Axis inhibition protein 2 (AXIN2) polymorphisms may be a risk factor for selective tooth agenesis

Adrianna Mostowska, Barbara Biedziak and Pawel P Jagodzinski

J Hum Genet 51: 262-266; advance online publication, January 24, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-005-0353-6

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Erratum

Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography screening of the long QT syndrome-related cardiac sodium and potassium channel genes and identification of novel mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms FREE

Ling-Ping Lai, Yi-Ning Su, Fon-Jou Hsieh, Fu-Tien Chiang, Jyh-Ming Juang, Yen-Bin Liu, Yi-Lwun Ho, Wen-Jone Chen, San-Jou Yeh, Chun-Chieh Wang, Yu-Lin Ko, Tsu-Juey Wu, Kwo-Chang Ueng, Meng-Huan Lei, Hsuan-Ming Tsao, Shih-Ann Chen, Tin-Kwang Lin, Mei-Hwan Wu, Huey-Ming Lo, Shoei K Stephen Huang and Jiunn-Lee Lin

J Hum Genet 51: 267; advance online publication, January 28, 2006; doi:10.1007/s10038-006-0367-8

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