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NHGRI researchers have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene.
… how mutations in a gene called UBA1 are associated with inflammatory diseases … National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, … Diseases Network , had unusual and unclassified disorders. “Our objective was to see if any of the 2,560 …
Genetic Disorders
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30.
… Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in … Crohn's disease, an idiopathic (of unknown cause), chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, involves any region of … abdominal pain, nausea and decreased appetite. The inflammatory process tends to be eccentric and segmental, …
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NIH researchers have discovered a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease - otulipenia - that primarily affects young children.
… researchers have discovered a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease - otulipenia - that primarily affects young children. They have also identified anti-inflammatory treatments that ease some of the patients' … just-discovered otulipenia is a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease that causes fever, skin rashes, diarrhea …
Genetic Disorders
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control their behavior and pay attention to tasks.
… with ADHD may also have learning disabilities, behavioral disorders or disorders of mood such as depression or anxiety. Problems … Genetic Disorders …
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB). … CRGGH joins NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch … part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch. …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB) studies the … molecular basis, pathophysiology and treatment of human inflammatory diseases. A referral clinic established at the … 1,700 patients with known or currently uncharacterized inflammatory illnesses-the largest such cohort in the United …
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe inflammatory skin disorder, known as disabling pansclerotic morphea, and have found a potential treatment.
… genetic basis for disabling pansclerotic morphea, a severe inflammatory disease. … identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe inflammatory skin disorder, known as disabling pansclerotic … to be a potential treatment for other inflammatory skin disorders or disorders related to tissue scarring, whether it …
Talking Glossary
Autosomal recessive is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders.
… is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders. … is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders. “Autosomal” means that the gene in question is … is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders. …
Staff
Dr. Dan Kastner is an NIH Distinguished Investigator in Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… genetic and genomic strategies to understand inherited disorders of inflammation, often stimulated by patients with relatively rare disorders seen at the NIH Clinical Center hospital. This work … overarching concept of autoinflammatory disease to denote disorders of the evolutionarily ancient innate branch of the …
For Patients and Families
A list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases under investigation by researchers at or associated with the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… in the DNA sequence away from the normal sequence. Genetic disorders can be caused by a mutation in one gene (monogenic … List of Genetic Disorders … Genetic Disorders …