Journal of Human Genetics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Human Genetics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Utility of tissue-specific gene expression scores for gene prioritization in Mendelian diseases156
GPD1 deficiency—a rare, overlooked cause of liver disease130
From benign to pathogenic variants and vice versa: pyrimidine transitions at position -3 of TAG and CAG 3' splice sites116
Ectopic co-expression of canonical and LINE1 and THE1A-exonizing IL23R transcripts in sarcoid myopathy53
Loss-of-function variant of SLC27A3 causes mitochondrial dysfunction and a metabolic neurodevelopmental disorder via impaired fatty acid transport43
Genome-wide functional annotation and interpretation of splicing variants: toward RNA-targeted therapies40
Identification of small-sized intrachromosomal segments at the ends of INV–DUP–DEL patterns35
Hidden SVA retrotransposon insertion in BRCA1 revealed by nanopore targeted sequencing causes hereditary breast and ovarian cancer29
Imaging flow cytometry-based multiplex FISH for three IGH translocations in multiple myeloma27
Japanese Public Health Insurance System’s new genomic strategic action to shorten the “diagnostic odyssey” for patients with rare and intractable diseases25
Visit to visit transition in TXNIP gene methylation and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nested case-control study24
Heterozygous CAPZA2 mutations cause global developmental delay, hypotonia with epilepsy: a case report and the literature review17
Psychological distress and cancer worry in unaffected relatives undergoing cascade testing with multigene panel testing17
Acknowledgment to the reviewers in 202416
Microcephaly-related global developmental delay caused by a pathogenic METTL5 splicing mutation in a Chinese family16
Novel compound heterozygous ABCA2 variants cause IDPOGSA, a variable phenotypic syndrome with intellectual disability15
Identification of an IL17RC missense variant in a Chinese family with multiple osteochondromas and ankylosing spondylitis15
Evidence for nonhomologous meiotic coorientation in man14
Preimplantation genetic testing for inborn errors of metabolism: observations from a reproductive genetic laboratory in China14
Expanding genetic and clinical spectra of β-tubulinopathies: A Korean study14
Expanding the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of congenital myasthenic syndrome: new homozygous VAMP1 splicing variants in 2 novel individuals14
Joint analysis of functionally related genes yields further candidates associated with Tetralogy of Fallot14
Diagnostic yield of trio exome sequencing as a first-tier test for identifying genetic causes of pregnancy loss13
Biallelic missense CEP55 variants cause prenatal MARCH syndrome13
Identification of a novel LFNG variant in a Chinese fetus with spondylocostal dysostosis and a systematic review13
Nucleotide substitutions at the p.Gly117 and p.Thr180 mutational hot-spots of SKI alter molecular dynamics and may affect cell cycle12
Interaction between human oxoguanine glycosylase 1 gene polymorphisms and smoking status on nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk12
Nanopore long-read sequencing analysis reveals ZIC1 dysregulation caused by a de novo 3q inversion with a breakpoint located 7 kb downstream of ZIC112
The genetic architecture of age at menarche and its causal effects on other traits12
Challenges of secondary finding disclosure in genomic medicine in rare diseases: A nation-wide survey of Japanese facilities outsourcing comprehensive genetic testing11
Facial clues to the photosensitive trichothiodystrophy phenotype in childhood11
Complete SAMD12 repeat expansion sequencing in a four-generation BAFME1 family with anticipation11
Novel FBN1 intron variant causes isolated ectopia lentis via in-frame exon skipping11
Analysis of LIN28A variants in patients with Parkinson’s disease11
Genetics of bipolar disorder: insights into its complex architecture and biology from common and rare variants11
Genome-wide association study of age at menarche in the Taiwan Biobank suggests NOL4 as a novel associated gene11
Correction: Genetic etiology of truncus arteriosus excluding 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and identification of c.1617del, a prevalent variant in TMEM260, in the Japanese population10
Contribution of rare variants to heritability of a disease is much greater than conventionally estimated: modification of allele distribution model10
Congenital disorders caused by aberrations in the biosynthesis of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate10
Recurrence mutation in RBBP8 gene causing non-syndromic autosomal recessive primary microcephaly; geometric simulation approach for insight into predicted computational models10
Correction: Expectations, concerns, and attitudes regarding whole-genome sequencing studies: a survey of cancer patients, families, and the public in Japan10
Exon skipping caused by splicing mutation in TNNT1 nemaline myopathy9
Identification of two novel RRM2B variants associated with autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia in a family with pseudodominant inheritance pattern9
Novel homozygous ESAM variants in two families with perinatal strokes showing variable neuroradiologic and clinical findings9
Unstable FGF14 GAA repeat expansions in Indian ataxia patients: a broader phenotype and involvement of modifier loci?9
Novel biallelic mutations in TMEM126B cause splicing defects and lead to Leigh-like syndrome with severe complex I deficiency8
Mosaic deletions detected by genome sequencing in two families8
RNA sequencing and target long-read sequencing reveal an intronic transposon insertion causing aberrant splicing8
CDiP technology for reverse engineering of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease8
Assessment of whole-exome sequencing results in neurogenetic diseases8
Familial multiple discoid fibromas is linked to a locus on chromosome 5 including the FNIP1 gene8
Hemizygous SMARCA1 variants cause X-linked intellectual disability8
A Japanese case of ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma with germline double variants of MSH2 and BRCA28
Polygenic risk score as a tool to predict gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes among pregnant women in Taiwan8
A comprehensive assessment of pharmacogenomic annotation tools for next-generation sequencing data: an emphasis on cyp2d6 and vietnamese genomic data8
Heterogeneity of the Southeast Belarusian mitochondrial gene pool8
A missense variant in EXOSC8 causes exon skipping and expands the phenotypic spectrum of pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1C7
Identification of unique DNA methylation sites in Kabuki syndrome using whole genome bisulfite sequencing and targeted hybridization capture followed by enzymatic methylation sequencing7
Angiogenesis related genes in Takayasu Arteritis (TAK): robust association with Tag SNPs of IL-18 and FGF-2 in a South Asian Cohort7
Somatic and mosaic HRAS mutations in pediatric malignant ectomesenchymoma7
Patterns and distribution of de novo mutations in multiplex Middle Eastern families7
The frequency and pathogenicity of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants in the general Japanese population7
A novel ELP1 mutation impairs the function of the Elongator complex and causes a severe neurodevelopmental phenotype7
Correction: Comparison of two families with and without ataxia harboring novel variants in PRKCG7
Heritability of complex traits in sub-populations experiencing bottlenecks and growth7
Correction: Novel compound heterozygous ABCA2 variants cause IDPOGSA, a variable phenotypic syndrome with intellectual disability7
Concurrence of novel mutations causing Gilbert’s and Dubin–Johnson syndrome with poor clinical outcomes in a Han Chinese family7
Hydrops fetalis due to loss of function of hNav1.4 channel via compound heterozygous variants7
Enhanced multi-FISH analysis of immunophenotyped plasma cells by imaging flow cytometry7
Genetic etiology of truncus arteriosus excluding 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and identification of c.1617del, a prevalent variant in TMEM260, in the Japanese population6
Novel compound heterozygous mutation and phenotype in the tetratricopeptide repeat-like domain of the GEMIN5 gene in two Chinese families6
Beyond CHD7 gene: unveiling genetic diversity in clinically suspected CHARGE syndrome6
On the modelling of variance components in classical twin studies6
Prevalence and founder effect of DRC1 exon 1–4 deletion in Korean patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia6
An application supporting diagnosis for rare genetic diseases – UR-DBMS and Syndrome Finder –6
A novel USP27X missense variant identified in an individual with intellectual disability6
Translocation-specific polymerase chain reaction in preimplantation genetic testing for recurrent translocation carrier6
A deep intronic TCTN2 variant activating a cryptic exon predicted by SpliceRover in a patient with Joubert syndrome6
Mitogenomics of the Koryaks and Evens of the northern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk6
Frequency and distribution of BRCA1/BRCA2 large genomic rearrangements in Turkish population with breast cancer6
Novel glycan-related biomarker discovery by total glycomic and focused protein glycomic analyses6
Expanding the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of TRAPPC9 and MID2-related neurodevelopmental disabilities: report of two novel mutations, 3D-modelling, and molecular docking studies6
Clinical and molecular characteristics of Korean patients with Kabuki syndrome6
Preimplantation genetic testing using comprehensive genomic copy number analysis is beneficial for balanced translocation carriers6
Molecular genetics of dystrophinopathy6
Recent advances in CGG repeat diseases and a proposal of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease, and oculophryngodistal myopathy (FNOP) spectrum disorder6
Compound heterozygous variants of CACNA1H change channel properties and contribute to intractable epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures6
A splice acceptor variant in RGS6 associated with intellectual disability, microcephaly, and cataracts disproportionately promotes expression of a subset of RGS6 isoforms6
Bi-allelic MEI1 variants cause meiosis arrest and non-obstructive azoospermia6
Galactose mutarotase deficiency as the galactosemia type IV6
Characteristic genetic spectrum of primary ciliary dyskinesia in Japanese patients and global ethnic heterogeneity: population-based genomic variation database analysis6
Germline pathogenic variants detected by GenMineTOP: insight from a nationwide tumor/normal paired comprehensive genomic profiling test, in Japan6
A homozygous nonsense variant in the alternatively spliced VLDLR exon 4 causes a neurodevelopmental disorder without features of VLDLR cerebellar hypoplasia6
Elucidating the impact of a synonymous SEC24D variant on aberrant splicing in a patient with cole-carpenter syndrome 25
Promoter hypermethylation of GALR1 acts as an early epigenetic susceptibility event in colorectal carcinogenesis5
Distal arthrogryposis in a girl arising from a novel TNNI2 variant inherited from paternal somatic mosaicism5
Exploring the molecular and clinical spectrum of COVID-19-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy in three pediatric cases5
Genotyping, characterization, and imputation of known and novel CYP2A6 structural variants using SNP array data5
Analyzing the effects of BRCA1/2 variants on mRNA splicing by minigene assay5
The c.644 G > A p.(Trp215*) founder variant in the CLIC5 gene causes progressive autosomal recessive deafness 103 (DFNB103) in Eastern Siberia5
When ganglioside pathways go awry: congenital disorders and experimental insights5
Two novel CHN1 variants identified in Duane retraction syndrome pedigrees disrupt development of ocular motor nerves in zebrafish5
A case report of spinocerebellar ataxia with TRPC3 gene mutation and review of literature5
Homozygous synonymous FAM111A variant underlies an autosomal recessive form of Kenny-Caffey syndrome5
INTS11-related neurodevelopmental disorder: a case report and literature review5
Long-read sequencing revealing intragenic deletions in exome-negative spastic paraplegias5
A novel MAP3K20 mutation causing centronuclear myopathy-6 with fiber-type disproportion in a Pakistani family5
Rare variants in embryonic development and cell signalling genes in syndromic and non-syndromic orofacial clefts: evidence from a Colombian Caribbean cohort5
A novel de novo KCNB1 variant altering channel characteristics in a patient with periventricular heterotopia, abnormal corpus callosum, and mild seizure outcome5
Triple mosaic variants of PURA in a patient with multiple congenital anomalies5
PHOX2B deletion in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: is this sufficient for pathogenesis?5
A copy number variant overlapping the 3ʹUTR of PLP1 causes spastic paraplegia5
Artificial intelligence in medical genomics5
Respiratory complex I deficiency caused by a novel multi-exonic PUS1 deletion4
Adjusting for population stratification in polygenic risk score analyses: a guide for model specifications in the UK Biobank4
Profiling of runs of homozygosity from whole-genome sequence data in Japanese biobank4
Intron retention caused by a canonical splicing variant in SSR4-related congenital disorder of glycosylation4
Whole-genome sequencing of 1029 Indian individuals reveals unique and rare structural variants4
Genotype imputation methods for whole and complex genomic regions utilizing deep learning technology4
Genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders4
Neurofibromatosis type 2 with mild Pierre-Robin sequence showing a heterozygous chromosome 22q12 microdeletion encompassing NF2 and MN14
Interaction between the GCKR rs1260326 variant and serum HDL cholesterol contributes to HOMA-β and ISIMatusda in the middle-aged T2D individuals4
Functional restoration of mouse Nf1 nonsense alleles in differentiated cultured neurons4
Genome sequencing identifies coding and non-coding variants for non-syndromic hearing loss4
The prevalence of laterality defects in patients with congenital heart disease4
Two-stage strategy using denoising autoencoders for robust reference-free genotype imputation with missing input genotypes4
Two-hit mutation causes Wilms tumor in an individual with FBXW7-related neurodevelopmental syndrome4
Genetic inhibition of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase and prevention of alcohol-associated fatty liver in humans4
Genetic association mapping leveraging Gaussian processes4
Association study of GBA1 variants with MSA based on comprehensive sequence analysis -Pitfalls in short-read sequence analysis depending on the human reference genome-4
Novel variants in DNAH9 are present in two infertile patients with severe asthenospermia4
Public attitudes in the clinical application of genome editing on human embryos in Japan: a cross-sectional survey across multiple stakeholders4
Genetic analysis of a Yayoi individual from the Doigahama site provides insights into the origins of immigrants to the Japanese Archipelago4
Refining the detection of complex rearrangements in 15q15.3 region involving the STRC gene in hereditary hearing loss patients4
Genome sequencing identifies a large non-coding region deletion of SNX10 causing autosomal recessive osteopetrosis4
The composition dynamics of transposable elements in human blastocysts4
Management of patients with presumed germline pathogenic variant from tumor-only genomic sequencing: A retrospective analysis at a single facility3
Diversity of thought: public perceptions of genetic testing across ethnic groups in the UK3
FBXO11 variants are associated with intellectual disability and variable clinical manifestation in Chinese affected individuals3
Functional insight into a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by missense variants in an RNA-binding protein, RBM103
Genetic characterization of a Chinese cohort of suspected pediatric NF1 patients: a large-scale study using optimized whole-exome sequencing3
Whole exome sequencing reveal 83 novel Mendelian disorders carrier P/LP variants in Chinese adult patients3
Significance of noninvasive prenatal testing using massively parallel sequencing in women with twin or vanishing twin pregnancies3
The recommendation of re-classification of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in adult genetic disorders patients3
Childhood-onset ataxia with dystonia: expanding the spectrum of VWA3B-related disorders3
Integrated analysis of probability of type 2 diabetes mellitus with polymorphisms and methylation of SLC30A8 gene: a nested case-control study3
A novel mutation in the WNK1/HSN2 gene causing hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2 in Chinese patient3
MYH2-associated myopathy caused by novel compound heterozygous mutations: a case report and literature review3
Ultra-rare monogenic disorders frequently detected among sex chromosome aneuploidy patients with atypical findings3
Functional evaluation of BRCA1/2 variants of unknown significance with homologous recombination assay and integrative in silico prediction model3
Expectations, concerns, and attitudes regarding whole-genome sequencing studies: a survey of cancer patients, families, and the public in Japan3
Phenotypic spectrum of iron-sulfur cluster assembly gene IBA57 mutations: c.286 T > C identified as a hotspot mutation in Chinese patients with a stable natural history3
Acknowledgment to the reviewers in 20253
Application of the PGT-M strategy using single sperm and/or affected embryos as probands for linkage analysis in males with hereditary tumor syndromes without family history3
Genome-wide association study of the risk of chronic kidney disease and kidney-related traits in the Japanese population: J-Kidney-Biobank3
Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of anophthalmia/microphthalmia in families from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan3
Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of LAMA2-related disorders: Axonal neuropathy in the absence of muscular dystrophy3
Molecular genetics of J-domain protein-related chaperonopathies in skeletal muscle3
DNA2 mutation causing multisystemic disorder with impaired mitochondrial DNA maintenance3
A Japanese case of familial malignant melanoma with germline CDK4 variant incidentally diagnosed by cancer genome profiling3
C-terminal truncations in IQSEC2: implications for synaptic localization, guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity, and neurological manifestations3
Characteristics of tandem repeat inheritance and sympathetic nerve involvement in GAA-FGF14 ataxia3
Correction: Angelman syndrome with mosaic paternal uniparental disomy suggestive of mitotic nondisjunction3
Demographic history of Ryukyu islanders at the southern part of the Japanese Archipelago inferred from whole-genome resequencing data3
Development of a method for the imputation of the multi-allelic serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in the Japanese population3
Biallelic CC2D2A variants, SNV and LINE-1 insertion simultaneously identified in siblings using long-read whole-genome sequencing and haplotype phasing3
A novel case of autosomal-dominant cutis laxa caused by a de novo likely pathogenic variant in ALDH18A1: case report and literature review3
Vacuolar myopathy caused by CASQ1 p.Asp244His: pathogenic evidence from two unrelated Chinese families3
Identification of epistatic SNP combinations in rheumatoid arthritis using LAMPLINK and Japanese cohorts3
Molecular genetics and therapeutic development for GNE myopathy3
Assessment of different promoters in lentiviral vectors for expression of the N-acetyl-galactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase gene3
Exploring socio-economic, biochemical, and genetic factors influencing thyroid status in Indian school-going adolescents3
Functional verification and allele-specific silencing of a novel AKT3 variant that causes megalencephaly, polymicrogyria and intractable epilepsy3
Expanding the phenotypic spectrum and clinical severity associated with WLS gene3
A step forward in genetic counselling: defining practice and ethics through the Genetic Counselling Practice Consortium in Hong Kong3
Comparison of two families with and without ataxia harboring novel variants in PRKCG3
New insights into the clinical and molecular spectrum of the MADD-related neurodevelopmental disorder3
Autism and intellectual disability due to a novel gain-of-function mutation in UBE3A3
Proteome-wide mendelian randomization identifies causal plasma proteins in venous thromboembolism development2
Role of TOE1 variants at the nuclear localization motif in pontocerebellar hypoplasia 72
Elevated serum autotaxin levels and multiple system atrophy-like presentation in a patient with PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration2
Whole-genome sequencing of 3135 individuals representing the genetic diversity of the Japanese population2
A novel compound heterozygous YY1AP1 variant in Grange syndrome: importance of early signs in preventing life-threatening vascular complications2
Two-decade trends in prenatal genetic testing in Japan2
A novel pathogenic mitochondrial DNA variant m.4344T>C in tRNAGln causes developmental delay2
Investigating common mutations in ATP7B gene and the prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the Thai population using population-based genome-wide datasets2
GLUT9 as a potential drug target for chronic kidney disease: Drug target validation by a Mendelian randomization study2
Carrier screening for present disease prevalence and recessive genetic disorder in Taiwanese population2
A novel homozygous nonsense variant of STX2 underlies non-obstructive azoospermia in a consanguineous Chinese family2
Molecular genetics of skeletal muscle channelopathies2
A novel homozygous missense mutation in the FASTKD2 gene leads to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome2
Modern descendants of Kyordyughen warrior (Yakutia, 4200 years before present) in populations of Far East2
Association of MPPED2 gene variant rs10767873 with kidney function and risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension2
Expanding the clinical and molecular spectrum of TBC1D32-related ciliopathy: case reports and literature Review2
Genome analysis through image processing with deep learning models2
First description of novel compound heterozygous mutations in HYCC1: clinical evaluations and molecular analysis in patient with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-5 with retrospective view2
In memory of Professor Ichiro Matsuda2
The challenge of diagnosing primary ciliary dyskinesia: a commentary on various causative genes and their pathogenic variants2
Correction: A novel de novo variant in CASK causes a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that masks the phenotype of a novel de novo variant in EEF22
A mediation analysis framework based on variance component to remove genetic confounding effect2
Fundamentals for predicting transcriptional regulations from DNA sequence patterns2
A novel homozygous splicing variant in FRA10AC1: further delineation of the phenotype2
CRYAB stop-loss variant causes rare syndromic dilated cardiomyopathy with congenital cataract: expanding the phenotypic and mutational spectrum of alpha-B crystallinopathy2
Genetics of brain arteriovenous malformations and cerebral cavernous malformations2
Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify novel loci influencing Japanese white matter hyperintensities2
Association of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with the risk of neurological diseases: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study2
Monoallelic and biallelic RNU4-2 variants in neurodevelopmental disorders2
A new association of PAX6 variation with Juvenile onset open angle glaucoma2
Long-term course of a case with a novel homozygous kyphoscoliosis peptidase variant2
Correction: Genetics of autism spectrum disorders and future direction2
Weighted burden analysis of rare coding variants in 470,000 exome-sequenced UK Biobank participants characterises effects on hyperlipidaemia risk2
Detecting genomic mosaicism in “de novo” genetic epilepsy by amplicon-based deep sequencing2
A novel variant in the transmembrane 4 domain of ANO3 identified in a two-year-old girl with developmental delay and tremor2
The usefulness of comprehensive genome profiling test in screening of Lynch syndrome independent of the conventional clinical screening or microsatellite instability tests2
Mendelian randomization study on the causal effects of systemic lupus erythematosus on major depressive disorder2
Identification of novel FHL1 mutations associated with X-linked scapuloperoneal myopathy in unrelated Chinese patients2
Disease-specific genetic diagnostic strategies for muscle diseases unresolved by short-read sequencing2
Mediation role of DNA methylation in association between handgrip strength and cognitive function in monozygotic twins2
DOK7 CpG hypermethylation in blood leukocytes as an epigenetic biomarker for acquired tamoxifen resistant in breast cancer2
Inferring intelligence of ancient people based on modern genomic studies2
Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: seeking therapeutic targets in the era of gene therapy2
Newly revealed variants of SERPINA3 in generalized pustular psoriasis attenuate inhibition of ACT on cathepsin G2
Homozygous variant in DRC3 (LRRC48) gene causes asthenozoospermia and male infertility2
Germline or somatic mutations in genes encoding microRNAs as biomarkers predicting the risk of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma2
Biallelic TXNDC15 variants associated with Joubert syndrome-related molar tooth sign and forebrain malformation2
Potential drug targets for gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett’s esophagus identified through Mendelian randomization analysis2
A novel de novo variant in CASK causes a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that masks the phenotype of a novel de novo variant in EEF22
Advances in AI and machine learning for predictive medicine2
A bird’s eye view on the use of whole exome sequencing in rare congenital ophthalmic diseases2
Identification of a missense variant of MND1 in meiotic arrest and non-obstructive azoospermia2
Hematologic traits and primary biliary cholangitis: a Mendelian randomization study2
Genetic variants and altered expression of SERPINF1 confer disease susceptibility in patients with otosclerosis2
Development of a zebrafish model of Loeys–Dietz syndrome through tgfbr2b knockdown2
Bidirectional Mendelian randomization of leukocyte counts, renal function, and Lipocalin-2 Levels: disentangling the genetic links, causal pathways and cardiovascular outcomes2
Exploring the relationship between admixture and genetic susceptibility to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in two Latin American cohorts2
JHG Young Scientist Award 20232
Whole exome sequencing and transcriptome analysis in two unrelated patients with novel SET mutations2
Heterozygous PRDM9 truncating variant in a patient with primary ovarian insufficiency2
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