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Gout

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accum of uric acid, painful joints

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Severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID)

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def in adenosine deaminase, accumulation of deoxyadenosie and deriv (dATP), loss of immune system- no T or B cells

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Immunodeficiency diseases

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def in purine nucleoside phosphorylase, accum of purine nucleotides, dec prolif/toxicity of T cells

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Lesch Nyhan syndrom

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def in HGPRT, accum of purines and uric acid, mental retardation, self mutilation, gout

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Hereditary orotic aciduria

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def in UMP synthase, accum of orotic acid, growth retardation

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Xanthinuria

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def in xanthine oxidase, accum of xanthine and hypoxanthine, stones

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Exercise induced myopathy

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def in AMP deaminase, fatigue and muscle cramping

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Thalassemias

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point mutation in TATA box

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Sickle cell anemia

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Missense mutation (GTG replaces normal GAG) in sickle cell gene on B-globin allele, agg of insoluble fibers on deoxygenated RBCs changing the shape of RBC to sickle shape

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Streptomycin

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distorts structure of 30S, interferes with initiation of translation, misreading of mRNA, can cause permanent hearing loss, used to treat TB

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tetracyclines

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interact with small ribo subunits, block access of aminoacyl tRNA to mRNA complex- cant elongate

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Chloramphenicol

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inhib pro peptidyltransferase, can also inhib mito peptidyl- if in high concentrations

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Clindamycin and erythromycin

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irrev bind to 50S of bacterial ribo- inhibi translation

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Diphtheria Toxin

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inact euk elongation factor, eEf-2, prevent transla

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Ricin

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in seeds of castor oil plant, highly potent toxin, contains N glycosylase activity- cleavage of glycosidic bonds w/in 60S, inactivated ribo

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Scurvy

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vit c def, less stable collagen (not stabilized by hydroxylation), dec RBC, gum disease, poor wound healing

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Klienefelter syndrome

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47, XXY (48XXXY or 48 XXYY or 49XXXYY) tall feminine like stature, hypogonadism (infertile), learning deficits

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turner syndrom

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45, X, short stature, streak gonads, no puberty, infertile, some learning difficulties, webbed neck, wide chest, edema

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XYY syndrome

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tall male, normal sex dev and intelligence, freq behavioral problems

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Trisomy X

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tall female, normal sex dev, some learning difficulties, occasional behavioral problems

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tumor

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tissue with abnormally high cell number (neoplasm), no metas properties

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cancer

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malignant tumor that invades other tissues (metastasize)

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founder effect- old order amish

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ellis van crefeld syndrome (dwarfism and polydactily)

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founder effect- small encalve in Quebec

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I cell disease (lysosomal storage disease), type I tryosinemia (deficient Tyr degradation)

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founder effect- ashkenazi jews
tay sachs disease, gaucher disease (sphingolipidosis, lysosomal sotrage diseases)
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autosomal recessive diseases
cystic fibrosis (chloride ion channel def), sickle cell disease (hemoglobin mutation), phenylketonuria (phe meta def), tay sachs/gaucher disease (lysosomal glycolipid degrad def)
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incomplete dominant inheritance disease
achrondroplasia- hetero isnt as bad as homo
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achondroplasia
gain of fx mut in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3, hetero: abnormal bone growht, short stature, large hear, normal intell, normal lifespan, homo- more severe bone def, early death
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neurofibromastosis type 1: inher, cause, pheno
incomplete dominance on auto dom, 50% due to new mutations, usual pheno: cafe au lait spots, fleshy benign skin tumors, less freq (more severe): malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
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autosomal dominant diseases
familial hypercholesteremia, achondroplasia, huntington disease, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis (colon cancer), Rb, neurofibromatosis type 1
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x linked recessive diseases
hemophilia A and B (coagulation factor 8 and 9 def), glu 6 P dehydrogenase def (acute hemolytic anemia), ornithine transcarbamoylase def (urea cycle), duchenne muscular dystrophy (dystrophin gene defects)
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x linked dominant disease
rett syndrome, fragile x syndrome, vitamin D resistant rickets
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rett syndrome
x linked rec, male lethality, developmental stagnation, intell dis, flapping movement of hand, female survive- x inactviation
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pseudoautosomal inheritance
dyschondrosteosis (short stature)
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angelman syndrome
delet in maternal chromo 15, loss of UBE3A function, intellec dis, happy demeanor, balance disorder, speech impairment
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prader willi syndrome
delet in paternal chormo 15, loss of polycistronic RNA or other genes, intellec dis, obesity, short stature, hypogonadism
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Huntington disesase
auto rec, neurodegenerative disorder, CAG repeats in coding region of huntingtin gene, over 35 repeats- disease (under 35 normal), larger # of repeats- earlier onset
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fragile X syndrome
x dom, excessive CGG repeats in promoter of FMR1 gene and silence gene, FMR1- translational reg in neurons, X chromo condensation defect
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Friedreich ataxia
auto rec, excess GAA in intron of frataxin gene- mito protein invovled in Fe meta, impair transc elongation
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friedreich ataxia symptoms
spinocerebella ataxia- incoord of limb movement, impairment of position and vinratory senses, speech impairment, scoliosis, cardiomyopathy
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mitochondrial disease
OXPHOS diseses such as Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (NADH reductase def)- optic atrophy, loss of vision
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venous thrombosis: susceptibility genes, environ factors
multctorial disease, ifaexces blood clot formation, susceptibillity genes: factor V and prothrombin (gain of fx mut), environmental factors- oral contraceptives (estrogen), smoking, prolonged inactivity, trauma
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type I diabetes: susceptibility genes, environ factors
multifactorial, autoimmune destruc of panc b cells- insulin def, susc: major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci (HLA DR), environ: early viral infections, early exposuure to cows milk
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coronary artery disease: susceptibility genes, environ factors
mutifactorial, susc: apolipoprioteins, LCL receptor, coagulation factors, angiotensin converting enzymes - many genes act through HT, obesity, diabetes - environ: diet, smoking, lack of movement
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late onset alzheimers: susceptibility genes, environ factors
susc gene: apolipoprotein E (e4 isoform)- in amyloid precipitates -risk factors: age, sex (female), brain injury
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lung cancer: susceptibility genes, environ factors
susu: aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, envir: cigarette smoke

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