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Douglas C. Bittel

Associate Professor, Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience
Verified email at kcumb.edu
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Prader–Willi syndrome: clinical genetics, cytogenetics and molecular biology

DC Bittel, MG Butler - Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2005 - cambridge.org
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that arises from lack of
expression of paternally inherited genes known to be imprinted and located in the …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of extracellular vesicles in rebuilding injured muscles

DC Bittel, JK Jaiswal - Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal myofibers are injured due to mechanical stresses experienced during physical
activity, or due to myofiber fragility caused by genetic diseases. The injured myofiber needs …

Behavioral differences among subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome and type I or type II deletion and maternal disomy

MG Butler, DC Bittel, N Kibiryeva, Z Talebizadeh… - …, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Objective. To determine whether phenotypic differences exist among individuals with Prader-
Willi syndrome with either type I or type II deletions of chromosome 15 or maternal disomy …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc and cadmium can promote rapid nuclear translocation of metal response element-binding transcription factor-1

IV Smirnova, DC Bittel, R Ravindra, H Jiang… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Metal response element-binding transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) is a six-zinc finger protein that
plays an essential role in activating metallothionein expression in response to the heavy …

Biology and clinical relevance of noncoding sno/scaRNAs

T Cao, S Rajasingh, S Samanta, B Dawn… - Trends in cardiovascular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a group of noncoding RNAs that perform various
biological functions, including biochemical modifications of other RNAs, precursors of …

Energy expenditure and physical activity in Prader–Willi syndrome: comparison with obese subjects

MG Butler, MF Theodoro, DC Bittel… - American journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by
hypotonia, suck and feeding difficulties, hypogonadism, small hands and feet …

Novel splice isoforms for NLGN3 and NLGN4 with possible implications in autism

Z Talebizadeh, DY Lam, MF Theodoro… - Journal of medical …, 2006 - jmg.bmj.com
Objective: To screen cDNA for NLGN3 and NLGN4 from lymphoblastoid cells from autistic
subjects. Methods and results: 10 young autistic females and 30 non-autistic subjects were …

Noncoding RNA expression in myocardium from infants with tetralogy of Fallot

JE O'Brien Jr, N Kibiryeva, XG Zhou… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The importance of noncoding RNAs (ncRNA), especially microRNAs
(miRNAs), for maintaining stability in the developing vertebrate heart has recently become …

Comparison of X-chromosome inactivation patterns in multiple tissues from human females

DC Bittel, MF Theodoro, N Kibiryeva… - Journal of medical …, 2008 - jmg.bmj.com
Background: X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the mechanism by which gene dosage
uniformity is achieved between female mammals with two X chromosomes and male …

Expression of 4 genes between chromosome 15 breakpoints 1 and 2 and behavioral outcomes in Prader-Willi syndrome

DC Bittel, N Kibiryeva, MG Butler - Pediatrics, 2006 - publications.aap.org
Prader-Willi syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by infantile
hypotonia, feeding difficulties, hypogonadism, mental deficiency, hyperphagia (leading to …