Mutations in the histamine N-methyltransferase gene, HNMT, are associated with nonsyndromic autosomal recessive intellectual disability.
Heidari A, Tongsook C, Najafipour R, Musante L, Vasli N, Garshasbi M, Hu H, Mittal K, McNaughton AJ, Sritharan K, Hudson M, Stehr H, Talebi S, Moradi M, Darvish H, Arshad Rafiq M, Mozhdehipanah H, Rashidinejad A, Samiei S, Ghadami M, Windpassinger C, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Tzschach A, Ahmed I, Mikhailov A, Stavropoulos DJ, Carter MT, Keshavarz S, Ayub M, Najmabadi H, Liu X, Ropers HH, Macheroux P, Vincent JB.
Heidari A, et al.
Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Oct 15;24(20):5697-710. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv286. Epub 2015 Jul 23.
Hum Mol Genet. 2015.
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Histamine (HA) acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain, which participates in the regulation of many biological processes including inflammation, gastric acid secretion and neuromodulation. The enzyme histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) inactivates HA by transferring a me …
Histamine (HA) acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain, which participates in the regulation of many biological processes including inflamma …