2024
Somatic mosaicism in schizophrenia brains reveals prenatal mutational processes
Maury E, Jones A, Seplyarskiy V, Nguyen T, Rosenbluh C, Bae T, Wang Y, Abyzov A, Khoshkhoo S, Chahine Y, Zhao S, Venkatesh S, Root E, Voloudakis G, Roussos P, Network B, Park P, Akbarian S, Brennand K, Reilly S, Lee E, Sunyaev S, Walsh C, Chess A. Somatic mosaicism in schizophrenia brains reveals prenatal mutational processes. Science 2024, 386: 217-224. PMID: 39388546, PMCID: PMC11490355, DOI: 10.1126/science.adq1456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factor binding sitesWhole-genome sequencingOpen chromatinMutational processesSomatic mutationsFactor binding sitesSchizophrenia casesSchizophrenia risk genesSomatic mosaicismSomatic variantsRisk genesG mutationGene expressionGermline mutationsBinding sitesGenesMutationsIncreased somatic mutationsChromatinMosaic somatic mutationsPrenatal neurogenesisContext of schizophreniaBrain neuronsSchizophrenia brainVariants
2015
Analysis of deletion breakpoints from 1,092 humans reveals details of mutation mechanisms
Abyzov A, Li S, Kim DR, Mohiyuddin M, Stütz AM, Parrish NF, Mu XJ, Clark W, Chen K, Hurles M, Korbel JO, Lam HY, Lee C, Gerstein MB. Analysis of deletion breakpoints from 1,092 humans reveals details of mutation mechanisms. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7256. PMID: 26028266, PMCID: PMC4451611, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-allelic homologous recombinationTemplate-switching eventsGenomic structural variantsDeletion breakpointsHi-C interactionsNon-homologous mechanismsRelaxed selectionGenomic averageHistone marksOpen chromatinGenomic sitesGermline cellsDNA replicationCell divisionDNA methylationHomologous recombinationGenome ProjectStructural variantsBasepair resolutionNearby SNPsMutation mechanismMicroinsertionsBreakpointsChromatinIndels