2017
One thousand somatic SNVs per skin fibroblast cell set baseline of mosaic mutational load with patterns that suggest proliferative origin
Abyzov A, Tomasini L, Zhou B, Vasmatzis N, Coppola G, Amenduni M, Pattni R, Wilson M, Gerstein M, Weissman S, Urban AE, Vaccarino FM. One thousand somatic SNVs per skin fibroblast cell set baseline of mosaic mutational load with patterns that suggest proliferative origin. Genome Research 2017, 27: 512-523. PMID: 28235832, PMCID: PMC5378170, DOI: 10.1101/gr.215517.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic mosaicismFibroblast cellsSingle-cell whole-genome amplificationAllele frequenciesNumber of SNVsNormal cell proliferationCell proliferationWhole genome amplificationStem cell linesPluripotent stem cell lineHealthy human tissuesDe novo variantsCancer mutationsHigh-resolution analysisMutational loadPCR experimentsSkin fibroblast cellsMutational signaturesHiPSC linesDe novoGenomeNovo variantsFibroblast populationsCell linesSomatic SNVs
2015
FOXG1-Dependent Dysregulation of GABA/Glutamate Neuron Differentiation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Mariani J, Coppola G, Zhang P, Abyzov A, Provini L, Tomasini L, Amenduni M, Szekely A, Palejev D, Wilson M, Gerstein M, Grigorenko EL, Chawarska K, Pelphrey KA, Howe JR, Vaccarino FM. FOXG1-Dependent Dysregulation of GABA/Glutamate Neuron Differentiation in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Cell 2015, 162: 375-390. PMID: 26186191, PMCID: PMC4519016, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsGene network analysisGene network modulesUpregulation of genesTranscription factor Foxg1Accelerated cell cyclePluripotent stem cellsRNA interferenceGenetic basisSynaptic assemblyCell cycleBrain developmentNeuron fateNeuron differentiationNeuronal differentiationGenomic mutationsHuman brain developmentIdiopathic autism spectrum disorderAltered expressionStem cellsCell proliferationFOXG1ASD pathophysiologyNetwork modulesNeural cultures