2011
An X chromosome-wide association study in autism families identifies TBL1X as a novel autism spectrum disorder candidate gene in males
Chung R, Ma D, Wang K, Hedges D, Jaworski J, Gilbert J, Cuccaro M, Wright H, Abramson R, Konidari I, Whitehead P, Schellenberg G, Hakonarson H, Haines J, Pericak-Vance M, Martin E. An X chromosome-wide association study in autism families identifies TBL1X as a novel autism spectrum disorder candidate gene in males. Molecular Autism 2011, 2: 18. PMID: 22050706, PMCID: PMC3305893, DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-2-18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchX chromosome-wide association studyX chromosomeGenome-wide association study dataCase-control data setsAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) candidate geneChromosome-wide significanceGWAS data setsAssociation study dataReplication analysisDiscovery data setFamily data setsStrong genetic componentSame geneCandidate genesTransducin βAssociation studiesGenesXp22.3 regionLinkage disequilibriumGenetic componentSusceptibility genesAutism familiesSkewed prevalenceSNPsReplication threshold
2009
A Genome‐wide Association Study of Autism Reveals a Common Novel Risk Locus at 5p14.1
Ma D, Salyakina D, Jaworski J, Konidari I, Whitehead P, Andersen A, Hoffman J, Slifer S, Hedges D, Cukier H, Griswold A, McCauley J, Beecham G, Wright H, Abramson R, Martin E, Hussman J, Gilbert J, Cuccaro M, Haines J, Pericak‐Vance M. A Genome‐wide Association Study of Autism Reveals a Common Novel Risk Locus at 5p14.1. Annals Of Human Genetics 2009, 73: 263-273. PMID: 19456320, PMCID: PMC2918410, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00523.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic architectureAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesComplex genetic architectureIllumina Human 1M beadchipUnderlying genetic architectureK Illumina BeadChipWide association studyNovel risk lociHeritable neuropsychiatric disorderChromosome 5p14.1Common variationRisk lociIllumina BeadChipNovel regionNucleotide polymorphismsAutism familiesBeadChipRare variationDiscovery datasetCaucasian familiesIndependent datasetsFamilyLoci