2019
DNA Methylation and Susceptibility to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Tremblay MW, Jiang YH. DNA Methylation and Susceptibility to Autism Spectrum Disorder. Annual Review Of Medicine 2019, 70: 151-166. PMID: 30691368, PMCID: PMC6597259, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-120417-091431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationAbnormal DNA methylationDNA methylation reprogrammingGenome-wide changesMethylation-dependent regulationMethylation reprogrammingEpigenetic machineryNext-generation sequencingEmbryonic developmentMolecular basisDNA modificationsMethylationASD etiologyGenetic mutationsAttractive hypothesisRecent advancesReprogrammingEpimutationsTranscriptionASD casesMultiple levelsMachinerySequencingTechnical advancesMutations
2015
Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Opportunity and Challenge in the Genetics Clinic
Wang Y, Wang P, Xu X, Goldstein J, McConkie A, Cheung S, Jiang Y. Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Opportunity and Challenge in the Genetics Clinic. Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience 2015, 33-66. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2190-4_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle nucleotide variantsCopy number variantsPenetrant copy number variantsNumber variantsASD genetic studiesGenome-wide copy number variantsGenetic etiologySyndromic autism spectrum disordersSingle geneSingle-gene testsGenetic studiesSequence analysisWhole-exome sequencingGenetic evaluationNucleotide variantsPleiotropic effectsNon-genetic factorsGenetic variantsClinical genetic evaluationEnvironment interactionMultiple gene panelsExome sequencingASD etiologyGenetic causeIncomplete penetrance