2024
Novel protein-truncating variants of a chromatin-modifying gene MSL2 in syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders
Lu X, Ng K, Pinto e Vairo F, Collins J, Cohn R, Riley K, Agre K, Gavrilova R, Klee E, Rosenfeld J, Jiang Y. Novel protein-truncating variants of a chromatin-modifying gene MSL2 in syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders. European Journal Of Human Genetics 2024, 32: 879-883. PMID: 38702431, PMCID: PMC11219747, DOI: 10.1038/s41431-024-01576-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProtein-truncating variantsSyndromic neurodevelopmental disorderGenomic studiesChromatin-modifying enzymesAcetylation of histone H4Neurodevelopmental disordersLysine 34Histone 2BMono-ubiquitinationLysine 16Epigenetic machineryGenomic evaluationMSL2Exome sequencingHistone H4Epigenetic regulationModifying enzymesEpigenetic genesFunctional importanceGenesChromatinLysineDevelopmental disordersDysmorphic faceVariants
2022
Epigenetic Epidemiology of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Wang S, Jiang Y. Epigenetic Epidemiology of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 2022, 405-426. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94475-9_17.ChaptersEpigenome-wide association studiesAbnormal DNA methylationDNA methylationHistone modificationsTissue-specific patternsNeurodevelopmental disordersEpigenetic regulationEpigenetic epidemiologyEmbryonic developmentEpigenetic dysregulationGenetic lociEpigenetic reprogramingAssociation studiesMethylationRecent technical advancesEnvironmental factorsRegion analysisEpimutationsReprogramingEtiology of NDDIntellectual disabilityLociTechnical advancesAllelesRegulation
2018
Epigenetics and autism spectrum disorder: A report of an autism case with mutation in H1 linker histone HIST1H1E and literature review
Duffney LJ, Valdez P, Tremblay MW, Cao X, Montgomery S, McConkie‐Rosell A, Jiang Y. Epigenetics and autism spectrum disorder: A report of an autism case with mutation in H1 linker histone HIST1H1E and literature review. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2018, 177: 426-433. PMID: 29704315, PMCID: PMC5980735, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinker proteinH1 linker histonesLinker histone proteinFamily member EChromatin organizationEpigenetic machineryHistone proteinsEpigenetic regulationLinker histonesNucleosome packagingLoss of functionDeleterious mutationsCandidate genesExpression studiesHistone writersWhole-exome sequencingHuman diseasesGenesProteinMutationsProtein expressionExome sequencingGenetic mutationsMember EHIST1H1E