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
2002
A Rheostat Model for a Rapid and Reversible Form of Imprinting-Dependent Evolution
Beaudet AL, Jiang YH. A Rheostat Model for a Rapid and Reversible Form of Imprinting-Dependent Evolution. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2002, 70: 1389-1397. PMID: 11992247, PMCID: PMC379123, DOI: 10.1086/340969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic imprintingRheostat modelGene expressionSelective advantageNon-Mendelian inheritanceDosage-sensitive lociMajority of variantsEpigenetic variantsEvolutionary advantageForm of evolutionSilent alleleImprintingPhenotypeIntegrated mechanismEnhanced adaptabilityExpressionDeleterious effectsEvolutionMammalsHypervariabilityWide continuumGenesMendelianLociMechanism
1997
The E6–AP Ubiquitin–Protein Ligase (UBE3A) Gene Is Localized within a Narrowed Angelman Syndrome Critical Region
Sutcliffe J, Jiang Y, Galjaard R, Matsuura T, Fang P, Kubota T, Christian S, Bressler J, Cattanach B, Ledbetter D, Beaudet A. The E6–AP Ubiquitin–Protein Ligase (UBE3A) Gene Is Localized within a Narrowed Angelman Syndrome Critical Region. Genome Research 1997, 7: 368-377. PMID: 9110176, PMCID: PMC139148, DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.4.368.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAngelman SyndromeAnimalsBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernChromosome AberrationsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Artificial, YeastChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Cloning, MolecularCosmidsElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldFemaleGene DeletionGene DosageGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenetic MarkersGenomic ImprintingHumansIn Situ HybridizationLigasesMaleMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular Sequence DataPaternityPrader-Willi SyndromeSequence Homology, Amino AcidSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTissue DistributionTranscription, GeneticTranslocation, GeneticUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsLigase geneUbiquitin protein ligase geneAngelman syndromeEntire transcriptional unitCandidate regionsMaternal-specific expressionE6-AP ubiquitinTranscriptional unitsPaternal deficiencyRT-PCR analysisMouse homologPrader-Willi syndromePaternal uniparental disomyPhysical mapDe novo truncating mutationsNovo truncating mutationsRecent identificationUBE3A locusMouse tissuesGenesUbe3a expressionLociUniparental disomyProtein levelsAS region