2016
Clinical genomics expands the morbid genome of intellectual disability and offers a high diagnostic yield
Anazi S, Maddirevula S, Faqeih E, Alsedairy H, Alzahrani F, Shamseldin HE, Patel N, Hashem M, Ibrahim N, Abdulwahab F, Ewida N, Alsaif HS, Al sharif H, Alamoudi W, Kentab A, Bashiri FA, Alnaser M, AlWadei AH, Alfadhel M, Eyaid W, Hashem A, Al Asmari A, Saleh MM, AlSaman A, Alhasan KA, Alsughayir M, Al Shammari M, Mahmoud A, Al-Hassnan ZN, Al-Husain M, Osama Khalil R, Abd El.Meguid N, Masri A, Ali R, Ben-Omran T, El.Fishway P, Hashish A, Ercan Sencicek A, State M, Alazami AM, Salih MA, Altassan N, Arold ST, Abouelhoda M, Wakil SM, Monies D, Shaheen R, Alkuraya FS. Clinical genomics expands the morbid genome of intellectual disability and offers a high diagnostic yield. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, 22: 615-624. PMID: 27431290, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard clinical evaluationDiagnostic yieldFirst-tier testExome sequencingClinical evaluationIntellectual disabilityHigh diagnostic yieldLikely pathogenic variantsMulti-gene panelStudy cohortLikely diagnosisTreatable formID subjectsDe novo dominantPathogenic variantsHomozygous mutationRecessive variantsLines of evidencePoint mutationsCandidate genesNovel candidate genesCohortDiagnosisLikely causal variantsHigh consanguinity
2008
Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis and Resequencing of Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Bakkaloglu B, O'Roak BJ, Louvi A, Gupta AR, Abelson JF, Morgan TM, Chawarska K, Klin A, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Stillman AA, Tanriover G, Abrahams BS, Duvall JA, Robbins EM, Geschwind DH, Biederer T, Gunel M, Lifton RP, State MW. Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis and Resequencing of Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 in Autism Spectrum Disorders. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2008, 82: 165-173. PMID: 18179895, PMCID: PMC2253974, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism susceptibility candidate 2Contactin 4Plasma membrane fractionSynaptic plasma membrane fractionMolecular cytogenetic analysisComplex genetic etiologyRare variantsBioinformatics approachConserved positionNonsynonymous changesMembrane fractionRare homozygous mutationControl chromosomesBiochemical analysisNeurodevelopmental syndromeGenetic etiologyPathophysiology of ASDCandidate 2Recent findingsHomozygous mutationUnrelated familiesCytogenetic analysisMutationsVariantsResequencing