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Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder
Polimanti R, Gelernter J. Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder. PLOS Genetics 2017, 13: e1006618. PMID: 28187187, PMCID: PMC5328401, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderBipolar DisorderBrainComputational BiologyDepressive Disorder, MajorGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansPituitary GlandPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSchizophreniaTranscriptomeConceptsPositive selectionGene Ontology enrichmentGene expression enrichmentPrevious genetic studiesGWAS summary statisticsNervous system developmentCommon risk allelesPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSystems geneticsOntology enrichmentRisk allelesSynapse organizationWidespread signaturesEvolutionary processesGenetic studiesGenomics ConsortiumGWASHuman evolutionAllelesIncomplete selectionEffect directionMinor alleleComplete selectionEnrichmentSummary statistics
2021
Epigenomic Profiles of African-American Transthyretin Val122Ile Carriers Reveals Putatively Dysregulated Amyloid Mechanisms
Pathak GA, Wendt FR, De Lillo A, Nunez YZ, Goswami A, De Angelis F, Fuciarelli M, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Epigenomic Profiles of African-American Transthyretin Val122Ile Carriers Reveals Putatively Dysregulated Amyloid Mechanisms. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2021, 14: e003011. PMID: 33428857, PMCID: PMC7887108, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.120.003011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmyloidosisATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1Black or African AmericanDNA MethylationEpigenomicsGene Regulatory NetworksGenome-Wide Association StudyHeart DiseasesHumansKv1.6 Potassium ChannelPhosphoproteinsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrealbuminQuantitative Trait LociUbiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes