2018
De Novo Sequence and Copy Number Variants Are Strongly Associated with Tourette Disorder and Implicate Cell Polarity in Pathogenesis
Wang S, Mandell JD, Kumar Y, Sun N, Morris MT, Arbelaez J, Nasello C, Dong S, Duhn C, Zhao X, Yang Z, Padmanabhuni SS, Yu D, King RA, Dietrich A, Khalifa N, Dahl N, Huang AY, Neale BM, Coppola G, Mathews CA, Scharf JM, Study T, Abdulkadir M, Arbelaez J, Bodmer B, Bromberg Y, Brown L, Cheon K, Coffey B, Deng L, Dietrich A, Dong S, Duhn C, Elzerman L, Fernandez T, Fremer C, Garcia-Delgar B, Gilbert D, Grice D, Hagstrøm J, Hedderly T, Heiman G, Heyman I, Hoekstra P, Hong H, Huyser C, Kim E, Kim Y, Kim Y, King R, Koh Y, Kook S, Kuperman S, Leventhal B, Ludolph A, Madruga-Garrido M, Mandell J, Maras A, Mir P, Morer A, Morris M, Müller-Vahl K, Münchau A, Murphy T, Nasello C, Plessen K, Poisner H, Roessner V, Sanders S, Shin E, Song D, Song J, State M, Sun N, Thackray J, Tischfield J, Tübing J, Visscher F, Wanderer S, Wang S, Willsey A, Woods M, Xing J, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Zinner S, Initiative T, Androutsos C, Barta C, Farkas L, Fichna J, Georgitsi M, Janik P, Karagiannidis I, Koumoula A, Nagy P, Paschou P, Puchala J, Rizzo R, Szejko N, Szymanska U, Tarnok Z, Tsironi V, Wolanczyk T, Zekanowski C, Genetics T, Barr C, Batterson J, Berlin C, Bruun R, Budman C, Cath D, Chouinard S, Coppola G, Cox N, Darrow S, Davis L, Dion Y, Freimer N, Grados M, Hirschtritt M, Huang A, Illmann C, Kurlan R, Leckman J, Lyon G, Malaty I, Mathews C, MacMahon W, Neale B, Okun M, Osiecki L, Pauls D, Posthuma D, Ramensky V, Robertson M, Rouleau G, Sandor P, Scharf J, Singer H, Smit J, Sul J, Yu D, Fernandez T, Buxbaum J, De Rubeis S, Grice D, Xing J, Heiman G, Tischfield J, Paschou P, Willsey A, State M. De Novo Sequence and Copy Number Variants Are Strongly Associated with Tourette Disorder and Implicate Cell Polarity in Pathogenesis. Cell Reports 2018, 24: 3441-3454.e12. PMID: 30257206, PMCID: PMC6475626, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCadherinsCell PolarityChildDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleHumansMalePedigreeReceptors, Cell SurfaceTourette SyndromeConceptsCell polarityNumber variantsSequence variantsDe novo damaging variantsDe novoDe novo sequencesCopy number variantsNovo sequencesWhole-exome sequencingDamaging variantsRisk genesGenesCommon pathwayNovoSignificant overlapVariantsTriosGenetic riskSequencingCELSR3PathwayPolaritySequenceSignificant excessFamilyChapter 49 Genetic susceptibility in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Fernandez TV, Leckman JF, Pittenger C. Chapter 49 Genetic susceptibility in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Handbook Of Clinical Neurology 2018, 148: 767-781. PMID: 29478613, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64076-5.00049-1.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA Copy Number VariationsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGlutamic AcidHumansMiceObsessive-Compulsive DisorderSignal TransductionConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderPotential novel therapeutic avenuesNovel therapeutic avenuesSpecific risk allelesUnderlying pathophysiologyLarge cohortLifelong disabilityImmune pathwaysTherapeutic avenuesNew treatmentsGenetic susceptibilityRisk allelesCandidate gene association studiesMouse knockout modelsGenetic findingsGene association studiesKnockout modelsOCD pathologyRisk variantsNotable inroadsGenetic variantsDisordersVulnerable pathwaysSubstantial genetic contributionRepetitive behaviors
2017
Neurogenetic analysis of childhood disintegrative disorder
Gupta AR, Westphal A, Yang DYJ, Sullivan CAW, Eilbott J, Zaidi S, Voos A, Vander Wyk BC, Ventola P, Waqar Z, Fernandez TV, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Walker MF, Choi M, Schneider A, Hedderly T, Baird G, Friedman H, Cordeaux C, Ristow A, Shic F, Volkmar FR, Pelphrey KA. Neurogenetic analysis of childhood disintegrative disorder. Molecular Autism 2017, 8: 19. PMID: 28392909, PMCID: PMC5379515, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-017-0133-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAutism Spectrum DisorderBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription FactorsBrainBrain MappingCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolChromosomes, Human, XDisease ProgressionDNA Copy Number VariationsExome SequencingFemaleGene ExpressionHumansIntellectual DisabilityMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMaternal InheritanceNuclear ProteinsPhenotypePolymorphism, GeneticSeverity of Illness IndexSiblingsTranscription FactorsTranscriptome
2015
No Evidence for Association of Autism with Rare Heterozygous Point Mutations in Contactin-Associated Protein-Like 2 (CNTNAP2), or in Other Contactin-Associated Proteins or Contactins
Murdoch JD, Gupta AR, Sanders SJ, Walker MF, Keaney J, Fernandez TV, Murtha MT, Anyanwu S, Ober GT, Raubeson MJ, DiLullo NM, Villa N, Waqar Z, Sullivan C, Gonzalez L, Willsey AJ, Choe SY, Neale BM, Daly MJ, State MW. No Evidence for Association of Autism with Rare Heterozygous Point Mutations in Contactin-Associated Protein-Like 2 (CNTNAP2), or in Other Contactin-Associated Proteins or Contactins. PLOS Genetics 2015, 11: e1004852. PMID: 25621974, PMCID: PMC4306541, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContactin-Associated ProteinSingle nucleotide variantsRelated gene familiesPoint mutationsLike-2Autism risk genesHeterozygous single-nucleotide variantsNumber variation analysisGene familyNext-generation sequencingSequence dataMolecular cytogeneticsRare point mutationsAssociation studiesHomozygosity mappingNucleotide variantsRisk genesRare heterozygous mutationsProteinHeterozygous point mutationMutationsGenesVariation analysisContactinHeterozygous mutations
2014
Transcriptome Analysis of the Human Striatum in Tourette Syndrome
Lennington JB, Coppola G, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Fernandez TV, Palejev D, Li Y, Huttner A, Pletikos M, Sestan N, Leckman JF, Vaccarino FM. Transcriptome Analysis of the Human Striatum in Tourette Syndrome. Biological Psychiatry 2014, 79: 372-382. PMID: 25199956, PMCID: PMC4305353, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopy number variantsGenome-wide association studiesGene coexpression modulesNumber variantsGene network analysisCommon genetic variantsCoexpression modulesUpregulated genesMetabolism modulesImmune-related genesNetwork analysisAssociation studiesDifferential expressionUpregulated modulesGenetic variantsGenesPatient's striatumTS individualsTranscriptomeVariantsMetabolic alterationsSame regionGamma-aminobutyric acidergic interneuronsTranscriptsRNACopy Number Variation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome: A Cross-Disorder Study
McGrath LM, Yu D, Marshall C, Davis LK, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Li B, Cappi C, Gerber G, Wolf A, Schroeder FA, Osiecki L, O'Dushlaine C, Kirby A, Illmann C, Haddad S, Gallagher P, Fagerness JA, Barr CL, Bellodi L, Benarroch F, Bienvenu OJ, Black DW, Bloch MH, Bruun RD, Budman CL, Camarena B, Cath DC, Cavallini MC, Chouinard S, Coric V, Cullen B, Delorme R, Denys D, Derks EM, Dion Y, Rosário MC, Eapen V, Evans P, Falkai P, Fernandez TV, Garrido H, Geller D, Grabe HJ, Grados MA, Greenberg BD, Gross-Tsur V, Grünblatt E, Heiman GA, Hemmings SM, Herrera LD, Hounie AG, Jankovic J, Kennedy JL, King RA, Kurlan R, Lanzagorta N, Leboyer M, Leckman JF, Lennertz L, Lochner C, Lowe TL, Lyon GJ, Macciardi F, Maier W, McCracken JT, McMahon W, Murphy DL, Naarden AL, Neale BM, Nurmi E, Pakstis AJ, Pato MT, Pato CN, Piacentini J, Pittenger C, Pollak Y, Reus VI, Richter MA, Riddle M, Robertson MM, Rosenberg D, Rouleau GA, Ruhrmann S, Sampaio AS, Samuels J, Sandor P, Sheppard B, Singer HS, Smit JH, Stein DJ, Tischfield JA, Vallada H, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Walitza S, Wang Y, Wendland JR, Shugart YY, Miguel EC, Nicolini H, Oostra BA, Moessner R, Wagner M, Ruiz-Linares A, Heutink P, Nestadt G, Freimer N, Petryshen T, Posthuma D, Jenike MA, Cox NJ, Hanna GL, Brentani H, Scherer SW, Arnold PD, Stewart SE, Mathews CA, Knowles JA, Cook EH, Pauls DL, Wang K, Scharf JM. Copy Number Variation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome: A Cross-Disorder Study. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2014, 53: 910-919. PMID: 25062598, PMCID: PMC4218748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.04.022.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Rare Copy Number Variants in Tourette Syndrome Disrupt Genes in Histaminergic Pathways and Overlap with Autism
Fernandez TV, Sanders SJ, Yurkiewicz IR, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Kim YS, Fishman DO, Raubeson MJ, Song Y, Yasuno K, Ho WS, Bilguvar K, Glessner J, Chu SH, Leckman JF, King RA, Gilbert DL, Heiman GA, Tischfield JA, Hoekstra PJ, Devlin B, Hakonarson H, Mane SM, Günel M, State MW. Rare Copy Number Variants in Tourette Syndrome Disrupt Genes in Histaminergic Pathways and Overlap with Autism. Biological Psychiatry 2011, 71: 392-402. PMID: 22169095, PMCID: PMC3282144, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopy number variationsRare copy number variationsNovel risk regionsEnrichment of genesGamma-aminobutyric acid receptor genesNervous system developmentEtiology of TSParent-child triosRare copy number variantsCopy number variantsGene mappingPathway analysisDe novo eventsAxon guidanceCell adhesionMolecular pathwaysNumber variationsRelevant pathwaysCNV analysisNumber variantsGenesReceptor geneDe novoNovo eventsPathwayMultiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism
Sanders SJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Hus V, Luo R, Murtha MT, Moreno-De-Luca D, Chu SH, Moreau MP, Gupta AR, Thomson SA, Mason CE, Bilguvar K, Celestino-Soper PB, Choi M, Crawford EL, Davis L, Wright NR, Dhodapkar RM, DiCola M, DiLullo NM, Fernandez TV, Fielding-Singh V, Fishman DO, Frahm S, Garagaloyan R, Goh GS, Kammela S, Klei L, Lowe JK, Lund SC, McGrew AD, Meyer KA, Moffat WJ, Murdoch JD, O'Roak BJ, Ober GT, Pottenger RS, Raubeson MJ, Song Y, Wang Q, Yaspan BL, Yu TW, Yurkiewicz IR, Beaudet AL, Cantor RM, Curland M, Grice DE, Günel M, Lifton RP, Mane SM, Martin DM, Shaw CA, Sheldon M, Tischfield JA, Walsh CA, Morrow EM, Ledbetter DH, Fombonne E, Lord C, Martin CL, Brooks AI, Sutcliffe JS, Cook EH, Geschwind D, Roeder K, Devlin B, State MW. Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism. Neuron 2011, 70: 863-885. PMID: 21658581, PMCID: PMC3939065, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescentCadherinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolChromosomes, Human, Pair 16Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7Chromosomes, Human, XDNA Copy Number VariationsFamily HealthFemaleGene DuplicationGene Expression ProfilingGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansMaleNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhenotypeProteinsSiblingsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUbiquitin-Specific Peptidase 7Williams Syndrome