2023
Primary complex motor stereotypies are associated with de novo damaging DNA coding mutations that identify KDM5B as a risk gene
Fernandez T, Williams Z, Kline T, Rajendran S, Augustine F, Wright N, Sullivan C, Olfson E, Abdallah S, Liu W, Hoffman E, Gupta A, Singer H. Primary complex motor stereotypies are associated with de novo damaging DNA coding mutations that identify KDM5B as a risk gene. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0291978. PMID: 37788244, PMCID: PMC10547198, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutism Spectrum DisorderDNAExome SequencingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesMutationNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsTourette SyndromeConceptsRisk genesDe novo damaging variantsGene expression patternsWhole-exome DNA sequencingMid-fetal developmentAdditional risk genesHigh-confidence risk genesParent-child triosGene OntologyCell signalingExpression patternsCalcium ion transportFunctional convergenceCell cycleDamaging variantsGenesDNA sequencingDe novoASD probandsGenetic etiologyBiological mechanismsSequencingDNANetwork analysisIon transport
2020
Identification of amygdala-expressed genes associated with autism spectrum disorder
Herrero MJ, Velmeshev D, Hernandez-Pineda D, Sethi S, Sorrells S, Banerjee P, Sullivan C, Gupta AR, Kriegstein AR, Corbin JG. Identification of amygdala-expressed genes associated with autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Autism 2020, 11: 39. PMID: 32460837, PMCID: PMC7251751, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-020-00346-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsASD susceptibility genesSusceptibility genesSingle-nucleus RNA-seq dataCohort of genesIdentification of hundredsRNA-seq dataCell-type specificityAvailable gene expression databasesGene expression analysisGene expression databaseSpecific cell typesEarly developmental stagesHuman tissuesSeq analysisGene sets
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
The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder
Iossifov I, O’Roak B, Sanders SJ, Ronemus M, Krumm N, Levy D, Stessman HA, Witherspoon KT, Vives L, Patterson KE, Smith JD, Paeper B, Nickerson DA, Dea J, Dong S, Gonzalez LE, Mandell JD, Mane SM, Murtha MT, Sullivan CA, Walker MF, Waqar Z, Wei L, Willsey AJ, Yamrom B, Lee YH, Grabowska E, Dalkic E, Wang Z, Marks S, Andrews P, Leotta A, Kendall J, Hakker I, Rosenbaum J, Ma B, Rodgers L, Troge J, Narzisi G, Yoon S, Schatz MC, Ye K, McCombie WR, Shendure J, Eichler EE, State MW, Wigler M. The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder. Nature 2014, 515: 216-221. PMID: 25363768, PMCID: PMC4313871, DOI: 10.1038/nature13908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveCluster AnalysisExomeFemaleGenesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansIntelligence TestsMaleMutationOpen Reading FramesReproducibility of ResultsConceptsLGD mutationsMissense mutationsWild-type alleleChromatin modifiersGene-disrupting mutationsGenetic architectureCopy number variantsDe novo mutationsDe novo missense mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHuman diseasesGenesNovo missense mutationNumber variantsLikely gene-disrupting mutationsMutationsDe novoNovo mutationsExome sequencingSimplex familiesTargetFMRPPowerful toolSimilar numberSequencing