Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Structural variation in the sequencing era

SS Ho, AE Urban, RE Mills - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying structural variation (SV) is essential for genome interpretation but has been
historically difficult due to limitations inherent to available genome technologies. Detection …

Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

JM Fu, FK Satterstrom, M Peng, H Brand, RL Collins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry functional mutations rarely
observed in the general population. We explored the genes disrupted by these variants from …

GATK-gCNV enables the discovery of rare copy number variants from exome sequencing data

M Babadi, JM Fu, SK Lee, AN Smirnov, LD Gauthier… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Copy number variants (CNVs) are major contributors to genetic diversity and disease. While
standardized methods, such as the genome analysis toolkit (GATK), exist for detecting short …

The contributions of rare inherited and polygenic risk to ASD in multiplex families

M Cirnigliaro, TS Chang, SA Arteaga… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a complex genetic architecture involving contributions
from both de novo and inherited variation. Few studies have been designed to address the …

Genetic causes and modifiers of autism spectrum disorder

L Rylaarsdam, A Guemez-Gamboa - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental
disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in 59 children. ASD is highly genetically heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-disorder dosage sensitivity map of the human genome

RL Collins, JT Glessner, E Porcu, M Lepamets… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variants (rCNVs) include deletions and duplications that occur
infrequently in the global human population and can confer substantial risk for disease. In …

Structural variation in the 3D genome

M Spielmann, DG Lupiáñez, S Mundlos - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Structural and quantitative chromosomal rearrangements, collectively referred to as
structural variation (SV), contribute to a large extent to the genetic diversity of the human …

An overview of the main genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors involved in autism spectrum disorder focusing on synaptic activity

E Masini, E Loi, AF Vega-Benedetti, M Carta… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social
interaction and communication, with restricted interests, activity and behaviors. ASD is highly …

Coming of age: ten years of next-generation sequencing technologies

S Goodwin, JD McPherson, WR McCombie - Nature reviews genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Since the completion of the human genome project in 2003, extraordinary progress has
been made in genome sequencing technologies, which has led to a decreased cost per …