Transcriptomic analysis of autistic brain reveals convergent molecular pathology

I Voineagu, X Wang, P Johnston, JK Lowe, Y Tian… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common, highly heritable neurodevelopmental
condition characterized by marked genetic heterogeneity,,. Thus, a fundamental question is …

Broad transcriptomic dysregulation occurs across the cerebral cortex in ASD

MJ Gandal, JR Haney, B Wamsley, CX Yap, S Parhami… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Neuropsychiatric disorders classically lack defining brain pathologies, but recent work has
demonstrated dysregulation at the molecular level, characterized by transcriptomic and …

Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism

NN Parikshak, V Swarup, TG Belgard, M Irimia… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involves substantial genetic contributions. These
contributions are profoundly heterogeneous but may converge on common pathways that …

Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

JT Glessner, K Wang, G Cai, O Korvatska, CE Kim… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are childhood neurodevelopmental disorders with
complex genetic origins,,,. Previous studies focusing on candidate genes or genomic …

Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes

B Paulsen, S Velasco, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with hundreds of genes
spanning a wide range of biological functions,,,,–. The alterations in the human brain …

Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

S De Rubeis, X He, AP Goldberg, CS Poultney… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorder involves the interplay of common and
rare variants and their impact on hundreds of genes. Using exome sequencing, here we …

A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

LA Weiss, DE Arking… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Although autism is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder, attempts to identify
specific susceptibility genes have thus far met with limited success. Genome-wide …

Sporadic autism exomes reveal a highly interconnected protein network of de novo mutations

BJ O'Roak, L Vives, S Girirajan, E Karakoc, N Krumm… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
It is well established that autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a strong genetic
component; however, for at least 70% of cases, the underlying genetic cause is unknown …

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 …

Patterns of de novo tandem repeat mutations and their role in autism

I Mitra, B Huang, N Mousavi, N Ma, M Lamkin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an early-onset developmental disorder characterized by
deficits in communication and social interaction and restrictive or repetitive behaviours …