GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture

Nature genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a highly heritable disorder affecting over 50 million people worldwide, of which
about one-third are resistant to current treatments. Here we report a multi-ancestry genome …

Genes4Epilepsy: an epilepsy gene resource

KL Oliver, IE Scheffer, MF Bennett, BE Grinton… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective “How many epilepsy genes are there?” is a frequently asked question. We sought
to (1) provide a curated list of genes that cause monogenic epilepsies, and (2) compare and …

Rare X-linked variants carry predominantly male risk in autism, Tourette syndrome, and ADHD

S Wang, B Wang, V Drury, S Drake, N Sun… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Tourette syndrome (TS), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) display strong male sex bias, due to a combination of genetic and …

Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes

Nature neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying genetic risk factors for highly heterogeneous disorders such as epilepsy remains
challenging. Here we present, to our knowledge, the largest whole-exome sequencing study …

Inherited rare variants in homologous recombination and neurodevelopmental genes are associated with increased risk of neuroblastoma

F Bonfiglio, VA Lasorsa, S Cantalupo, G D'Alterio… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid extracranial paediatric tumour.
Genome-wide association studies have driven the discovery of common risk variants, but no …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy reveals 26 loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture

International League Against Epilepsy Consortium on … - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Epilepsy is a highly heritable disorder affecting over 50 million people worldwide, of which
about one-third are resistant to current treatments. Here, we report a trans-ethnic GWAS …

Genetics of nonlesional focal epilepsy in adults and surgical implications

R Karge, C Knopp, Y Weber, S Wolking - Clinical Epileptology, 2023 - Springer
Nonlesional focal epilepsies (nlFE) represent a heterogenous group of syndromes. They
encompass self-limited focal epilepsies of childhood and youth, rare focal, familial …

[HTML][HTML] Shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk for diverse epilepsies: A whole-exome sequencing study of 54,423 individuals across multiple genetic ancestries

E Collaborative, S Chen, BM Neale, SF Berkovic - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Identifying genetic risk factors for highly heterogeneous disorders like epilepsy remains
challenging. Here, we present the largest whole-exome sequencing study of epilepsy to …

Rare variant association analyses reveal the significant contribution of carbohydrate metabolic disturbance in severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

W Wen, Z Zhao, Z Zheng, S Zhao, H Zhao… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), the predominant genetic-influenced
scoliosis, results in spinal deformities without vertebral malformations. However, the …

Integrated Mendelian Randomization and Single‐Cell Transcriptomics Analysis Identifies Critical Blood Biomarkers and Potential Mechanisms in Epilepsy

J Shi, J Xie, Y Yang, B Fu, Z Ye, T Tang… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Background Epilepsy has a genetic predisposition, yet causal factors and the dynamics of
the immune environment in epilepsy are not fully understood. Methods We analyzed …