Lost in translation: traversing the complex path from genomics to therapeutics in autism spectrum disorder

N Sestan - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Recent progress in the genomics of non-syndromic autism spectrum disorder (nsASD)
highlights rare, large-effect, germline, heterozygous de novo coding mutations. This …

[HTML][HTML] InterVar: clinical interpretation of genetic variants by the 2015 ACMG-AMP guidelines

Q Li, K Wang - The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
In 2015, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and the
Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) published updated standards and guidelines for …

Genetics of schizophrenia

SC Trifu, B Kohn, A Vlasie… - Experimental and …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
A comprehensive review of the body of genetic studies on schizophrenia seems even more
daunting than the battle a psychiatrist wages daily in the office with her archenemy of a …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic control of expression and splicing in developing human brain informs disease mechanisms

RL Walker, G Ramaswami, C Hartl, N Mancuso… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tissue-specific regulatory regions harbor substantial genetic risk for disease. Because brain
development is a critical epoch for neuropsychiatric disease susceptibility, we characterized …

[HTML][HTML] De novo mutations in synaptic transmission genes including DNM1 cause epileptic encephalopathies

S Appenzeller, R Balling, N Barisic, S Baulac… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Emerging evidence indicates that epileptic encephalopathies are genetically highly
heterogeneous, underscoring the need for large cohorts of well-characterized individuals to …

[HTML][HTML] Novel findings from CNVs implicate inhibitory and excitatory signaling complexes in schizophrenia

AJ Pocklington, E Rees, JTR Walters, J Han… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
We sought to obtain novel insights into schizophrenia pathogenesis by exploiting the
association between the disorder and chromosomal copy number (CNV) burden. We …

Landscape of conditional eQTL in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and co-localization with schizophrenia GWAS

A Dobbyn, LM Huckins, J Boocock, LG Sloofman… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Causal genes and variants within genome-wide association study (GWAS) loci can be
identified by integrating GWAS statistics with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and …

Haploinsufficiency of KMT2B, encoding the lysine-specific histone methyltransferase 2B, results in early-onset generalized dystonia

M Zech, S Boesch, EM Maier, I Borggraefe, K Vill… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Early-onset generalized dystonia represents the severest form of dystonia, a hyperkinetic
movement disorder defined by involuntary twisting postures. Although frequently transmitted …

Disruption of POGZ is associated with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders

HAF Stessman, MH Willemsen, M Fenckova… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are genetically
heterogeneous, and a significant number of genes have been associated with both …

Recapitulation and reversal of schizophrenia-related phenotypes in Setd1a-deficient mice

J Mukai, E Cannavò, GW Crabtree, Z Sun… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
SETD1A, a lysine-methyltransferase, is a key schizophrenia susceptibility gene. Mice
carrying a heterozygous loss-of-function mutation of the orthologous gene exhibit alterations …