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 …

Developmental disorders caused by haploinsufficiency of transcriptional regulators: a perspective based on cell fate determination

R Zug - Biology Open, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Many human birth defects and neurodevelopmental disorders are caused by loss-of-function
mutations in a single copy of transcription factor (TF) and chromatin regulator genes …

Multidisciplinary approaches for elucidating genetics and molecular pathogenesis of urinary tract malformations

K Khan, DF Ahram, YP Liu, R Westland… - Kidney international, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in clinical diagnostics and molecular tools have improved our understanding of
the genetically heterogeneous causes underlying congenital anomalies of kidney and …

Rare coding variation illuminates the allelic architecture, risk genes, cellular expression patterns, and phenotypic context of autism

JM Fu, FK Satterstrom, M Peng, H Brand, RL Collins… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related neurodevelopmental disorders
(NDDs) often carry disruptive mutations in genes that are depleted of functional variation in …

Neuropsychiatric phenotypes in children with Noonan syndrome

PE Naylor, JL Bruno, SB Shrestha… - … Medicine & Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We investigated neuropsychiatric outcomes in children with Noonan syndrome and
addressed limitations in previous research with a focus on prepubertal children, comparison …

[PDF][PDF] hnRNPH2 gain-of-function mutations reveal therapeutic strategies and a role for RNA granules in neurodevelopmental disorders

BA Kelvington, T Abel - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
hnRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) is caused by mutations in the
HNRNPH2 gene and is associated with substantial challenges, including developmental …

Flexible stoichiometry: implications for KCNQ2-and KCNQ3-associated neurodevelopmental disorders

K Springer, N Varghese, AV Tzingounis - Developmental neuroscience, 2021 - karger.com
KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 pathogenic channel variants have been associated with a spectrum of
developmentally regulated diseases that vary in age of onset, severity, and whether it is …

Altered canonical and striatal-frontal resting state functional connectivity in children with pathogenic variants in the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

JL Bruno, SB Shrestha, AL Reiss, M Saggar… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Mounting evidence supports the role of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase
(Ras/MAPK) pathway in neurodevelopmental disorders. Here, the authors used a genetics …

The Mef2c gene dose-dependently controls hippocampal neurogenesis and the expression of autism-like behaviors

S Basu, EJ Ro, Z Liu, H Kim, A Bennett… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Mutations in the activity-dependent transcription factor MEF2C have been associated with
several neuropsychiatric disorders. Among these, autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-related …

Genomic aberrations associated with the pathophysiological mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders

T Yamamoto - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Genomic studies are increasingly revealing that neurodevelopmental disorders are caused
by underlying genomic alterations. Chromosomal microarray testing has been used to …