Association between gut microbiota and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Xu, X Xu, J Li, F Li - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by stereotyped behavior and deficits in
communication and social interactions. Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is an ASD …

[PDF][PDF] Getting to the cores of autism

LM Iakoucheva, AR Muotri, J Sebat - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is itself a diverse allelic
spectrum that consists of rare de novo or inherited variants in hundreds of genes and …

Variation across 141,456 human exomes and genomes reveals the spectrum of loss-of-function intolerance across human protein-coding genes

KJ Karczewski, LC Francioli, G Tiao, BB Cummings… - biorxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information
about the phenotypic consequences of gene disruption: genes critical for an organism's …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting splicing from primary sequence with deep learning

K Jaganathan, SK Panagiotopoulou, JF McRae… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The splicing of pre-mRNAs into mature transcripts is remarkable for its precision, but the
mechanisms by which the cellular machinery achieves such specificity are incompletely …

Genetics and epigenetics of autism spectrum disorder—current evidence in the field

B Wiśniowiecka-Kowalnik, BA Nowakowska - Journal of applied genetics, 2019 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a heterogenous group of neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by problems in social interaction and communication as well as the presence …

Predicting polygenic risk of psychiatric disorders

AR Martin, MJ Daly, EB Robinson, SE Hyman… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Genetics provides two major opportunities for understanding human disease—as a
transformative line of etiological inquiry and as a biomarker for heritable diseases. In …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme polygenicity of complex traits is explained by negative selection

LJ O'Connor, AP Schoech, F Hormozdiari… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Complex traits and common diseases are extremely polygenic, their heritability spread
across thousands of loci. One possible explanation is that thousands of genes and loci have …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Insights into genetics, human biology and disease gleaned from family based genomic studies

JE Posey, AH O'Donnell-Luria, JX Chong, T Harel… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Identifying genes and variants contributing to rare disease phenotypes and Mendelian
conditions informs biology and medicine, yet potential phenotypic consequences for …

Autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have a similar burden of rare protein-truncating variants

FK Satterstrom, RK Walters, T Singh, EM Wigdor… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The exome sequences of approximately 8,000 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 5,000 controls were analyzed …