The developmental transcriptome of the human brain: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders

ATN Tebbenkamp, AJ Willsey… - Current opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Developmental transcriptome data is a key to interpreting disease-associated mutations and
transcriptional changes. Novel approaches integrating the spatial and temporal dimensions …

Modeling non-syndromic autism and the impact of TRPC6 disruption in human neurons

K Griesi-Oliveira, A Acab, AR Gupta, DY Sunaga… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
An increasing number of genetic variants have been implicated in autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs), and the functional study of such variants will be critical for the elucidation …

Stem cell therapy in autism: recent insights

D Siniscalco, S Kannan… - Stem cells and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characterized by core domains: persistent deficits in
social communication and interaction; restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or …

Actin cytoskeleton dynamics in stem cells from autistic individuals

K Griesi-Oliveira, AM Suzuki, AY Alves, ACCN Mafra… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Several lines of indirect evidence, such as mutations or dysregulated expression of genes
related to cytoskeleton, have suggested that cytoskeletal dynamics, a process essential for …

EIF4A3 deficient human iPSCs and mouse models demonstrate neural crest defects that underlie Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome

EE Miller, GS Kobayashi, CM Musso… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the RNA-binding protein EIF4A3 cause Richieri-Costa–
Pereira syndrome (RCPS), an autosomal recessive condition mainly characterized by …

Recurrent ∼100 Kb microdeletion in the chromosomal region 14q11.2, involving CHD8 gene, is associated with autism and macrocephaly

P Prontera, V Ottaviani, D Toccaceli… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The most frequent causes of Intellectual Disability (ID)/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
are chromosomal abnormalities, genomic rearrangements and submicroscopic deletions …

Investigation of 15q11-q13, 16p11. 2 and 22q13 CNVs in autism spectrum disorder Brazilian individuals with and without epilepsy

DP Moreira, K Griesi-Oliveira, AL Bossolani-Martins… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Copy number variations (CNVs) are an important cause of ASD and those located at 15q11-
q13, 16p11. 2 and 22q13 have been reported as the most frequent. These CNVs exhibit …

New locus underlying auriculocondylar syndrome (ARCND): 430 kb duplication involving TWIST1 regulatory elements

VLR Tavares, SL Guimarães-Ramos, Y Zhou… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Auriculocondylar syndrome (ARCND) is a rare genetic disease that affects
structures derived from the first and second pharyngeal arches, mainly resulting in …

Altered mTORC1 signaling in multipotent stem cells from nearly 25% of patients with nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorders

AM Suzuki, K Griesi-Oliveira… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
ASD, mainly through disturbances in synaptic connectivity and plasticity. 1, 2 Most insights
into this pathomechanism came from ASD-related monogenic syndromes caused by loss of …

Exploring preservation of autism spectrum disorder dysregulated co-expression modules in accessible cell models

CEF Rodrigues, BGG Pinto, K Griesi-Oliveira - Human Gene, 2025 - Elsevier
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects more than 1% of the population, and
there is no biomarker to diagnose this condition. Dysregulation of co-expressed gene …