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4. CAPRIN1 haploinsufficiency causes a neurodevelopmental disorder with language impairment, ADHD and ASD

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Pavinato, L, Delle Vedove, A, Carli, D, Ferrero, M, Carestiato, S, Howe, J, Agolini, E, Coviello, D, Van De Laar, I, Au, P, Di Gregorio, E, Fabbiani, A, Croci, S, Mencarelli, M, Bruno, L, Renieri, A, Veltra, D, Sofocleous, C, Faivre, L, Mazel, B, Safraou, H, DenommCrossed D signCopyright-Pichon, A, Van Slegtenhorst, M, Giesbertz, N, Van Jaarsveld, R, Childers, A, Rogers, R, Novelli, A, De Rubeis, S, Buxbaum, J, Scherer, S, Ferrero, G, Wirth, B, Brusco, A, Pavinato L., Delle Vedove A., Carli D., Ferrero M., Carestiato S., Howe J. L., Agolini E., Coviello D. A., Van De Laar I., Au P. Y. B., Di Gregorio E., Fabbiani A., Croci S., Mencarelli M. A., Bruno L. P., Renieri A., Veltra D., Sofocleous C., Faivre L., Mazel B., Safraou H., DenommCrossed D signCopyright-Pichon A. -S., Van Slegtenhorst M. A., Giesbertz N., Van Jaarsveld R. H., Childers A., Rogers R. C., Novelli A., De Rubeis S., Buxbaum J. D., Scherer S. W., Ferrero G. B., Wirth B., Brusco A., Pavinato, L, Delle Vedove, A, Carli, D, Ferrero, M, Carestiato, S, Howe, J, Agolini, E, Coviello, D, Van De Laar, I, Au, P, Di Gregorio, E, Fabbiani, A, Croci, S, Mencarelli, M, Bruno, L, Renieri, A, Veltra, D, Sofocleous, C, Faivre, L, Mazel, B, Safraou, H, DenommCrossed D signCopyright-Pichon, A, Van Slegtenhorst, M, Giesbertz, N, Van Jaarsveld, R, Childers, A, Rogers, R, Novelli, A, De Rubeis, S, Buxbaum, J, Scherer, S, Ferrero, G, Wirth, B, Brusco, A, Pavinato L., Delle Vedove A., Carli D., Ferrero M., Carestiato S., Howe J. L., Agolini E., Coviello D. A., Van De Laar I., Au P. Y. B., Di Gregorio E., Fabbiani A., Croci S., Mencarelli M. A., Bruno L. P., Renieri A., Veltra D., Sofocleous C., Faivre L., Mazel B., Safraou H., DenommCrossed D signCopyright-Pichon A. -S., Van Slegtenhorst M. A., Giesbertz N., Van Jaarsveld R. H., Childers A., Rogers R. C., Novelli A., De Rubeis S., Buxbaum J. D., Scherer S. W., Ferrero G. B., Wirth B., and Brusco A.

Abstract

We describe an autosomal dominant disorder associated with loss-of-function variants in the Cell cycle associated protein 1 (CAPRIN1; MIM∗601178). CAPRIN1 encodes a ubiquitous protein that regulates the transport and translation of neuronal mRNAs critical for synaptic plasticity, as well as mRNAs encoding proteins important for cell proliferation and migration in multiple cell types. We identified 12 cases with loss-of-function CAPRIN1 variants, and a neurodevelopmental phenotype characterized by language impairment/speech delay (100%), intellectual disability (83%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (82%) and autism spectrum disorder (67%). Affected individuals also had respiratory problems (50%), limb/skeletal anomalies (50%), developmental delay (42%) feeding difficulties (33%), seizures (33%) and ophthalmologic problems (33%). In patient-derived lymphoblasts and fibroblasts, we showed a monoallelic expression of the wild-type allele, and a reduction of the transcript and protein compatible with a half dose. To further study pathogenic mechanisms, we generated sCAPRIN1+/- human induced pluripotent stem cells via CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis and differentiated them into neuronal progenitor cells and cortical neurons. CAPRIN1 loss caused reduced neuronal processes, overall disruption of the neuronal organization and an increased neuronal degeneration. We also observed an alteration of mRNA translation in CAPRIN1+/- neurons, compatible with its suggested function as translational inhibitor. CAPRIN1+/- neurons also showed an impaired calcium signalling and increased oxidative stress, two mechanisms that may directly affect neuronal networks development, maintenance and function. According to what was previously observed in the mouse model, measurements of activity in CAPRIN1+/- neurons via micro-electrode arrays indicated lower spike rates and bursts, with an overall reduced activity. In conclusion, we demonstrate that CAPRIN1 haploinsufficiency causes a novel auto

Published
2023

7. Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

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J. M., Fu, Satterstrom, F. K., Peng, M., Brand, H., Collins, R. L., Dong, S., Wamsley, B., Klei, L., Wang, L., Hao, S. P., Stevens, C. R., Cusick, C., Babadi, M., Banks, E., Collins, B., Dodge, S., Gabriel, S. B., Gauthier, L., Lee, S. K., Liang, L., Ljungdahl, A., Mahjani, B., Sloofman, L., Smirnov, A. N., Barbosa, M., Betancur, C., Brusco, A., Chung, B. H. Y., Cook, E. H., Cuccaro, M. L., Domenici, E., Ferrero, G. B., Gargus, J. J., Herman, G. E., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Maciel, P., Manoach, D. S., Passos-Bueno, M. R., Persico, A., Renieri, A., Sutcliffe, J. S., Tassone, F., Trabetti, E., Campos, G., Cardaropoli, S., Carli, D., Chan, M. C. Y., Fallerini, C., Giorgio, E., Girardi, A. C., Hansen-Kiss, E., Lee, S. L., Lintas, C., Ludena, Y., Nguyen, R., Pavinato, L., Pericak-Vance, M., Pessah, I. N., Schmidt, R. J., Smith, M., Costa, C. I. S., Trajkova, S., Wang, J. Y. T., M. H. C., Yu, Aleksic, B., Artomov, M., Benetti, E., Biscaldi-Schafer, M., Borglum, A. D., Carracedo, A., Chiocchetti, A. G., Coon, H., Doan, R. N., Fernandez-Prieto, M., Freitag, C. M., Gerges, S., Guter, S., Hougaard, D. M., Hultman, C. M., Jacob, S., Kaartinen, M., Kolevzon, A., Kushima, I., Lehtimaki, T., Rizzo, C. L., Maltman, N., Manara, M., Meiri, G., Menashe, I., Miller, J., Minshew, N., Mosconi, M., Ozaki, N., Palotie, A., Parellada, M., Puura, K., Reichenberg, A., Sandin, S., Scherer, S. W., Schlitt, S., Schmitt, L., Schneider-Momm, K., Siper, P. M., Suren, P., Sweeney, J. A., Teufel, K., del Pilar Trelles, M., Weiss, L. A., Yuen, R., Cutler, D. J., De Rubeis, S., Buxbaum, J. D., Daly, M. J., Devlin, B., Roeder, K., Sanders, S. J., Talkowski, M. E., Massachusetts General Hospital [Boston], Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (BROAD INSTITUTE), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS)-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Massachusetts General Hospital [Boston], Carnegie Mellon University [Pittsburgh] (CMU), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS), University of California [San Francisco] (UC San Francisco), University of California (UC), University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [New York] (MSSM), Neuroscience Paris Seine (NPS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (IBPS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Azienda Ospedalerio - Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino = University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), University of Illinois [Chicago] (UIC), University of Illinois System, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM), University of Trento [Trento], University of California [Irvine] (UC Irvine), Nationwide Children's Hospital, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), Universidade do Minho = University of Minho [Braga], Massachusetts General Hospital [Boston, MA, USA], Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo [Sao Paulo], Università degli Studi di Messina = University of Messina (UniMe), Università degli Studi di Siena = University of Siena (UNISI), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Vanderbilt University [Nashville], Vanderbilt University School of Medicine [Nashville], Università degli studi di Verona = University of Verona (UNIVR), University of Texas Health Science Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma / University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome ( UCBM), Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University [Atlanta, GA], Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC), Broad Institute Center for Common Disease Genomics (Broad-CCDG), iPSYCH-BROAD Consortium : Branko Aleksic, Mykyta Artomov, Elisa Benetti, Monica Biscaldi-Schafer, Anders D Børglum, Angel Carracedo, Andreas G Chiocchetti, Hilary Coon, Ryan N Doan, Montserrat Fernández-Prieto, Christine M Freitag, Sherif Gerges, Stephen Guter, David M Hougaard, Christina M Hultman, Suma Jacob, Miia Kaartinen, Alexander Kolevzon, Itaru Kushima, Terho Lehtimäki, Caterina Lo Rizzo, Nell Maltman, Marianna Manara, Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Judith Miller, Nancy Minshew, Matthew Mosconi, Norio Ozaki, Aarno Palotie, Mara Parellada, Kaija Puura, Abraham Reichenberg, Sven Sandin, Stephen W Scherer, Sabine Schlitt, Lauren Schmitt, Katja Schneider-Momm, Paige M Siper, Pål Suren, John A Sweeney, Karoline Teufel, Maria Del Pilar Trelles, Lauren A Weiss, Ryan Yuen., and Betancur, Catalina

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Broad Institute Center for Common Disease Genomics, Autism Sequencing Consortium, DNA Copy Number Variations, Autism Spectrum Disorder, [SDV.NEU.NB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology, Autism, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), iPSYCH-BROAD Consortium, autism spectrum disorders, disease gene, copy number variants, neuropsychiatric disorders, [SDV.GEN.GH] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, GENOMAS, Medical and Health Sciences, Article, Clinical Research, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Autistic Disorder, Aetiology, Genetic association study, Pediatric, Human Genome, Neurodevelopmental disorders, [SDV.NEU.NB] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology, Biological Sciences, Autism spectrum disorders, Brain Disorders, Mental Health, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Mutation, Gene expression, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
Abstract

International audience; 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 joint analysis of protein-truncating variants (PTVs), missense variants and copy number variants (CNVs) in a cohort of 63,237 individuals. We discovered 72 genes associated with ASD at false discovery rate (FDR) ≤ 0.001 (185 at FDR ≤ 0.05). De novo PTVs, damaging missense variants and CNVs represented 57.5%, 21.1% and 8.44% of association evidence, while CNVs conferred greatest relative risk. Meta-analysis with cohorts ascertained for developmental delay (DD) (n = 91,605) yielded 373 genes associated with ASD/DD at FDR ≤ 0.001 (664 at FDR ≤ 0.05), some of which differed in relative frequency of mutation between ASD and DD cohorts. The DD-associated genes were enriched in transcriptomes of progenitor and immature neuronal cells, whereas genes showing stronger evidence in ASD were more enriched in maturing neurons and overlapped with schizophrenia-associated genes, emphasizing that these neuropsychiatric disorders may share common pathways to risk.

Published
2022

10. A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa

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Boraska, V, Franklin, C S, Floyd, J A B, Thornton, L M, Huckins, L M, Southam, L, Rayner, N W, Tachmazidou, I, Klump, K L, Treasure, J, Lewis, C M, Schmidt, U, Tozzi, F, Kiezebrink, K, Hebebrand, J, Gorwood, P, Adan, R A H, Kas, M J H, Favaro, A, Santonastaso, P, Fernández-Aranda, F, Gratacos, M, Rybakowski, F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz, M, Kaprio, J, Keski-Rahkonen, A, Raevuori, A, Van Furth, E F, Slof-Op 't Landt, M C T, Hudson, J I, Reichborn-Kjennerud, T, Knudsen, G P S, Monteleone, P, Kaplan, A S, Karwautz, A, Hakonarson, H, Berrettini, W H, Guo, Y, Li, D, Schork, N J, Komaki, G, Ando, T, Inoko, H, Esko, T, Fischer, K, Männik, K, Metspalu, A, Baker, J H, Cone, R D, Dackor, J, DeSocio, J E, Hilliard, C E, O'Toole, J K, Pantel, J, Szatkiewicz, J P, Taico, C, Zerwas, S, Trace, S E, Davis, O S P, Helder, S, Bühren, K, Burghardt, R, de Zwaan, M, Egberts, K, Ehrlich, S, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B, Herzog, W, Imgart, H, Scherag, A, Scherag, S, Zipfel, S, Boni, C, Ramoz, N, Versini, A, Brandys, M K, Danner, U N, de Kovel, C, Hendriks, J, Koeleman, B P C, Ophoff, R A, Strengman, E, van Elburg, A A, Bruson, A, Clementi, M, Degortes, D, Forzan, M, Tenconi, E, Docampo, E, Escaramís, G, Jiménez-Murcia, S, Lissowska, J, Rajewski, A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N, Slopien, A, Hauser, J, Karhunen, L, Meulenbelt, I, Slagboom, P E, Tortorella, A, Maj, M, Dedoussis, G, Dikeos, D, Gonidakis, F, Tziouvas, K, Tsitsika, A, Papezova, H, Slachtova, L, Martaskova, D, Kennedy, J L, Levitan, R D, Yilmaz, Z, Huemer, J, Koubek, D, Merl, E, Wagner, G, Lichtenstein, P, Breen, G, Cohen-Woods, S, Farmer, A, McGuffin, P, Cichon, S, Giegling, I, Herms, S, Rujescu, D, Schreiber, S, Wichmann, H-E, Dina, C, Sladek, R, Gambaro, G, Soranzo, N, Julia, A, Marsal, S, Rabionet, R, Gaborieau, V, Dick, D M, Palotie, A, Ripatti, S, Widén, E, Andreassen, O A, Espeseth, T, Lundervold, A, Reinvang, I, Steen, V M, Le Hellard, S, Mattingsdal, M, Ntalla, I, Bencko, V, Foretova, L, Janout, V, Navratilova, M, Gallinger, S, Pinto, D, Scherer, S W, Aschauer, H, Carlberg, L, Schosser, A, Alfredsson, L, Ding, B, Klareskog, L, Padyukov, L, Courtet, P, Guillaume, S, Jaussent, I, Finan, C, Kalsi, G, Roberts, M, Logan, D W, Peltonen, L, Ritchie, G R S, Barrett, J C, Estivill, X, Hinney, A, Sullivan, P F, Collier, D A, Zeggini, E, and Bulik, C M

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2014
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12. Phenotypic spectrum associated with PTCHD1 deletions and truncating mutations includes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder

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Chaudhry, A., Noor, A., Degagne, B., Baker, K., Bok, L. A., Brady, A. F., Chitayat, D., Chung, B. H., Cytrynbaum, C., Dyment, D., Filges, I., Helm, B., Hutchison, H. T., Jeng, L. J. B., Laumonnier, F., Marshall, C. R., Menzel, M., Parkash, S., Parker, M. J., Raymond, L. F., Rideout, A. L., Roberts, W., Rupps, R., Schanze, I., Schrander-Stumpel, C. T. R. M., Speevak, M. D., Stavropoulos, D. J., Stevens, S. J. C., Thomas, E. R. A., Toutain, A., Vergano, S., Weksberg, R., Scherer, S. W., Vincent, J. B., and Carter, M. T.

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2015
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14. Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

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Davies, R. W., Fiksinski, A. M., Breetvelt, E. J., Williams, N. M., Hooper, S. R., Monfeuga, T., Bassett, A. S., Owen, M. J., Gur, R. E., Morrow, B. E., McDonald-McGinn, D. M., Swillen, A., Chow, E. W. C., van den Bree, M., Emanuel, B. S., Vermeesch, J. R., van Amelsvoort, T., Arango, C., Armando, M., Campbell, L. E., Cubells, J. F., Eliez, S., Garcia-Minaur, S., Gothelf, D., Kates, W. R., Murphy, K. C., Murphy, C. M., Murphy, D. G., Philip, N., Repetto, G. M., Shashi, V., Simon, T. J., Suner, D. H., Vicari, Stefano, Scherer, S. W., Epstein, M. P., Warren, S. T., Morrison, S., Chawner, S., Vingerhoets, C., Breckpot, J., Vergaelen, E., Vogels, A., Monks, S., Prasad, S. E., Sandini, C., Schneider, M., Maeder, J., Fraguas, D., Evers, R., Tassone, F., Morey-Canyelles, J., Ousley, O. Y., Antshel, K. M., Fremont, W., Fritsch, R., Ornstein, C., Daly, E. M., Costain, G. A., Boot, E., Heung, T., Crowley, T. B., Zackai, E. H., Calkins, M. E., Gur, R. C., Mccabe, K. L., Busa, T., Schoch, K., Pontillo, M., Duijff, S. N., Kahn, R. S., Houben, Mariasofia, Kushan, L., Jalbrzikowski, M., Carmel, M., Mekori-Domachevsky, E., Michaelovsky, E., Weinberger, R., Bearden, C. E., Vorstman, J. A. S., Marseille medical genetics - Centre de génétique médicale de Marseille (MMG), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de génétique médicale [Hôpital de la Timone - APHM], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), RS: MHeNs - R2 - Mental Health, Psychiatrie & Neuropsychologie, and MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Psychiatrie (9)

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0301 basic medicine, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], INTELLIGENCE, Medical and Health Sciences, Cohort Studies, ddc:616.89, 0302 clinical medicine, Borderline intellectual functioning, Risk Factors, Intellectual disability, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, PREMORBID IQ, Cognitive decline, Aetiology, Child, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Intelligence quotient, ABNORMALITIES, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Serious Mental Illness, Mental Health, Phenotype, Schizophrenia, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Child, Preschool, Cohort, Female, Clinical psychology, Adult, Psychosis, Adolescent, Immunology, behavioral disciplines and activities, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Settore MED/39 - NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE, PSYCHOSIS, Clinical Research, Intellectual Disability, Genetic variation, Behavioral and Social Science, mental disorders, medicine, Genetics, DiGeorge Syndrome, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Preschool, METAANALYSIS, International 22q11.2 Brain and Behavior Consortium, Aged, DECLINE, reliability, business.industry, Prevention, cognitive-development, Genetic Variation, PERFORMANCE, medicine.disease, Brain Disorders, schizophrenia, 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, business
Abstract

The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is associated with a 20-25% risk of schizophrenia. In a cohort of 962 individuals with 22q11DS, we examined the shared genetic basis between schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related early trajectory phenotypes: sub-threshold symptoms of psychosis, low baseline intellectual functioning and cognitive decline. We studied the association of these phenotypes with two polygenic scores, derived for schizophrenia and intelligence, and evaluated their use for individual risk prediction in 22q11DS. Polygenic scores were not only associated with schizophrenia and baseline intelligence quotient (IQ), respectively, but schizophrenia polygenic score was also significantly associated with cognitive (verbal IQ) decline and nominally associated with sub-threshold psychosis. Furthermore, in comparing the tail-end deciles of the schizophrenia and IQ polygenic score distributions, 33% versus 9% of individuals with 22q11DS had schizophrenia, and 63% versus 24% of individuals had intellectual disability. Collectively, these data show a shared genetic basis for schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related phenotypes and also highlight the future potential of polygenic scores for risk stratification among individuals with highly, but incompletely, penetrant genetic variants.Polygenic risk scores are nearing a level of differentiation required for their clinical utility in risk prediction in populations with high-risk rare pathogenic genetic variants.

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2020

15. Epigenomic alterations define lethal CIMP-positive ependymomas of infancy

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Mack, S. C., Witt, H., Piro, R. M., Gu, L., Zuyderduyn, S., Stütz, A. M., Wang, X., Gallo, M., Garzia, L., Zayne, K., Zhang, X., Ramaswamy, V., Jäger, N., Jones, D. T. W., Sill, M., Pugh, T. J., Ryzhova, M., Wani, K. M., Shih, D. J. H., Head, R., Remke, M., Bailey, S. D., Zichner, T., Faria, C. C., Barszczyk, M., Stark, S., Seker-Cin, H., Hutter, S., Johann, P., Bender, S., Hovestadt, V., Tzaridis, T., Dubuc, A. M., Northcott, P. A., Peacock, J., Bertrand, K. C., Agnihotri, S., Cavalli, F. M. G., Clarke, I., Nethery-Brokx, K., Creasy, C. L., Verma, S. K., Koster, J., Wu, X., Yao, Y., Milde, T., Sin-Chan, P., Zuccaro, J., Lau, L., Pereira, S., Castelo-Branco, P., Hirst, M., Marra, M. A., Roberts, S. S., Fults, D., Massimi, L., Cho, Y. J., Van Meter, T., Grajkowska, W., Lach, B., Kulozik, A. E., von Deimling, A., Witt, O., Scherer, S. W., Fan, X., Muraszko, K. M., Kool, M., Pomeroy, S. L., Gupta, N., Phillips, J., Huang, A., Tabori, U., Hawkins, C., Malkin, D., Kongkham, P. N., Weiss, W. A., Jabado, N., Rutka, J. T., Bouffet, E., Korbel, J. O., Lupien, M., Aldape, K. D., Bader, G. D., Eils, R., Lichter, P., Dirks, P. B., Pfister, S. M., Korshunov, A., and Taylor, M. D.

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2014
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18. Loss-of-function variants in CAPRIN1 in patients affected by autism spectrum disorder, language delay and intellectual disability with variable expressivity and incomplete penetrance

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Pavinato, L., Howe, J. L., Carli, D., Agolini, E., Coviello, D. A., Van de Laar, I. M. B. H., Au, P. Y. B., Di Gregorio, E., Giorgio, E., Pozzi, E., Ferrero, M., Cardaropoli, S., Delle Vedove, A., Salpietro, V., Zara, F., Novelli, A., Wirth, B., Ferrero, G. B., Scherer, S. W., Brusco, A., Pavinato, L., Howe, J. L., Carli, D., Agolini, E., Coviello, D. A., Van de Laar, I. M. B. H., Au, P. Y. B., Di Gregorio, E., Giorgio, E., Pozzi, E., Ferrero, M., Cardaropoli, S., Delle Vedove, A., Salpietro, V., Zara, F., Novelli, A., Wirth, B., Ferrero, G. B., Scherer, S. W., and Brusco, A.

Published
2020

30. Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa

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Huckins, L. M., Hatzikotoulas, K., Curtis, C., Esko, T., Espeseth, T., Estivill, X., Favaro, A., Fernández-Aranda, F., Fichter, M. M., Finan, C., Fischer, K., Floyd, J. A. B., Foretova, L., Rhodes, D., Forzan, M., Franklin, C. S., Gallinger, S., Gambaro, G., Gaspar, H. A., Giegling, I., Gonidakis, F., Gorwood, P., Gratacos, M., Guillaume, S., Moens, J., Guo, Y., Hakonarson, H., Halmi, K. A., Hauser, J., Hebebrand, J., Helder, S., Herms, S., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Herzog, W., Kalsi, G., Hilliard, C. E., Hinney, A., Hübel, C., Hudson, J. I., Huemer, J., Inoko, H., Janout, V., Jiménez-Murcia, S., Johnson, C., Dempster, D., Julià, A., Juréus, A., Kaminska, D., Kaplan, A. S., Kaprio, J., Karhunen, L., Karwautz, A., Kas, M. J. H., Kaye, W., Leung, R., Kennedy, J. L., Keski-Rahkonen, A., Kiezebrink, K., Klareskog, L., Klump, K. L., Knudsen, G. P. S., Koeleman, B. P. C., Koubek, D., La Via, M. C., Landén, M., Keohane, A., Le Hellard, S., Levitan, R. D., Li, D., Lichtenstein, P., Lilenfeld, L., Lissowska, J., Lundervold, A., Magistretti, P., Maj, M., Mannik, K., Burghardt, R., Marsal, S., Martin, N., Mattingsdal, M., McDevitt, S., McGuffin, P., Merl, E., Metspalu, A., Meulenbelt, I., Micali, N., Mitchell, J., Ehrlich, S., Mitchell, K., Monteleone, P., Monteleone, A. M., Mortensen, P., Munn-Chernoff, M. A., Navratilova, M., Nilsson, I., Norring, C., Ntalla, I., Ophoff, R. A., O'Toole, J. K., Palotie, A., Pante, J., Papezova, H., Pinto, D., Rabionet, R., Raevuori, A., Rajewski, A., Ramoz, N., Rayner, N. W., Southam, L., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Ripatti, S., Roberts, M., Rotondo, A., Rujescu, D., Rybakowski, F., Santonastaso, P., Scherag, A., Scherer, S. W., Schmidt, U., Ludolph, A., Schork, N. J., Schosser, A., Slachtova, L., Sladek, R., Slagboom, P. E., Slof-Op 't Landt, M. C. T., Slopien, A., Soranzo, N., Steen, V. M., Walton, E., Strengman, E., Strober, M., Sullivan, P. F., Szatkiewicz, J. P., Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N., Tachmazidou, I., Tenconi, E., Thornton, L. M., Tortorella, A., Tozzi, F., Deloukas, P., Treasure, J., Tsitsika, A., Tziouvas, K., van Elburg, A. A., van Furth, E. F., Wagner, G., Watson, H., Wichmann, H-E, Widen, E., Hofman, A., Woodside, D. B., Yanovski, J., Yao, S., Yilmaz, Z., Zeggini, E., Zerwas, S., Zipfel, S., Palta, P., van Rooij, F. J. A., Stirrups, K., Adan, R., Boni, C., Cone, R., Dedoussis, G., van Furth, E., Hudson, J., Kas, M., Keski-Rahonen, A., Steinberg, J., Knudsen, G-P, Raevuori, A. H., Aguilera-McKay, F., van Elburg, A., Consortium, Eating Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics, Collier, D. A., Breen, G., Bulik, C. M., Adan, R. A. H., Alfredsson, L., Ando, T., Andreassen, O. A., Aschauer, H., Baker, J. H., Barrett, J. C., Bencko, V., Bergen, A. W., Berrettini, W. H., Birgegard, A., Boraska Perica, V., Brandt, H., Carlberg, L., Cassina, M., Cichon, S., Clementi, M., Cohen-Woods, S., Coleman, J., Cone, R. D., Gunasinghe, C., Courtet, P., Crawford, S., Crow, S., Crowley, J., Danner, U. N., Davis, O. S. P., de Zwaan, M., Degortes, D., DeSocio, J. E., Romero, A., Dick, D. M., Dikeos, D., Dina, C., Ding, B., Dmitrzak-Weglarz, M., Docampo, E., Duncan, L., Egberts, K., Escaramís, G., Inconnu, Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie, CHU de Yopougon, Department of Nutrition Science & Dietetics, Harokopio University, Analyse Phenotypique, Developpementale et Genetique des Comportements Addictifs, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics, Aarno Palotie / Principal Investigator, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health, Anna Keski-Rahkonen / Principal Investigator, HUS Children and Adolescents, Genomics of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Genetic Epidemiology, Eating Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Epidemiology, Kas lab, Huckins, L. M., Hatzikotoulas, K., Southam, L., Thornton, L. M., Steinberg, J., Aguilera-Mckay, F., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U., Gunasinghe, C., Romero, A., Curtis, C., Rhodes, D., Moens, J., Kalsi, G., Dempster, D., Leung, R., Keohane, A., Burghardt, R., Ehrlich, S., Hebebrand, J., Hinney, A., Ludolph, A., Walton, E., Deloukas, P., Hofman, A., Palotie, A., Palta, P., van Rooij, F. J. A., Stirrups, K., Adan, R., Boni, C., Cone, R., Dedoussis, G., van Furth, E., Gonidakis, F., Gorwood, P., Hudson, J., Kaprio, J., Kas, M., Keski-Rahonen, A., Kiezebrink, K., Knudsen, G. -P., Slof-Op 'T Landt, M. C. T., Maj, M., Monteleone, A. M., Monteleone, P., Raevuori, A. H., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Tozzi, F., Tsitsika, A., Elburg, A., Collier, D. A., Sullivan, P. F., Breen, G., Bulik, C. M., Zeggini, E., Adan, R. A. H., Alfredsson, L., Ando, T., Andreassen, O. A., Aschauer, H., Baker, J. H., Barrett, J. C., Bencko, V., Bergen, A. W., Berrettini, W. H., Birgegard, A., Perica, V. B., Brandt, H., Carlberg, L., Cassina, M., Cichon, S., Clementi, M., Cohen-Woods, S., Coleman, J., Cone, R. D., Courtet, P., Crawford, S., Crow, S., Crowley, J., Danner, U. N., Davis, O. S. P., Zwaan, M., Degortes, D., Desocio, J. E., Dick, D. M., Dikeos, D., Dina, C., Ding, B., Dmitrzak-Weglarz, M., Docampo, E., Duncan, L., Egberts, K., Escaramis, G., Esko, T., Espeseth, T., Estivill, X., Favaro, A., Fernandez-Aranda, F., Fichter, M. M., Finan, C., Fischer, K., Floyd, J. A. B., Foretova, L., Forzan, M., Franklin, C. S., Gallinger, S., Gambaro, G., Gaspar, H. A., Giegling, I., Gratacos, M., Guillaume, S., Guo, Y., Hakonarson, H., Halmi, K. A., Hauser, J., Helder, S., Herms, S., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Herzog, W., Hilliard, C. E., Hubel, C., Hudson, J. I., Huemer, J., Inoko, H., Janout, V., Jimenez-Murcia, S., Johnson, C., Julia, A., Jureus, A., Kaminska, D., Kaplan, A. S., Karhunen, L., Karwautz, A., Kas, M. J. H., Kaye, W., Kennedy, J. L., Keski-Rahkonen, A., Klareskog, L., Klump, K. L., Knudsen, G. P. S., Koeleman, B. P. C., Koubek, D., Via, M. C. L., Landen, M., Hellard, S. L., Levitan, R. D., Li, D., Lichtenstein, P., Lilenfeld, L., Lissowska, J., Lundervold, A., Magistretti, P., Mannik, K., Marsal, S., Martin, N., Mattingsdal, M., Mcdevitt, S., Mcguffin, P., Merl, E., Metspalu, A., Meulenbelt, I., Micali, N., Mitchell, J., Mitchell, K., Mortensen, P., Munn-Chernoff, M. A., Navratilova, M., Nilsson, I., Norring, C., Ntalla, I., Ophoff, R. A., O'Toole, J. K., Pantel, J., Papezova, H., Pinto, D., Rabionet, R., Raevuori, A., Rajewski, A., Ramoz, N., Rayner, N. W., Ripatti, S., Roberts, M., Rotondo, A., Rujescu, D., Rybakowski, F., Santonastaso, P., Scherag, A., Scherer, S. W., Schork, N. J., Schosser, A., Slachtova, L., Sladek, R., Slagboom, P. E., Slopien, A., Soranzo, N., Steen, V. M., Strengman, E., Strober, M., Szatkiewicz, J. P., Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N., Tachmazidou, I., Tenconi, E., Tortorella, A., Tziouvas, K., Elburg, A. A., Furth, E. F., Wagner, G., Watson, H., Wichmann, H. -E., Widen, E., Woodside, D. B., Yanovski, J., Yao, S., Yilmaz, Z., Zerwas, S., and Zipfel, S.

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Anorexia Nervosa, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Intron, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Genome, 3124 Neurology and psychiatry, Intergenic region, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Exome, HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM, GENE-EXPRESSION, Genetics, Bulimia nervosa, ASSOCIATION, GPI-Linked Protein, 3. Good health, CONTROLLED-TRIALS, Psychiatry and Mental health, Eating disorders, Phenotype, CONTROLLED FAMILY, Female, Original Article, Human, Genotype, In silico, European Continental Ancestry Group, Locus (genetics), Biology, GPI-Linked Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, BULIMIA-NERVOSA, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, Family, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, ddc:610, Genetic association, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, 3112 Neurosciences, Genetic Variation, Correction, EATING-DISORDERS, ARACHIDONIC-ACID, medicine.disease, Introns, 030104 developmental biology, Cell Adhesion Molecule, RISK-FACTORS, 3111 Biomedicine, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder presenting with dangerously low body weight, and a deep and persistent fear of gaining weight. To date, only one genome-wide significant locus associated with AN has been identified. We performed an exome-chip based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 2158 cases from nine populations of European origin and 15 485 ancestrally matched controls. Unlike previous studies, this GWAS also probed association in low-frequency and rare variants. Sixteen independent variants were taken forward for in silico and de novo replication (11 common and 5 rare). No findings reached genome-wide significance. Two notable common variants were identified: rs10791286, an intronic variant in OPCML (P=9.89 × 10−6), and rs7700147, an intergenic variant (P=2.93 × 10−5). No low-frequency variant associations were identified at genome-wide significance, although the study was well-powered to detect low-frequency variants with large effect sizes, suggesting that there may be no AN loci in this genomic search space with large effect sizes.

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2017

31. To look or not to look during vaccination: A pilot randomized trial

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Mithal, Priyanjali, Simmons, Pamela, Cornelissen, Tessa, Wong, Horace, Pillai Riddell, Rebecca, McMurtry, C. Meghan, Burry, Lisa, Stephens, Derek, Lou, Anna, Nicolson, R., Georgiades, S., Szatmari, P., Anagnostou, E., Scherer, S. W., Choufani, S., Brudno, M., and Weksberg, R.

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Original Articles, vaccination, Influenza vaccinations, Preference, law.invention, Vaccination, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, looking preference, Randomized controlled trial, needle, law, 030225 pediatrics, Physical therapy, Medicine, fear, pain, Analysis of variance, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article
Abstract

Background Clinicians commonly advise patients to look away from the needle during vaccinations; however, this recommendation is not evidence based. Aim The aim of this study was to determine whether looking at the needle versus looking away affects pain and fear during vaccinations in adults. Methods This was a pilot randomized two-group parallel trial with university students receiving influenza vaccinations. Participants were stratified according to their initial needle-looking preference and randomly assigned to either look at versus away from the needle. Participants self-reported their pain and fear during vaccination. Results Of the 184 subjects who agreed to participate, 160 were enrolled; 66% were female. A three-way analysis of variance (ANOVA; Looking allocation assignment × Looking preference × Sex) revealed a significant main effect of looking allocation assignment on fear (P = 0.025); those who were randomized to look had higher fear scores than those who were randomized to look away. There was also a significant main effect of looking preference on fear (P

Published
2018

34. Chromosomal contacts connect loci associated with autism, BMI and head circumference phenotypes

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Loviglio, M. N., Leleu, M., Männik, K., Passeggeri, M., Giannuzzi, G., Van Der Werf, I., Waszak, S. M., Zazhytska, M., Roberts-Caldeira, I., Gheldof, N., Migliavacca, E., Alfaiz, A. A., Hippolyte, L., Maillard, A. M., Zollino, Marcella, Van Dijck, A., Kooy, R. F., Sanlaville, D., Rosenfeld, J. A., Shaffer, L. G., Andrieux, J., Marshall, C., Scherer, S. W., Shen, Y., Gusella, J. F., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Thorleifsson, G., Dermitzakis, E. T., Deplancke, B., Beckmann, J. S., Rougemont, J., Jacquemont, S., Reymond, A., Zollino, M. (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Loviglio, M. N., Leleu, M., Männik, K., Passeggeri, M., Giannuzzi, G., Van Der Werf, I., Waszak, S. M., Zazhytska, M., Roberts-Caldeira, I., Gheldof, N., Migliavacca, E., Alfaiz, A. A., Hippolyte, L., Maillard, A. M., Zollino, Marcella, Van Dijck, A., Kooy, R. F., Sanlaville, D., Rosenfeld, J. A., Shaffer, L. G., Andrieux, J., Marshall, C., Scherer, S. W., Shen, Y., Gusella, J. F., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Thorleifsson, G., Dermitzakis, E. T., Deplancke, B., Beckmann, J. S., Rougemont, J., Jacquemont, S., Reymond, A., and Zollino, M. (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519)

Abstract

Copy number variants (CNVs) are major contributors to genomic imbalance disorders. Phenotyping of 137 unrelated deletion and reciprocal duplication carriers of the distal 16p11.2 220 kb BP2-BP3 interval showed that these rearrangements are associated with autism spectrum disorders and mirror phenotypes of obesity/underweight and macrocephaly/microcephaly. Such phenotypes were previously associated with rearrangements of the non-overlapping proximal 16p11.2 600 kb BP4-BP5 interval. These two CNV-prone regions at 16p11.2 are reciprocally engaged in complex chromatin looping, as successfully confirmed by 4C-seq, fluorescence in situ hybridization and Hi-C, as well as coordinated expression and regulation of encompassed genes. We observed that genes differentially expressed in 16p11.2 BP4-BP5 CNV carriers are concomitantly modified in their chromatin interactions, suggesting that disruption of chromatin interplays could participate in the observed phenotypes. We also identified cis- and trans-acting chromatin contacts to other genomic regions previously associated with analogous phenotypes. For example, we uncovered that individuals with reciprocal rearrangements of the trans-contacted 2p15 locus similarly display mirror phenotypes on head circumference and weight. Our results indicate that chromosomal contacts' maps could uncover functionally and clinically related genes.

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2017

35. Using ancestry-informative markers to identify fine structure across 15 populations of European origin

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Huckins, Laura M, Boraska, Vesna, Southam, L, Karhunen, L, Meulenbelt, I, Slagboom, P E, Tortorella, A, Maj, M, Dedoussis, G, Dikeos, D, Gonidakis, F, Tziouvas, K, Tsitsika, A, Rayner, N William, Papezova, H, Slachtova, L, Martaskova, D, Kennedy, J L, Levitan, R D, Yilmaz, Z, Huemer, J, Koubek, D, Merl, E, Wagner, G, Tachmazidou, I, Lichtenstein, P, Breen, G, Cohen-Woods, S, Farmer, A, McGuffin, P, Cichon, Sven, Giegling, I, Herms, S, Rujescu, D, Schreiber, S, Klump, K L, Wichmann, H-E, Dina, C, Sladek, R, Gambaro, G, Soranzo, N, Julia, A, Marsal, S, Rabionet, R a, Gaborieau, V, Dick, D M, Treasure, J, Palotie, A, Ripatti, S, Widén, E, Andreassen, O A, Espeseth, T, Lundervold, A, Reinvang, I, Steen, V M, Hellard, S Le, Mattingsda, M, Lewis, C M, Ntalla, I, Bencko, V, Foretova, L, Janout, V, Navratilova, M, Gallinger, S, Pinto, D, Scherer, S W, Aschauer, H, Carlberg, L, Schmidt, U, Schosser, A, Alfredsson, L, Ding, B, Klareskog, L, Padyukov, L, Finan, C, Kalsi, G, Roberts, M, Logan, D W, Peltonen, L, Tozzi, F, Ritchie, G R S, Courtet, P, Guillame, S, Jaussent, I, Barrett, J C, Estivill, X, Hinney, A, Sullivan, P F, Collier, D A, Zeggini, E, Kiezebrink, K, Bulik, C M, Anderson, Carl A, Barrett, Jeffrey C, Floyd, James AB, Franklin, Christopher S, McGinnis, Ralph, Soranzo, Nicole, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Sambrook, Jennifer, Stephens, Jonathan, Hebebrand, J, Ouwehand, Willem H, McArdle, Wendy L, Ring, Susan M, Strachan, David P, Alexander, Graeme, Bulik, Cynthia M, Collier, David A, Conlon, Peter J, Dominiczak, Anna, Duncanson, Audrey, Gorwood, P, Hill, Adrian, Langford, Cordelia, Lord, Graham, Maxwell, Alexander P, Morgan, Linda, Peltonen, Leena, Sandford, Richard N, Sheerin, Neil, Vannberg, Fredrik O, Adan, R A H, Genotyping, D N A, Blackburn, Hannah, Chen, Wei-Min, Edkins, Sarah, Gillman, Mathew, Gray, Emma, Hunt, Sarah E, nengut-Gumuscu, Suna, Kas, M J H, Potter, Simon, Rich, Stephen S, Simpkin, Douglas, Whittaker, Pamela, Sullivan, Patrick F, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, avaro, A F, Santonastaso, P, Fernández-Aranda, F, Gratacos, M, Rybakowski, F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz, M, Kaprio, J, Floyd, James A B, Keski-Rahkonen, A, Raevuori, A, Van Furth, E F, Slof-Op t Landt, M C T, Hudson, J I, Reichborn-Kjennerud, T, Knudsen, G P S, Monteleone, P, Kaplan, A S, Karwautz, A, Southam, Lorraine, Hakonarson, H, Berrettini, W H, Guo, Y, Li, D, Schork, N J, Komaki, G, Ando, T, Inoko, H, Esko, T, Fischer, K, Boraska, V, Männik, K, Metspalu, A, Baker, J H, Cone, R D, Dackor, J, DeSocio, J E, Hilliard, C E, O'Toole, J K, Pantel, J, Szatkiewicz, J P, Franklin, C S, Taico, C, Zerwas, S, Trace, S E, Davis, O S P, Helder, S, Bühren, K, Burghardt, R, de Zwaan, M, Egberts, K, Ehrlich, S, Floyd, J A B, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B, Herzog, W, Imgart, H, Scherag, A, Scherag, S, Zipfel, S, Boni, C, Ramoz, N, Versini, A, Brandys, M K, Thornton, L M, Danner, U N, de Kove, C, Hendriks, J, Koeleman, B P C, Ophoff, R A, Strengman, E, van Elburg, A A, Bruson, A, Clementi, M, Degortes, D, Huckins, L M, Forzan, M, Tenconi, E, Docampo, E, Escaramís, G, Jiménez-Murcia, S, Lissowska, J, Rajewski, A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N, Slopien, A, Hauser, J, Huckins, Laura M., Boraska, Vesna, Franklin, Christopher S., Floyd, J. A. B., Southam, Lorraine, Sullivan, P. F., Bulik, Cynthia M, Collier, David A, Tyler-Smith, Chri, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Thornton, L. M., William Rayner, N., Klump, K. L., Lewis, C. M., Schmidt, U., Tozzi, F., Kiezebrink, K., Hebebrand, J., Gorwood, P., Adan, R. A. H., Kas, M. J. H., Favaro, A., Santonastaso, P., Fernández-Aranda, F., Gratacos, M., Rybakowski, F., Dmitrzak-Weglarz, M., Kaprio, J., Raevuori, A., Van Furth, E. F., Slof-Op t Landt, M. C. T., Hudson, J. I., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Knudsen, G. P. S., Monteleone, P., Kaplan, A. S., Karwautz, A., Hakonarson, H., Berrettini, W. H., Guo, Y., Li, D., Schork, N. J., Komaki, G., Ando, T., Inoko, H., Esko, T., Fischer, K., Männik, K., Metspalu, A., Baker, J. H., Davis, O. S. P., Dackor, J., Desocio, J. E., Hilliard, C. E., O'Toole, J. K., Pantel, J., Szatkiewicz, J. P., Taico, C., Zerwas, S., Trace, S. E., Helder, S., Bühren, K., Burghardt, R., de Zwaan, M., Egberts, K., Ehrlich, S., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Herzog, W., Imgart, H., Scherag, A., Zipfel, S., Boni, C., Ramoz, N., Versini, A., Brandys, M. K., Danner, U. N., de Kovel, C., Hendriks, J., Koeleman, B. P. C., Ophoff, R. A., Strengman, E., van Elburg, A. A., Bruson, A., Clementi, M., Degortes, D., Forzan, M., Docampo, E., Escaramís, G., Jiménez-Murcia, S., Lissowska, J., Rajewski, A., Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N., Slopien, A., Hauser, J., Karhunen, L., Meulenbelt, I., Slagboom, P. E., Tortorella, A., Maj, M., Dedoussis, G., Dikeos, D., Gonidakis, F., Tziouvas, K., Tsitsika, A., Papezova, H., Slachtova, L., Martaskova, D., Kennedy, J. L., Levitan, R. D., Yilmaz, Z., Huemer, J., Koubek, D., Merl, E., Wagner, G., Lichtenstein, P., Breen, G., Cohen-Woods, S., Farmer, A., Mcguffin, P., Cichon, S., Giegling, I., Herms, S., Rujescu, D., Schreiber, S., Wichmann, H. -E., Dina, C., Sladek, R., Gambaro, G., Soranzo, N., Julia, A., Marsal, S., Rabionet, Ra, Gaborieau, V., Dick, D. M., Palotie, A., Ripatti, S., Widén, E., Andreassen, O. A., Espeseth, T., Lundervold, A., Reinvang, I., Steen, V. M., Le Hellard, S., Mattingsdal, M., Ntalla, I., Bencko, V., Foretova, L., Janout, V., Navratilova, M., Gallinger, S., Pinto, D., Scherer, S. W., Aschauer, H., Carlberg, L., Schosser, A., Alfredsson, L., Ding, B., Klareskog, L., Padyukov, L., Finan, C., Kalsi, G., Roberts, M., Logan, D. W., Peltonen, Leena, Ritchie, G. R. S., Courtet, P., Guillame, S., Jaussent, I., Barrett, J. C., Estivill, X., Hinney, A., Bulik, C. M., Mcginnis, Ralph, Sambrook, Jennifer, Stephens, Jonathan, Ouwehand, Willem H, Mcardle, Wendy L, Ring, Susan M, Strachan, David P, Alexander, Graeme, Conlon, Peter J, Dominiczak, Anna, Duncanson, Audrey, Hill, Adrian, Langford, Cordelia, Lord, Graham, Maxwell, Alexander P, Morgan, Linda, Sandford, Richard N, Sheerin, Neil, Vannberg, Fredrik O, Blackburn, Hannah, Chen, Wei-Min, Edkins, Sarah, Gillman, Mathew, Gray, Emma, Hunt, Sarah E, Onengut-Gumuscu, Suna, Potter, Simon, Rich, Stephen S, Simpkin, Dougla, Whittaker, Pamela, Hebebrand, Johannes (Beitragende*r), Scherag, S (Beitragende*r), Hinney, Anke (Beitragende*r), Hjelt Institute (-2014), Department of Public Health, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Research Programs Unit, Research Programme of Molecular Medicine, Biostatistics Helsinki, Complex Disease Genetics, Genomics of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Genetic Epidemiology, Sullivan, Patrick F [0000-0002-6619-873X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Anorexia Nervosa, Genotyping Techniques, DIVERSITY, Medizin, SNPne, Genome-wide association study, 0302 clinical medicine, Gene Frequency, Genetic Marker, Settore MED/14 - NEFROLOGIA, AIM, WTCCC3, Genetics (clinical), Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Principal Component Analysis, ASSOCIATION, Single Nucleotide, 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health, 3. Good health, Phylogeography, population stratification, AIMs, principal component analysis, SET, Human, Genetic Markers, population stratification, Population, Clinical Sciences, European Continental Ancestry Group, AIMs, Reproducibility of Result, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Ancestry-informative marker, Biology, principal component analysi, Population stratification, population stratification, principal component analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Genetic, Clinical Research, ddc:570, Humans, Polymorphism, education, Allele frequency, 030304 developmental biology, GCAN, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysi, Human Genome, Reproducibility of Results, Minor allele frequency, Genetics, Population, Evolutionary biology, Sample Size, 3111 Biomedicine, Genotyping Technique, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 3 anorexia nervosa genome-wide association scan includes 2907 cases from 15 different populations of European origin genotyped on the Illumina 670K chip. We compared methods for identifying population stratification, and suggest list of markers that may help to counter this problem. It is usual to identify population structure in such studies using only common variants with minor allele frequency (MAF) >5%; we find that this may result in highly informative SNPs being discarded, and suggest that instead all SNPs with MAF >1% may be used. We established informative axes of variation identified via principal component analysis and highlight important features of the genetic structure of diverse European-descent populations, some studied for the first time at this scale. Finally, we investigated the substructure within each of these 15 populations and identified SNPs that help capture hidden stratification. This work can provide information regarding the designing and interpretation of association results in the International Consortia.European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, 19 February 2014; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2014.1.

Published
2014

36. Psychiatric gene discoveries shape evidence on ADHD's biology

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Thapar, A, Martin, J, Mick, E, Arias Vásquez, A, Langley, K, Scherer, S W, Schachar, R, Crosbie, J, Williams, N, Franke, B, Elia, J, Glessner, J, Hakonarson, H, Owen, M J, Faraone, S V, O'Donovan, M C, Holmans, P, IMAGE 2 Consortium (incl Kent L), University of St Andrews. School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences, University of Zurich, and Thapar, A

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Male, Canada, Adolescent, DNA Copy Number Variations, 2804 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, NDAS, 610 Medicine & health, Medical and Health Sciences, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Databases, 2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health, mental disorders, 1312 Molecular Biology, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Autistic Disorder, Preschool, Child, Biological Psychiatry, Genetic Association Studies, Psychiatry, Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7], Nucleic Acid, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Single Nucleotide, Biological Sciences, 10058 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, United Kingdom, Europe, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child, Preschool, Schizophrenia, RC0321, Original Article, Female, Databases, Nucleic Acid, Ireland, RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

The Wellcome Trust, MRC and Action Medical Research have provided ADHD research support for AT, PH, JM, NW, MJO, MCO; we also acknowledge support from NIH grants R1 3MH059126, R0 1MH62873 and R0 1MH081803 to Dr SV Faraone. Dr E Mick received funding through the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (P30HD004147) supported by the NIH. A strong motivation for undertaking psychiatric gene discovery studies is to provide novel insights into unknown biology. Although attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly heritable, and large, rare copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to risk, little is known about its pathogenesis and it remains commonly misunderstood. We assembled and pooled five ADHD and control CNV data sets from the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America, Northern Europe and Canada. Our aim was to test for enrichment of neurodevelopmental gene sets, implicated by recent exome-sequencing studies of (a) schizophrenia and (b) autism as a means of testing the hypothesis that common pathogenic mechanisms underlie ADHD and these other neurodevelopmental disorders. We also undertook hypothesis-free testing of all biological pathways. We observed significant enrichment of individual genes previously found to harbour schizophrenia de novo non-synonymous single-nucleotide variants (SNVs; P=5.4 × 10-4) and targets of the Fragile X mental retardation protein (P=0.0018). No enrichment was observed for activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (P=0.23) or N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (P=0.74) post-synaptic signalling gene sets previously implicated in schizophrenia. Enrichment of ADHD CNV hits for genes impacted by autism de novo SNVs (P=0.019 for non-synonymous SNV genes) did not survive Bonferroni correction. Hypothesis-free testing yielded several highly significantly enriched biological pathways, including ion channel pathways. Enrichment findings were robust to multiple testing corrections and to sensitivity analyses that excluded the most significant sample. The findings reveal that CNVs in ADHD converge on biologically meaningful gene clusters, including ones now established as conferring risk of other neurodevelopmental disorders. Publisher PDF

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2016

38. Chromosomal contacts connect loci associated with autism, BMI and head circumference phenotypes

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Loviglio, M. N, Leleu, M., Männik, K., Passeggeri, M., Giannuzzi, G., van der Werf, I., Waszak, S. M., Zazhytska, M., Roberts Caldeira, I., Gheldof, N., Migliavacca, E., Alfaiz, A. A., Hippolyte, L., Maillard, A. M., van Dijck, A., Kooy, R. F., Sanlaville, D., Rosenfeld, J. A., Shaffer, L. G., Andrieux, J., Marshall, C., Scherer, S. W., Shen, Y., Gusella, J. F., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Thorleifsson, G., Dermitzakis, E. T., Deplancke, B., Beckmann, J. S., Rougemont, J., Jacquemont, S., Reymond, A., Collaborators: Loviglio MN, Männik, K, van der Werf, I, Giannuzzi, G, Zazhytska, M, Gheldof, N, Migliavacca, E, Alfaiz, Aa, Roberts Caldeira, I, Hippolyte, L, Maillard, Am, Ferrarini, A, Butschi, Fn, Conrad, B, Addor, Mc, Belfiore, M, Roetzer, K, Dijck, Av, Blaumeiser, B, Kooy, F, Roelens, F, Dheedene, A, Chiaie, Bd, Menten, B, Oostra, A, Caberg, Jh, Carter, M, Kellam, B, Stavropoulos, Dj, Marshall, C, Scherer, Sw, Weksberg, R, Cytrynbaum, C, Bassett, A, Lowther, C, Gillis, J, Mackay, S, Bache, I, Ousager, Lb, Smerdel, Mp, Graakjaer, J, Kjaergaard, S, Metspalu, A, Mathieu, M, Bonneau, D, Guichet, A, Parent, P, Férec, C, Gerard, M, Plessis, G, Lespinasse, J, Masurel, A, Marle, N, Faivre, L, Callier, P, Layet, V, Meur, Nl, Le Goff, C, Duban Bedu, B, Sukno, S, Boute, O, Andrieux, J, Blanchet, P, Geneviève, D, Puechberty, J, Schneider, A, Leheup, B, Jonveaux, P, Mercier, S, David, A, Le Caignec, C, de Pontual, L, Pipiras, E, Jacquette, A, Keren, B, Gilbert Dussardier, B, Bilan, F, Goldenberg, A, Chambon, P, Toutain, A, Till, M, Sanlaville, D, Leube, B, Royer Pokora, B, Grabe, Hj, Schmidt, Co, Schurmann, C, Homuth, G, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Bernardini, L, Novelli, A, Micale, L, Merla, G, Zollino, M, Mari, Francesca, Rizzo, Cl, Renieri, Alessandra, Silengo, M, Vulto van Silfhout AT, Schouten, M, Pfundt, R, de Leeuw, N, Vansenne, F, Maas, Sm, Barge Schaapveld DQ, Knegt, Ac, Stadheim, B, Rodningen, O, Houge, G, Price, S, Hawkes, L, Campbell, C, Kini, U, Vogt, J, Walters, R, Blakemore, A, Gusella, Jf, Shen, Y, Scott, D, Bacino, Ca, Tsuchiya, K, Ladda, R, Sell, S, Asamoah, A, Hamati, Ai, Rosenfeld, Ja, Shaffer, Lg, Mitchell, E, Hodge, Jc, Beckmann, Js, Jacquemont, S, Reymond, A, Ewans, Lj, Mowat, D, Walker, J, Amor, Dj, Esch, Hv, Leroy, P, Bamforth, Js, Babu, D, Isidor, B, Didonato, N, Hackmann, K, Passeggeri, M, Haeringen, Av, Smith, R, Ellingwood, S, Farber, Dm, Puri, V, Zadeh, N, Weaver, Dd, Miller, M, Wilks, T, Jorgez, Cj, Lafayette, D, Blaumeiser, Bettina, 2p15 Consortium, 16p11.2 Consortium, Loviglio, M.N., Männik, K., van der Werf, I., Giannuzzi, G., Zazhytska, M., Gheldof, N., Migliavacca, E., Alfaiz, A.A., Roberts-Caldeira, I., Hippolyte, L., Maillard, A.M., Ferrarini, A., Butschi, F.N., Conrad, B., Addor, M.C., Belfiore, M., Roetzer, K., Dijck, A.V., Blaumeiser, B., Kooy, F., Roelens, F., Dheedene, A., Chiaie, B.D., Menten, B., Oostra, A., Caberg, J.H., Carter, M., Kellam, B., Stavropoulos, D.J., Marshall, C., Scherer, S.W., Weksberg, R., Cytrynbaum, C., Bassett, A., Lowther, C., Gillis, J., MacKay, S., Bache, I., Ousager, L.B., Smerdel, M.P., Graakjaer, J., Kjaergaard, S., Metspalu, A., Mathieu, M., Bonneau, D., Guichet, A., Parent, P., Férec, C., Gerard, M., Plessis, G., Lespinasse, J., Masurel, A., Marle, N., Faivre, L., Callier, P., Layet, V., Meur, N.L., Le Goff, C., Duban-Bedu, B., Sukno, S., Boute, O., Andrieux, J., Blanchet, P., Geneviève, D., Puechberty, J., Schneider, A., Leheup, B., Jonveaux, P., Mercier, S., David, A., Le Caignec, C., de Pontual, L., Pipiras, E., Jacquette, A., Keren, B., Gilbert-Dussardier, B., Bilan, F., Goldenberg, A., Chambon, P., Toutain, A., Till, M., Sanlaville, D., Leube, B., Royer-Pokora, B., Grabe, H.J., Schmidt, C.O., Schurmann, C., Homuth, G., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Bernardini, L., Novelli, A., Micale, L., Merla, G., Zollino, M., Mari, F., Rizzo, C.L., Renieri, A., Silengo, M., Vulto-van Silfhout, A.T., Schouten, M., Pfundt, R., de Leeuw, N., Vansenne, F., Maas, S.M., Barge-Schaapveld, D.Q., Knegt, A.C., Stadheim, B., Rodningen, O., Houge, G., Price, S., Hawkes, L., Campbell, C., Kini, U., Vogt, J., Walters, R., Blakemore, A., Gusella, J.F., Shen, Y., Scott, D., Bacino, C.A., Tsuchiya, K., Ladda, R., Sell, S., Asamoah, A., Hamati, A.I., Rosenfeld, J.A., Shaffer, L.G., Mitchell, E., Hodge, J.C., Beckmann, J.S., Jacquemont, S., Reymond, A., Ewans, L.J., Mowat, D., Walker, J., Amor, D.J., Esch, H.V., Leroy, P., Bamforth, J.S., Babu, D., Isidor, B., DiDonato, N., Hackmann, K., Passeggeri, M., Haeringen, A.V., Smith, R., Ellingwood, S., Farber, D.M., Puri, V., Zadeh, N., Weaver, D.D., Miller, M., Wilks, T., Jorgez, C.J., Lafayette, D., Other departments, and Human Genetics

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0301 basic medicine, Male, Microcephaly, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Obesity/genetics, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, Body Mass Index, Microcephaly/genetics, Gene duplication, Chromosome Duplication, ddc:576.5, Copy-number variation, Child, In Situ Hybridization, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Genetics, medicine.diagnostic_test, Chromosome Mapping, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Chromatin, Chemistry, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Child, Preschool, Female, Original Article, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics, Megalencephaly/genetics, Chromosome Deletion, Autistic Disorder/genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Human, Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9], Adult, Adolescent, DNA Copy Number Variations, Locus (genetics), DNA Copy Number Variations/genetics, Biology, Aged, Autistic Disorder, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16, Humans, Infant, Intellectual Disability, Megalencephaly, Obesity, Chromosomes, Fluorescence, Chromatin/metabolism, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, Preschool, Gene, Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7], Pair 16, medicine.disease, Intellectual Disability/genetics, Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics, 030104 developmental biology, Human medicine, Chromosome Mapping/methods, Fluorescence in situ hybridization
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Contains fulltext : 174530.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Copy number variants (CNVs) are major contributors to genomic imbalance disorders. Phenotyping of 137 unrelated deletion and reciprocal duplication carriers of the distal 16p11.2 220 kb BP2-BP3 interval showed that these rearrangements are associated with autism spectrum disorders and mirror phenotypes of obesity/underweight and macrocephaly/microcephaly. Such phenotypes were previously associated with rearrangements of the non-overlapping proximal 16p11.2 600 kb BP4-BP5 interval. These two CNV-prone regions at 16p11.2 are reciprocally engaged in complex chromatin looping, as successfully confirmed by 4C-seq, fluorescence in situ hybridization and Hi-C, as well as coordinated expression and regulation of encompassed genes. We observed that genes differentially expressed in 16p11.2 BP4-BP5 CNV carriers are concomitantly modified in their chromatin interactions, suggesting that disruption of chromatin interplays could participate in the observed phenotypes. We also identified cis- and trans-acting chromatin contacts to other genomic regions previously associated with analogous phenotypes. For example, we uncovered that individuals with reciprocal rearrangements of the trans-contacted 2p15 locus similarly display mirror phenotypes on head circumference and weight. Our results indicate that chromosomal contacts' maps could uncover functionally and clinically related genes.

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2015

40. Phenotypic spectrum associated with PTCHD1 deletions and truncating mutations includes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder

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Chaudhry, A., Noor, A., Degagne, B., Baker, K., Bok, L. A., Brady, A. F., Chitayat, D., Chung, B. H., Cytrynbaum, C., Dyment, D., Filges, I., Helm, B., Hutchison, H. T., Jeng, L. J. B., Laumonnier, F., Marshall, C. R., Menzel, M., Parkash, S., Parker, M. J., Raymond, L. F., Rideout, A. L., Roberts, W., Rupps, R., Schanze, I., Schrander-Stumpel, C. T. R. M., Speevak, M. D., Stavropoulos, D. J., Stevens, S. J. C., Thomas, E. R. A., Toutain, A., Vergano, S., Weksberg, R., Scherer, S. W., Vincent, J. B., Carter, M. T., RS: GROW - Developmental Biology, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Afdeling Onderwijs FHML, and MUMC+: DA Pat Cytologie (9)

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X-linked, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Autism Spectrum Disorder, PTCHD1, Facies, Infant, Membrane Proteins, Exons, Young Adult, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Intellectual Disability, Mutation, Humans, Female, Child, Sequence Deletion
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Studies of genomic copy number variants (CNVs) have identified genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) such as NRXN1, SHANK2, SHANK3 and PTCHD1. Deletions have been reported in PTCHD1 however there has been little information available regarding the clinical presentation of these individuals. Herein we present 23 individuals with PTCHD1 deletions or truncating mutations with detailed phenotypic descriptions. The results suggest that individuals with disruption of the PTCHD1 coding region may have subtle dysmorphic features including a long face, prominent forehead, puffy eyelids and a thin upper lip. They do not have a consistent pattern of associated congenital anomalies or growth abnormalities. They have mild to moderate global developmental delay, variable degrees of ID, and many have prominent behavioral issues. Over 40% of subjects have ASD or ASD-like behaviors. The only consistent neurological findings in our cohort are orofacial hypotonia and mild motor incoordination. Our findings suggest that hemizygous PTCHD1 loss of function causes an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong propensity to autistic behaviors. Detailed neuropsychological studies are required to better define the cognitive and behavioral phenotype.

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2014

41. CNTN6 mutations are risk factors for abnormal auditory sensory perception in autism spectrum disorders

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Mercati, O, primary, Huguet, G, additional, Danckaert, A, additional, André-Leroux, G, additional, Maruani, A, additional, Bellinzoni, M, additional, Rolland, T, additional, Gouder, L, additional, Mathieu, A, additional, Buratti, J, additional, Amsellem, F, additional, Benabou, M, additional, Van-Gils, J, additional, Beggiato, A, additional, Konyukh, M, additional, Bourgeois, J-P, additional, Gazzellone, M J, additional, Yuen, R K C, additional, Walker, S, additional, Delépine, M, additional, Boland, A, additional, Régnault, B, additional, Francois, M, additional, Van Den Abbeele, T, additional, Mosca-Boidron, A L, additional, Faivre, L, additional, Shimoda, Y, additional, Watanabe, K, additional, Bonneau, D, additional, Rastam, M, additional, Leboyer, M, additional, Scherer, S W, additional, Gillberg, C, additional, Delorme, R, additional, Cloëz-Tayarani, I, additional, and Bourgeron, T, additional

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2016
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43. Disruption of the ASTN2/TRIM32 locus at 9q33.1 is a risk factor in males for autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental phenotypes

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Lionel, A. C., primary, Tammimies, K., additional, Vaags, A. K., additional, Rosenfeld, J. A., additional, Ahn, J. W., additional, Merico, D., additional, Noor, A., additional, Runke, C. K., additional, Pillalamarri, V. K., additional, Carter, M. T., additional, Gazzellone, M. J., additional, Thiruvahindrapuram, B., additional, Fagerberg, C., additional, Laulund, L. W., additional, Pellecchia, G., additional, Lamoureux, S., additional, Deshpande, C., additional, Clayton-Smith, J., additional, White, A. C., additional, Leather, S., additional, Trounce, J., additional, Melanie Bedford, H., additional, Hatchwell, E., additional, Eis, P. S., additional, Yuen, R. K. C., additional, Walker, S., additional, Uddin, M., additional, Geraghty, M. T., additional, Nikkel, S. M., additional, Tomiak, E. M., additional, Fernandez, B. A., additional, Soreni, N., additional, Crosbie, J., additional, Arnold, P. D., additional, Schachar, R. J., additional, Roberts, W., additional, Paterson, A. D., additional, So, J., additional, Szatmari, P., additional, Chrysler, C., additional, Woodbury-Smith, M., additional, Brian Lowry, R., additional, Zwaigenbaum, L., additional, Mandyam, D., additional, Wei, J., additional, MacDonald, J. R., additional, Howe, J. L., additional, Nalpathamkalam, T., additional, Wang, Z., additional, Tolson, D., additional, Cobb, D. S., additional, Wilks, T. M., additional, Sorensen, M. J., additional, Bader, P. I., additional, An, Y., additional, Wu, B.-L., additional, Musumeci, S. A., additional, Romano, C., additional, Postorivo, D., additional, Nardone, A. M., additional, Monica, M. D., additional, Scarano, G., additional, Zoccante, L., additional, Novara, F., additional, Zuffardi, O., additional, Ciccone, R., additional, Antona, V., additional, Carella, M., additional, Zelante, L., additional, Cavalli, P., additional, Poggiani, C., additional, Cavallari, U., additional, Argiropoulos, B., additional, Chernos, J., additional, Brasch-Andersen, C., additional, Speevak, M., additional, Fichera, M., additional, Ogilvie, C. M., additional, Shen, Y., additional, Hodge, J. C., additional, Talkowski, M. E., additional, Stavropoulos, D. J., additional, Marshall, C. R., additional, and Scherer, S. W., additional

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2013
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44. Mapping of three novel loci for non-syndromic autosomal recessive mental retardation (NS-ARMR) in consanguineous families from Pakistan

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Rafiq, M. A., Ansar, M., Marshall, C. R., Noor, A., Shaheen, N., Mowjoodi, A., Khan, M. A., Ali, G., Amin-ud-Din, M., Feuk, Lars, Vincent, J. B., Scherer, S. W., Rafiq, M. A., Ansar, M., Marshall, C. R., Noor, A., Shaheen, N., Mowjoodi, A., Khan, M. A., Ali, G., Amin-ud-Din, M., Feuk, Lars, Vincent, J. B., and Scherer, S. W.

Abstract

To date, of 13 loci with linkage to non-syndromic autosomal recessive mental retardation (NS-ARMR), only six genes have been established with associated mutations. Here we present our study on NS-ARMR among the Pakistani population, where people are traditionally bound to marry within the family or the wider clan. In an exceptional, far-reaching genetic survey we have collected more than 50 consanguineous families exhibiting clinical symptoms/phenotypes of NS-ARMR. In the first step, nine families (MR2-9 and MR11) with multiple affected individuals were selected for molecular genetic studies. Two families (MR3, MR4) showed linkage to already know NS-ARMR loci. Fifteen affected and 10 unaffected individuals from six (MR2, MR6, MR7, MR8, MR9 and MR11) families were genotyped by using Affymetrix 5.0 or 6.0 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays. SNP microarray data was visually inspected by dChip and genome-wide homozygosity analysis was performed by HomozygosityMapper. Additional mapping was performed (to exclude false-positive regions of homozygosity called by HomozygosityMapper and dChip) on all available affected and unaffected members in seven NS-ARMR families, using microsatellite markers. In this manner we were able to map three novel loci in seven different families originating from different areas of Pakistan. Two families (MR2, MR5) showed linkage on chromosome 2p25.3-p25.2. Three families (MR7, MR8, and MR9) that have been collected from the same village and belong to the same clan were mapped on chromosome 9q34.3. MR11 maps to a locus on 9p23-p13.3. Analysis of MR6 showed two positive loci, on chromosome 1q23.2-q23.3 and 8q24.21-q24.23. Genotyping in additional family members has so far narrowed, but not excluded the 1q locus. In summary, through this study we have identified three new loci for NS-ARMR, namely MRT14, 15 and 16.

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2010
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45. CONTRIBUTION OF DNA COPY-NUMBER VARIATION (CNV) TO CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY AND LARGE-SCALE GENOME ALTERATIONS IN OSTEOSARCOMA (OS)

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Pasic, I, Shlien, A, Novokmet, A, Zhang, C, Tabori, U, Pinto, D, Scherer, S W, Malkin, D, Pasic, I, Shlien, A, Novokmet, A, Zhang, C, Tabori, U, Pinto, D, Scherer, S W, and Malkin, D

Abstract

Introduction: OS, a common Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS)-associated neoplasm, is a common bone malignancy of children and adolescents. Sporadic OS is also characterized by young age of onset and high genomic instability, suggesting a genetic contribution to disease. This study examined the contribution of novel DNA structural variation elements, CNVs, to OS susceptibility. Given our finding of excessive constitutional DNA CNV in LFS patients, which often coincide with cancer-related genes, we hypothesized that constitutional CNV may also provide clues about the aetiology of LFS-related sporadic neoplasms like OS. Methods: CNV in blood DNA of 26 patients with sporadic OS was compared to that of 263 normal control samples from the International HapMap project, as well as 62 local controls. Analysis was performed on DNA hybridized to Affymetrix genome-wide human SNP array 6.0 by Partek Genomic Suite. Results: There was no detectable difference in average number of CNVs, CNV length, and total structural variation (product of average CNV number and length) between individuals with OS and controls. While this data is preliminary (small sample size), it argues against the presence of constitutional genomic instability in individuals with sporadic OS. Conclusion: We found that the majority of tumours from patients with sporadic OS show CN loss at chr3q13.31, raising the possibility that chr3q13.31 may represent a “driver” region in OS aetiology. In at least one OS tumour, which displays CN loss at chr3q13.31, we demonstrate decreased expression of a known tumour suppressor gene located at chr3q13.31. We are investigating the role ofchr3q13.31 in development of OS.

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2008

46. Pathogenic rare copy number variants in community-based schizophrenia suggest a potential role for clinical microarrays

Author

Costain, G., primary, Lionel, A. C., additional, Merico, D., additional, Forsythe, P., additional, Russell, K., additional, Lowther, C., additional, Yuen, T., additional, Husted, J., additional, Stavropoulos, D. J., additional, Speevak, M., additional, Chow, E. W. C., additional, Marshall, C. R., additional, Scherer, S. W., additional, and Bassett, A. S., additional

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2013
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47. Chromosomal contacts connect loci associated with autism, BMI and head circumference phenotypes

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Loviglio, M N, Leleu, M, Männik, K, Passeggeri, M, Giannuzzi, G, van der Werf, I, Waszak, S M, Zazhytska, M, Roberts-Caldeira, I, Gheldof, N, Migliavacca, E, Alfaiz, A A, Hippolyte, L, Maillard, A M, Van Dijck, A, Kooy, R F, Sanlaville, D, Rosenfeld, J A, Shaffer, L G, Andrieux, J, Marshall, C, Scherer, S W, Shen, Y, Gusella, J F, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Thorleifsson, G, Dermitzakis, E T, Deplancke, B, Beckmann, J S, Rougemont, J, Jacquemont, S, and Reymond, A

Abstract

Copy number variants (CNVs) are major contributors to genomic imbalance disorders. Phenotyping of 137 unrelated deletion and reciprocal duplication carriers of the distal 16p11.2 220 kb BP2-BP3 interval showed that these rearrangements are associated with autism spectrum disorders and mirror phenotypes of obesity/underweight and macrocephaly/microcephaly. Such phenotypes were previously associated with rearrangements of the non-overlapping proximal 16p11.2 600 kb BP4-BP5 interval. These two CNV-prone regions at 16p11.2 are reciprocally engaged in complex chromatin looping, as successfully confirmed by 4C-seq, fluorescence in situ hybridization and Hi-C, as well as coordinated expression and regulation of encompassed genes. We observed that genes differentially expressed in 16p11.2 BP4-BP5 CNV carriers are concomitantly modified in their chromatin interactions, suggesting that disruption of chromatin interplays could participate in the observed phenotypes. We also identified cis- and trans-acting chromatin contacts to other genomic regions previously associated with analogous phenotypes. For example, we uncovered that individuals with reciprocal rearrangements of the trans-contacted 2p15 locus similarly display mirror phenotypes on head circumference and weight. Our results indicate that chromosomal contacts’ maps could uncover functionally and clinically related genes.

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2017
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48. CNTN6 mutations are risk factors for abnormal auditory sensory perception in autism spectrum disorders

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Mercati, O, Huguet, G, Danckaert, A, André-Leroux, G, Maruani, A, Bellinzoni, M, Rolland, T, Gouder, L, Mathieu, A, Buratti, J, Amsellem, F, Benabou, M, Van-Gils, J, Beggiato, A, Konyukh, M, Bourgeois, J-P, Gazzellone, M J, Yuen, R K C, Walker, S, Delépine, M, Boland, A, Régnault, B, Francois, M, Van Den Abbeele, T, Mosca-Boidron, A L, Faivre, L, Shimoda, Y, Watanabe, K, Bonneau, D, Rastam, M, Leboyer, M, Scherer, S W, Gillberg, C, Delorme, R, Cloëz-Tayarani, I, and Bourgeron, T

Abstract

Contactin genes CNTN5 and CNTN6 code for neuronal cell adhesion molecules that promote neurite outgrowth in sensory-motor neuronal pathways. Mutations of CNTN5 and CNTN6 have previously been reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but very little is known on their prevalence and clinical impact. In this study, we identified CNTN5 and CNTN6 deleterious variants in individuals with ASD. Among the carriers, a girl with ASD and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was carrying five copies of CNTN5. For CNTN6, both deletions (6/1534 ASD vs 1/8936 controls; P=0.00006) and private coding sequence variants (18/501 ASD vs 535/33480 controls; P=0.0005) were enriched in individuals with ASD. Among the rare CNTN6 variants, two deletions were transmitted by fathers diagnosed with ASD, one stop mutation CNTN6W923Xwas transmitted by a mother to her two sons with ASD and one variant CNTN6P770Lwas found de novo in a boy with ASD. Clinical investigations of the patients carrying CNTN5 or CNTN6 variants showed that they were hypersensitive to sounds (a condition called hyperacusis) and displayed changes in wave latency within the auditory pathway. These results reinforce the hypothesis of abnormal neuronal connectivity in the pathophysiology of ASD and shed new light on the genes that increase risk for abnormal sensory perception in ASD.

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2017
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49. Genome-wide association analysis of copy number variation in recurrent depressive disorder

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Rucker, J J H, primary, Breen, G, additional, Pinto, D, additional, Pedroso, I, additional, Lewis, C M, additional, Cohen-Woods, S, additional, Uher, R, additional, Schosser, A, additional, Rivera, M, additional, Aitchison, K J, additional, Craddock, N, additional, Owen, M J, additional, Jones, L, additional, Jones, I, additional, Korszun, A, additional, Muglia, P, additional, Barnes, M R, additional, Preisig, M, additional, Mors, O, additional, Gill, M, additional, Maier, W, additional, Rice, J, additional, Rietschel, M, additional, Holsboer, F, additional, Farmer, A E, additional, Craig, I W, additional, Scherer, S W, additional, and McGuffin, P, additional

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2011
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50. Euchromatic 9q13-q21 duplication variants are tandem segmental amplifications of sequence reciprocal to 9q13-q21 deletions

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Joseph-George, A. M., primary, He, Y., additional, Marshall, C. R., additional, Wong, R. C. C., additional, MacDonald, J. R., additional, Fahey, C. A., additional, Chitayat, D., additional, Chun, K., additional, Ryan, G., additional, Summers, A. M., additional, Winsor, E. J. T., additional, and Scherer, S. W., additional

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2011
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