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Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats that are expanded in autism
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Tandem DNA repeats vary in the size and sequence of each unit (motif). When expanded, these tandem DNA repeats have been associated with more than 40 monogenic disorders1. Their involvement in disorders with complex genetics is largely unknown, as is the extent of their heterogeneity. Here we investigated the genome-wide characteristics of tandem repeats that had motifs with a length of 2–20 base pairs in 17,231 genomes of families containing individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)2,3 and population control individuals4. We found extensive polymorphism in the size and sequence of motifs. Many of the tandem repeat loci that we detected correlated with cytogenetic fragile sites. At 2,588 loci, gene-associated expansions of tandem repeats that were rare among population control individuals were significantly more prevalent among individuals with ASD than their siblings without ASD, particularly in exons and near splice junctions, and in genes related to the development of the nervous system and cardiovascular system or muscle. Rare tandem repeat expansions had a prevalence of 23.3% in children with ASD compared with 20.7% in children without ASD, which suggests that tandem repeat expansions make a collective contribution to the risk of ASD of 2.6%. These rare tandem repeat expansions included previously undescribed ASD-linked expansions in DMPK and FXN, which are associated with neuromuscular conditions, and in previously unknown loci such as FGF14 and CACNB1. Rare tandem repeat expansions were associated with lower IQ and adaptive ability. Our results show that tandem DNA repeat expansions contribute strongly to the genetic aetiology and phenotypic complexity of ASD. Genome-wide analysis of tandem DNA repeats in the genomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and control participants reveals a strong contribution of tandem repeat expansions to the genetic aetiology and phenotypic complexity of autism spectrum disorder.
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“Rare tandem repeat expansions had a prevalence of 23.3% in autism-affected children versus 20.7% in unaffected children”
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“We found extensive polymorphism in motif size and sequence.”
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“At 2,588 loci, gene-associated tandem repeat expansions that were rare among population controls were significantly more prevalent among individuals with autism than their unaffected siblings”
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“These were associated with lower IQ and adaptive ability.”
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“particularly in exons and near splice junctions”
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“in genes related to nervous system development and cardiovascular system or muscle”
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“revealing that a given tract could have more than one motif, with ~1.2 different motifs per region”
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“This resulted in 2,588 tandem repeat-containing regions (3,339 motifs) being categorized as rare tandem repeat expansions”
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“they were prevalent in known polymorphic simple sequence repeat regions previously detected by Tandem Repeats Finder35 in 1,031,708 locations in the human reference genome (odds ratio (OR)=6.24; p<2.2×10−16)36.”
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- Not checked yetcites [35] Benson, G. Tandem repeats finder: a program to analyze DNA sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 27, 573–580 (1999). source
- Not checked yetcites [36] Willems, T., Gymrek, M., Highnam, G., Mittelman, D. & Erlich, Y. The landscape of human STR variation. Genome Res. 24, 1894–1904 (2014). source
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“One of the potentially novel mapped fragile sites was FRA19B, which overlapped with a CGG tandem repeat detected at the 5’ untranslated region in LINGO3.”
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“For the tandem repeat-containing regions that overlapped known simple sequence repeat regions, 1,149 (6%) had at least one motif not found in the reference sequence.”
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“10 of 13 (76.9%) of the currently molecularly unmapped fragile sites overlapped with at least one GC-rich tandem repeat-containing region detected by EHdn”
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“Of the tandem repeat-containing regions reported here, 14,003 (42.3%) have not been previously reported.”
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“The majority (72.2%) of repeat tracts had motifs <7 bp”
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“We identified 37,865 tandem repeat motifs in 31,793 distinct regions of the human genome”
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“but depleted within conserved DNA sequences (OR=0.24; p<2.2×10−16 for PhastCons and OR=0.71; p=0.04 for phyloP)”
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“since the average repeat length of these parents was at the 99th percentile of the length distribution”
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“burden of rare tandem repeat expansions was significantly more pronounced in known ASD-risk genes from SFARI40 (OR=2.51; p=0.03)”
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- Not checked yetcites [40] Yuen, R. K. C. et al. Whole-genome sequencing of quartet families with autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Med. 21, 185–191 (2015). source
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“there was no significant difference in the detection rate of rare tandem repeat expansions between the two cohorts”
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“No difference was detected for tandem repeat expansions in intergenic regions (without using intergenic expansions as a covariate)”
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“The detection rate of rare tandem repeat expansions was 23.3% in ASD-affected children and 20.7% in unaffected children”
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“ASD-linked genes with rare tandem repeat expansions were predominantly involved in cardiovascular system or muscle (OR=2.44; p=0.001; FWER=0.04) and nervous system development (OR=2.2; p=0.005; FWER=0.16)”
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“genes harbouring rare tandem repeat expansions near transcription start sites or splice junctions were significantly more constrained (gnomAD o/e) than other genes (p=2×10−5 and 1.6×10−6, respectively)”
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“The genes involved were not associated with common variant risk based on previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for ASD and ASD-correlated traits”
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“There was no correlation between the presence of de novo deleterious (deletion41 and loss of function) variants and rare tandem repeat expansions”
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- Not checked yetcites [41] Banerjee-Basu, S. & Packer, A. SFARI Gene: an evolving database for the autism research community. Dis. Model. Mech. 3, 133–135 (2010). source
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“and splice junctions (p=0.002 and 0.03)”
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“X-linked tandem repeat loci were analyzed separately by sex, but there was no significant difference between ASD-affected children and their unaffected siblings”
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“rare tandem repeat expansions were located closer to the genes’ nearest transcriptional start sites (Wilcoxon test, p=0.003 and 0.01 for known simple sequence repeats and EHdn-detected tandem repeats, respectively)”
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“We found the ASD-associated rare tandem repeat expansions to be increased in exonic (OR=2.62; p=0.02; family-wise error rate (FWER)=0.16) and splicing (OR=1.78; p=0.02; FWER=0.16) regions”
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“Rare, genic (as defined above) tandem repeat expansions were more prevalent in children with ASD (N=1,812) than in their unaffected siblings (N=1,485) (OR=1.37; p=3×10−3)”
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“We included 1,612 additional population controls to verify that the top tandem repeat expansions were rare (≤0.1% frequency) in population controls”
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“we identified 2,588 tandem repeat-containing regions that, when expanded in ASD, predominantly occur in genes involved in biological functions and pathways, such as those involved in nervous system development, the cardiovascular system and muscle tissues.”
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“we found a trend of rare tandem repeat expansions in the enriched gene sets more often in females than in males (OR=1.3; p=0.11)”
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“We used ExpansionHunter to genotype 49 known disease loci, 18 of which have disease-causing size thresholds smaller than detectable by EHdn (150 bp), and there was no statistically significant enrichment in ASD-affected individuals exceeding the disease-causing threshold for any locus”
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“Due to their rarity, none of these regions considered individually were statistically increased in ASD subjects.”
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“Predictions of the presence of longer CTG repeats were validated by repeat-primed PCR, although the estimated size by ExpansionHunter was shown to be an underestimate (the saw-tooth pattern of repeat-primed PCR extended longer than the predicted size).”
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“While short CTG repeats were correctly sized by ExpansionHunter (the results were perfectly matched with fragment analysis), slight discrepancies were observed in the estimates for premutation alleles between ExpansionHunter and PCR-based fragment analysis.”
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“Molecularly unmapped rare folate-sensitive fragile sites overlapped with GC-rich tandem repeats.”
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“suggesting a collective contribution to autism risk of 2.6%.”
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“More complex structural DNA variations are also involved in ASD15,16.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [15] Marshall, C. R. et al. Structural variation of chromosomes in autism spectrum disorder. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 82, 477–488 (2008). source
- Not checked yetcites [16] Brandler, W. M. et al. Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism. Science 360, 327–331 (2018). source
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“collectively, these genetic factors are involved in the etiology of only ~20% of ASD cases17,18.”
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- Not checked yetcites [17] Bourgeron, T. From the genetic architecture to synaptic plasticity in autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 16, 551–563 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [18] Tammimies, K. et al. Molecular diagnostic yield of chromosomal microarray analysis and whole-exome sequencing in children with autism spectrum disorder. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 314, 895–903 (2015). source
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“but a novel algorithm can now detect them from genome sequence28.”
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- Not checked yetcites [28] Rafehi, H. et al. Bioinformatics-based identification of expanded repeats: a non-reference intronic pentamer expansion in RFC1 causes CANVAS. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 105, 151–165 (2019). source
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“A given tandem repeat-related gene can contribute to a variety of clinically distinct conditions.”
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- Not checked yetcites [29] Hagerman, R. J. et al. Fragile X-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (FXAND). Front. Psychiatry 9, 564 (2018). source
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“the “missing heritability” could, in part, be attributed to the difficulty of resolving complex variants such as variations in repetitive regions of DNA from short-read next-generation sequence data24,25.”
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- Not checked yetcites [24] Hannan, A. J. Tandem repeat polymorphisms: modulators of disease susceptibility and candidates for ‘missing heritability’. Trends Genet. 26, 59–65 (2010). source
- Not checked yetcites [25] Bahlo, M. et al. Recent advances in the detection of repeat expansions with short-read next-generation sequencing. F1000Res. 7, 736 (2018). source
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“Alternative repeat motifs are found in some disorders associated with tandem repeat expansions26,27, which complicates identification”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [26] Cortese, A. et al. Biallelic expansion of an intronic repeat in RFC1 is a common cause of late-onset ataxia. Nat. Genet. 51, 649–658 (2019). source
- Not checked yetcites [27] Sato, N. et al. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 31 is associated with “inserted” penta-nucleotide repeats containing (TGGAA)n. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 85, 544–557 (2009). source
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“even its application leaves the majority of ASD cases “genetically unsolved”2,19–21.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Yuen, R. K. C. et al. Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Neurosci. 20, 602–611 (2017). source
- Not checked yetcites [19] An, J.-Y. et al. Genome-wide de novo risk score implicates promoter variation in autism spectrum disorder. Science 362, eaat6576 (2018). source
- Not checked yetcites [20] Jiang, Y. H. et al. Detection of clinically relevant genetic variants in autism spectrum disorder by whole-genome sequencing. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 93, 249–263 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [21] Werling, D. M. et al. An analytical framework for whole-genome sequence association studies and its implications for autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Genet. 50, 727–736 (2018). source
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“An expansion of this tandem repeat in one sample was confirmed by repeat-primed PCR and Southern blotting”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Wide variability of tandem repeats
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“We could validate 77% of the tandem repeats detected by EHdn in the HuRef genome31 by comparing to tandem repeats detected by an orthogonal strategy involving long-read sequencing data”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Tandem repeat detection
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- Not checked yetcites [31] Levy, S. et al. The diploid genome sequence of an individual human. PLoS Biol. 5, e254 (2007). source
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“Tandem repeat expansions that are disease-causing and functionally impactful tend to be large and rare in the general population1,38.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Rare tandem repeat expansions in ASD
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- Not checked yetcites [1] López Castel, A., Cleary, J. D. & Pearson, C. E. Repeat instability as the basis for human diseases and as a potential target for therapy. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 11, 165–170 (2010). source
- Not checked yetcites [38] Hannan, A. J. Tandem repeats mediating genetic plasticity in health and disease. Nat. Rev. Genet. 19, 286–298 (2018). source
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“This transmission expansion bias of longer tandem repeats is consistent with the instability trends for almost every disease-associated tandem repeat1,38.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Rare tandem repeat expansions in ASD
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- Not checked yetcites [1] López Castel, A., Cleary, J. D. & Pearson, C. E. Repeat instability as the basis for human diseases and as a potential target for therapy. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 11, 165–170 (2010). source
- Not checked yetcites [38] Hannan, A. J. Tandem repeats mediating genetic plasticity in health and disease. Nat. Rev. Genet. 19, 286–298 (2018). source
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“suggesting that as much as 2.6% of ASD risk may be contributed by rare tandem repeat expansions (Wilcoxon test, p=0.03).”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Rare tandem repeat expansions in ASD
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“suggesting that alteration of transcription or splicing may be important mechanisms for ASD-associated tandem repeat expansions.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Functional effects of rare expansions
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“This provides compelling evidence for the role of rare tandem repeat expansions in ASD-related phenotypes2,39,50.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Yuen, R. K. C. et al. Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Neurosci. 20, 602–611 (2017). source
- Not checked yetcites [39] Lek, M. et al. Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans. Nature 536, 285–291 (2016). source
- Not checked yetcites [50] Tsai, L. Y. & Beisler, J. M. The development of sex differences in infantile autism. Br. J. Psychiatry 142, 373–378 (1983). source
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“This suggests that some genes may be prone to expansions with different repeat motifs.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“Our findings represent a significant advancement in ASD genetics, as we discovered many genes involved in the tandem repeat expansions that had not been previously identified using conventional genomic analyses”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“We confirmed the tandem repeat expansions in these 10 genes using another tandem repeat detection algorithm, ExpansionHunter47,48, as well as by visualizing read pile-ups and by gel electrophoresis and Sanger sequencing”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
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- Not checked yetcites [47] Lagrue, E. et al. A large multicenter study of pediatric myotonic dystrophy type 1 for evidence-based management. Neurology 92, e852–e865 (2019). source
- Not checked yetcites [48] Dolzhenko, E. et al. Detection of long repeat expansions from PCR-free whole-genome sequence data. Genome Res. 27, 1895–1903 (2017). source
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“our independent experimental validation showed that our method usually underestimated the number of repeat units at the large expanded tandem repeats.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“due to limitations in existing algorithms, we were unable to perform a comprehensive genome-wide scan for tandem repeats <150 bp.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“which may further support the differential genetic loading for males and females in ASD49.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
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- Not checked yetcites [49] Dolzhenko, E. et al. ExpansionHunter: a sequence-graph-based tool to analyze variation in short tandem repeat regions. Bioinformatics 35, 4754–4756 (2019). source
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“Thus, our independent, unbiased approach confirmed a previously indicated association between ASD and DMPK tandem repeat expansions45,46.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
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- Not checked yetcites [45] Shoubridge, C. et al. Is there a Mendelian transmission ratio distortion of the c.429_452dup(24bp) polyalanine tract ARX mutation? Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 20, 1311–1314 (2012). source
- Not checked yetcites [46] Ekström, A.-B., Hakenäs-Plate, L., Samuelsson, L., Tulinius, M. & Wentz, E. Autism spectrum conditions in myotonic dystrophy type 1: a study on 57 individuals with congenital and childhood forms. Am. J. Med. Genet. B. Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 147B, 918–926 (2008). source
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“the substantial correlation between the tandem repeat expansions and clinical outcomes point to their involvement in shaping cognitive and behavioral phenotypes in ASD.”
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“DMPK, in which rare SNVs and CNVs were found in individuals with ASD, had not been conclusively linked to ASD previously, because the majority of ASD-relevant alterations were not detected until the expanded tandem repeats were analyzed in our study.”
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“Although we have demonstrated that expanded tandem repeats collectively contribute to ASD, their individual rarity prevents us from establishing their individual contributions to ASD or their influence on penetrance and other phenotypic parameters.”
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“which estimates allele-specific tandem repeat sizes for each genomic coordinate and motif supplied by the user with high accuracy (precision=0.91, recall=0.99)48.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Confirmation of tandem repeats
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- Not checked yetcites [48] Dolzhenko, E. et al. Detection of long repeat expansions from PCR-free whole-genome sequence data. Genome Res. 27, 1895–1903 (2017). source
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“Predictions of the presence of longer CTG repeats were validated by repeat-primed PCR, although the estimated size by ExpansionHunter was shown to be an underestimate (the saw-tooth pattern of repeat-primed PCR extended longer than the predicted size).”
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“Such changes will be missed by EHdn.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Detection of tandem repeat expansions
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“Many correlated with cytogenetic fragile sites.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Abstract
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“These tandem repeat-containing regions were more prevalent in GC-rich regions (OR=1.05; p<2.2×10−16) and all (common and rare) known fragile site regions (OR=1.12; p=1.2×10−4)”
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“Of the motifs, 5.6% were composed only of A or T nucleotides, and only 0.4% were composed of C or G only”
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“There were 2,529 regions (8%) with more than one motif, and as many as 92 different motifs in a single region”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Wide variability of tandem repeats
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“tandem repeat-containing regions we identified co-localized to 9 of 11 (81.8%) of the molecularly mapped rare folate-sensitive fragile sites37, all at CG-containing tandem repeats”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Wide variability of tandem repeats
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- Not checked yetcites [37] Bignell, G. R. et al. Signatures of mutation and selection in the cancer genome. Nature 463, 893–898 (2010). source
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“The number of motifs per region varied across chromosomes in an apparently non-random manner”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Wide variability of tandem repeats
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“The most common motif size was 2 bp, found in 27.7% of repeat tracts.”
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“In genic regions, tandem repeat-containing regions were more common than the genomic average in upstream (OR=1.33; p<2.2×10−16) (1 kb from transcription start sites) and 5’ untranslated (OR=1.2; p<2.2×10−16) regions but less common in exonic (OR=0.61; p<2.2×10−16) and 3’ untranslated (OR=0.43; p<2.2×10−16) regions”
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“the motifs were predominantly (>40%) AC- (GT- on the opposite strand) or AG- (CT- on the opposite strand) rich”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Wide variability of tandem repeats
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Subramanian, S., Mishra, R. K. & Singh, L. Genome-wide analysis of microsatellite repeats in humans: their abundance and density in specific genomic regions. Genome Biol. 4, R13 (2003). source
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“In the smallest size range, even-numbered motif sizes (2, 4 and 6 bp) notably outnumbered the odd-numbered sizes (3 and 5 bp), whereas no such trend was evident among the larger motifs”
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“We also detected an enrichment for transmitted large tandem repeats in SSC unaffected siblings; however, these tandem repeats were more likely to be further expanded in ASD-affected individuals”
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“nervous system development and cardiovascular system or muscle were also among the top enriched gene sets”
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“These rare tandem repeat expansions generally represented further expansions from already-large tandem repeats from the previous generation (but not in the unaffected siblings)”
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“we found that in individuals with ASD, these large tandem repeats were more likely to be transmitted and were more prevalent in exons and splice sites”
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“We identified 7 individuals with ASD from unrelated families and 1 unaffected sibling that carry rare CTG repeat expansions in DMPK (experimentally validated with repeat-primed PCR and Southern blotting”
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“subjects with rare tandem repeat expansions had lower IQ (Wilcoxon test, p=0.001) and Vineland Adaptive Behavioral standard scores (Wilcoxon test, p=0.019)”
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“Rare tandem repeat expansions in 57 loci (having a higher frequency in ASD-affected individuals than unaffected siblings) within these enriched gene sets collectively accounted for 2.2% (40 of 1,812) of the ASD cases in SSC (OR=4.76; p=2×10−5), and 2.5% in the entire cohorts (129 of 5,194)”
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“we have revealed far more extensive variability among tandem repeat sequences than previously recognized in the human genome, with 8% of the tandem repeats interrogated having more than one motif detected.”
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“Note that the length of the premutation CTG repeats (42 CTGs) was close to the read length of the HiSeq X platform (150 bp).”
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“While short CTG repeats were correctly sized by ExpansionHunter (the results were perfectly matched with fragment analysis), slight discrepancies were observed in the estimates for premutation alleles between ExpansionHunter and PCR-based fragment analysis.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Extended Data
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“The father has only the unexpanded allele.”
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“In both families, the expansion is transmitted from the mother to the child (samples highlighted in red).”
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“Of the 3 distributions, c is closest to the normal distribution.”
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“When expanded, they have been associated with >40 monogenic disorders1.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites [1] López Castel, A., Cleary, J. D. & Pearson, C. E. Repeat instability as the basis for human diseases and as a potential target for therapy. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 11, 165–170 (2010). source
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“Genetic factors contribute to the etiology of ASD; twin studies estimate heritability in the 50–90% range, and recurrence in families is ~20%8,9.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Ozonoff, S. et al. Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study. Pediatrics 128, e488–e495 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [9] Risch, N. et al. Familial recurrence of autism spectrum disorder: evaluating genetic and environmental contributions. Am. J. Psychiatry 171, 1206–1213 (2014). source
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“Our results revealed a strong contribution of tandem DNA repeat expansions to the genetic etiology and phenotypic complexity of autism.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Abstract
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“the causal genetic variants thus far identified generally confer less risk than expected from empirical estimates of heritability6.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [6] Manolio, T. A. et al. Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases. Nature 461, 747–753 (2009). source
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“twin studies estimate heritability in the 50–90% range”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Ozonoff, S. et al. Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study. Pediatrics 128, e488–e495 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [9] Risch, N. et al. Familial recurrence of autism spectrum disorder: evaluating genetic and environmental contributions. Am. J. Psychiatry 171, 1206–1213 (2014). source
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“They included novel autism-linked tandem repeat expansions in DMPK and FXN, known for neuromuscular conditions, and in novel loci such as FGF14 and CACNB1.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Abstract
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“recurrence in families is ~20%8,9”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Ozonoff, S. et al. Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study. Pediatrics 128, e488–e495 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [9] Risch, N. et al. Familial recurrence of autism spectrum disorder: evaluating genetic and environmental contributions. Am. J. Psychiatry 171, 1206–1213 (2014). source
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“individuals with ASD have a two- to three-fold increase in the number of rare copy number variations (CNVs) and de novo loss-of-function (nonsense, frameshift, and splice site) variants compared to their unaffected siblings11–14.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [11] De Rubeis, S. et al. Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism. Nature 515, 209–215 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [12] Iossifov, I. et al. The contribution of de novo coding mutations to autism spectrum disorder. Nature 515, 216–221 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [13] Sanders, S. J. et al. Insights into autism spectrum disorder genomic architecture and biology from 71 risk loci. Neuron 87, 1215–1233 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [14] Yuen, R. K. C. et al. Genome-wide characteristics of de novo mutations in autism. NPJ Genom. Med. 1, 16027 (2016). source
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“more than 100 genes and loci are known to be associated with increased likelihood of ASD2,13.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Yuen, R. K. C. et al. Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder. Nat. Neurosci. 20, 602–611 (2017). source
- Not checked yetcites [13] Sanders, S. J. et al. Insights into autism spectrum disorder genomic architecture and biology from 71 risk loci. Neuron 87, 1215–1233 (2015). source
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“the unstable CGG tract of FMR1 has been linked to intellectual delay in fragile X syndrome, fragile X premature ovarian insufficiency, fragile X associated ataxia, endocrine, autoimmune, metabolic disease, and ASD29.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Introduction
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [29] Hagerman, R. J. et al. Fragile X-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (FXAND). Front. Psychiatry 9, 564 (2018). source
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“We used sex and number of intergenic tandem repeat expansions as covariates in the statistical tests”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Rare tandem repeat expansions in ASD
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“Approximately 5% of individuals with DM1 also have ASD45,46.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [45] Shoubridge, C. et al. Is there a Mendelian transmission ratio distortion of the c.429_452dup(24bp) polyalanine tract ARX mutation? Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 20, 1311–1314 (2012). source
- Not checked yetcites [46] Ekström, A.-B., Hakenäs-Plate, L., Samuelsson, L., Tulinius, M. & Wentz, E. Autism spectrum conditions in myotonic dystrophy type 1: a study on 57 individuals with congenital and childhood forms. Am. J. Med. Genet. B. Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 147B, 918–926 (2008). source
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“Preferential transmission of premutated or expanded repeats to unaffected, subclinical, and affected individuals has been observed in many different repeat-related diseases42–44.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > Functional effects of rare expansions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [42] Trost, B. et al. A comprehensive workflow for read depth-based identification of copy-number variation from whole-genome sequence data. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 102, 142–155 (2018). source
- Not checked yetcites [43] Takiyama, Y. et al. Single sperm analysis of the CAG repeats in the gene for Machado–Joseph disease (MJD1): evidence for non-Mendelian transmission of the MJD1 gene and for the effect of the intragenic CGG/GGG polymorphism on the intergenerational instability. Hum. Mol. Genet. 6, 1063–1068 (1997). source
- Not checked yetcites [44] Dean, N. L. et al. Transmission ratio distortion in the myotonic dystrophy locus in human preimplantation embryos. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 14, 299–306 (2006). source
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“whose expansion to greater than 50 repeat units causes myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) (OMIM ID: 160900)”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Results > ASD-relevant tandem repeat regions
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- Not checked yetcites OMIM ID: 160900
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“Our strategy of genome-wide detection of expanded tandem repeats in ASD also provides a model to search for missing heritability in other complex disorders.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“the method we developed here only provides an estimated relative aggregated length of the tandem repeat tracts and does not resolve zygosity or orientation.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Discussion
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“For tandem repeats that were detected with multiple different motifs at the same repeat-containing regions (e.g., CACNB1 and FXN) (Extended Data Fig. 9), we performed Sanger sequencing on the PCR-amplified alleles after gel extraction to confirm the presence of the reported motifs.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Validation of tandem repeat expansions
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“This value was selected because it resulted in both a reasonable number of outliers and good agreement between outliers detected from EHdn and outliers detected in corresponding loci from ExpansionHunter”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Detection of tandem repeat expansions
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“there are tandem repeat-associated diseases for which one or two additional repeat units leads to disease. Such changes will be missed by EHdn.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Detection of tandem repeat expansions
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“No individual had an extreme number of rare tandem repeat expansions (Supplementary Fig. 4).”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Detection of tandem repeat expansions
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“As a result, samples that did not meet this size minimum for a given region were left without EHdn’s size estimation.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Detection of tandem repeat expansions
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- Rests on an assumption: For EHdn to detect a tandem repeat, the repeat must be longer than the sequence read length (e.g., >150 bp).
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“Results from PCR and gel electrophoresis were consistently reproduced at least twice for CACNB1 and FXN loci (see Supplementary Figures).”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Extended Data
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“Repeat-primed PCR experiments were consistently reproduced at least three times for the large expansions.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Extended Data
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“Informed consent was obtained from all participants through the recruitment sites.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Samples
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“We estimated family-wise error rate (FWER) to adjust for multiple comparisons.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Burden analysis
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“We avoided sex bias by performing the test only on autosomal regions, as well as using sex as a covariate for correction of the regression model.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Burden analysis
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“We further accounted for the bias in number of rare tandem repeat expansions per subject in genic, functional, and gene set burden tests by covarying the number of rare tandem repeat expansions found in intergenic regions.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Burden analysis
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“For samples that appeared to be homozygous for the tandem repeat length, we validated the presence of expanded tandem repeats by repeat-primed PCR (RP-PCR) and/or Southern blot.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Validation of tandem repeat expansions
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“Repeat sizing experiments of PCR-amplifiable samples were consistently reproduced at least twice.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Extended Data
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“Samples included were mutually exclusive to each other and there were no replicates (randomization not applicable).”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Statistical comparisons of means
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“The study protocol was approved by The Hospital for Sick Children’s Research Ethics Board (REB).”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Samples
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“The validation of the tandem repeat length estimated by ExpansionHunter or EHdn was done by fragment analysis with FAM-labelled primers and capillary electrophoresis.”
§ Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats expanded in autism > Methods > Validation of tandem repeat expansions
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The involvement of tandem DNA repeats in complex disorders and the extent of their heterogeneity are largely unknown.
“Their involvement in complex disorders is largely unknown, as is the extent of their heterogeneity.”
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The population control cohorts used are representative of the general population for estimating the rarity of tandem repeat expansions.
“we used 1,612 genomic samples from GTEx32 and the Mayo Clinic33”
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For EHdn to detect a tandem repeat, the repeat must be longer than the sequence read length (e.g., >150 bp).
“For a tandem repeat to be detected by EHdn, it must be larger than the sequence read length (e.g., > 150 bp).”
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DBSCAN may fail to detect outliers when only a few samples have genotype data.
“Similarly, DBSCAN might fail to detect outliers when only a few samples have genotype data.”
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“yet emerging evidence suggests a role for other classes (for example, rare inherited and de novo tandem repeats) of genetic variants as well17,19,60,61.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Trost, B., Engchuan, W., Nguyen, C. M., Thiruvahindrapuram, B., Dolzhenko, E., Backstrom, I., Mirceta, M., Mojarad, B. A., Yin, Y., Dov, A., Chandrakumar, I., Prasolava, T., Shum, N., Hamdan, O., Pellecchia, G., Howe, J. L., Whitney, J., Klee, E. W., Baheti, S., Amaral, D. G., Anagnostou, E., Elsabbagh, M., Fernandez, B. A., Hoang, N., Lewis, M. E. S., Liu, X., Sjaarda, C., Smith, I. M., Szatmari, P., Zwaigenbaum, L., Glazer, D., Hartley, D., Stewart, A. K., Eberle, M. A., Sato, N., Pearson, C. E., Scherer, S. W., & Yuen, R. K. C.
- Affiliations
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Illumina (United States) (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- Centre Azrieli de recherche sur l'autisme (CA)
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Verily Life Sciences LLC (United States) (US)
- Autism Speaks (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yuen, Ryan K. C.
- ORCID
- Trost, Brett
- Engchuan, Worrawat
- Thiruvahindrapuram, Bhooma
- Dolzhenko, Egor
- Backstrom, Ian
- Mojarad, Bahareh A.
- Yin, Yue
- Pellecchia, Giovanna
- Klee, Eric W.
- Baheti, Saurabh
- Amaral, David G.
- Anagnostou, Evdokia
- Elsabbagh, Mayada
- Fernandez, Bridget A.
- Hoang, Ny
- Lewis, M. E. Suzanne
- Liu, Xudong
- Sjaarda, Calvin
- Smith, Isabel M.
- Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
- Glazer, David
- Hartley, Dean
- Stewart, A. Keith
- Eberle, Michael A.
- Sato, Nozomu
- Pearson, Christopher E.
- Scherer, Stephen W.
- Yuen, Ryan K. C.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2020-07-27
- Volume
- 586
- Issue
- 7827
- Pages
- 80-86
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC9348607
- OpenAlex
- W3044594590
- Semantic Scholar
- 24871e7070485b8f5dc5da18e1a1f12aa9f1a514
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 10
- FWCI
- 20.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH103371)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Keywords
- tandem repeat expansion, autism spectrum disorder, genetic aetiology, fragile sites, DMPK, frataxin, FGF14, neuromuscular disorders, intellectual disability, phenotypic complexity, splice junctions
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Frataxin, Female, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Polymorphism, Genetic, Genome, Human, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Tandem Repeat Sequences, Genomics, Iron-Binding Proteins, DNA Repeat Expansion, Nucleotide Motifs, Myotonin-Protein Kinase
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