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Somatic mutation, genomic variation, and neurological disease

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Poduri, Annapurna, Evrony, Gilad D., Cai, Xuyu, Walsh, Christopher A.·2013·Science

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Genetic mutations causing human disease are conventionally thought to be inherited through the germ line from one's parents and present in all somatic (body) cells, except for most cancer mutations, which arise somatically. Increasingly, somatic mutations are being identified in diseases other than cancer, including neurodevelopmental diseases. Somatic mutations can arise during the course of prenatal brain development and cause neurological disease-even when present at low levels of mosaicism, for example-resulting in brain malformations associated with epilepsy and intellectual disability. Novel, highly sensitive technologies will allow more accurate evaluation of somatic mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders and during normal brain development.

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  • Somatic genetic changes during development and lifetime can affect the brain.

    “Most recently, we have been discovering the extent to which genetic changes that occur somatically, during the development and lifetime of an individual, can affect the brain (Jamuar et al., 2014; Poduri et al., 2013).”

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Authors
Poduri, A., Evrony, G. D., Cai, X., & Walsh, C. A.
Affiliations
Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Walsh, Christopher A.
Venue
Science
Published
2013-07-05
Volume
341
Issue
6141
Pages
1237758-1237758
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2086289230
Cited by
584
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 53 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 67 · 2014: 67 · 2013: 10
FWCI
8.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (5rc2mh089952-02)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH083565, 1RC2MH089952, RC2-MH089952)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007753, T32GM007226, T32 GM007726-35)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K23NS069784, R01NS035129, R01NS079277, R01NS032457, R37NS035129)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
Keywords
somatic mutations, genomic variation, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, mosaicism, brain malformations, epilepsy, intellectual disability, fetal brain development
MeSH terms
Brain Diseases, Cerebral Cortex, DNA Mutational Analysis, Humans, Mosaicism, Mutation, Lissencephaly, Classical Lissencephalies and Subcortical Band Heterotopias, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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