Project description:Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are common, heritable neurodevelopmental conditions. The genetic architecture of ASD is complex, requiring large samples to overcome heterogeneity. Here we broaden coverage and sample size relative to other studies of ASD by using Affymetrix 10K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays and 1168 families with = 2 affected individuals to perform the largest linkage scan to date, while also analyzing copy number variation (CNV) in these families. Linkage and CNV analyses implicate chromosome 11p12-p13 and neurexins, respectively, amongst other candidate loci. Neurexins team with previously-implicated neuroligins for glutamatergic synaptogenesis, highlighting glutamate-related genes as promising candidates for ASD. Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, Affymetrix SNP genotyping, linkage analysis, copy number analysis, chromosomal rearrangements.
Project description:Rare DNA copy-number variation (CNV) plays an important role in the underlying genetic etiology of autism and intellectual disability. Although large numbers of copy-number variants (CNVs) have been recently implicated in autism, most are large affecting many genes and specificity of these lesions with respect to classically defined autism as opposed to more broadly defined developmental delay is unclear. We exploited the repeat architecture of the genome to target smaller regions (n=1340 hotspots, median size 15 kbp) flanked by repetitive sequence among 2,240 autism simplex patients and a subset of unaffected parents.
Project description:Chromosomal abnormalities have been identified in some individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but their full etiologic role is unknown. Submicroscopic copy number variation (CNV) represents a considerable source of genetic variation in the human genome that contributes to phenotypic differences and disease susceptibility. To explore the contribution CNV imbalances in ASD, we genotyped unrelated ASD index cases using the Affymetrix GeneChip® 500K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mapping array. Keywords: Whole Genome Mapping SNP Genotyping Array
Project description:Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with no effective treatment, caused by genetic factors such as copy number variations (CNVs) and immunological factors such as maternal infection. The role of immunity in genetic ASD remains unclear. Here, we investigated the immun cells in the brains of a mouse model of ASD (15q11-13 duplication), a common CNV associated with ASD.
Project description:Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with no effective treatment, caused by genetic factors such as copy number variations (CNVs) and immunological factors such as maternal infection. The role of immunity in genetic ASD remains unclear. Here, we investigated the immun cells in the several tissues (brain, blood dura, lung, colon, spleen, thymus) of a mouse model of ASD (15q11-13 duplication), a common CNV associated with ASD.
Project description:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an innate neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication/interaction, repetitive and restrictive behavior. Copy number variation (CNV) is a one of the structural variation of the genomic sequence, including large multiplications and deletions ranging from kb to Mb of DNA. These multiplication-deletion provide genomic diversity, while CNV affects the amount of gene products or transcriptional regulation, and result in strong association with biological process, metabolism and disease. In facts, many studies reported that the mapping of CNVs which strongly associated with ASD. The subjects of this study were the community-based 5 years old children because they might be able to except acquired effects after birth as much as possible and focus on the genetic background, and there are possibilities that the results will be specific to the Japanese patients with ASD.
