343/10: 30 Leveraging variant prioritization information in de novo mutation analysis to identify novel
autism candidate genes.
Not exact matches
Working with this hypothesis, the researchers conducted a statistical analysis of the CX3CR1
gene in over 7000 schizophrenia and
autism patients and healthy subjects, finding one mutant
candidate, a single amino acid switch from alanine to threonine, as a
candidate marker for prediction.
The study, which has identified more than 200 rare variants inherited by children, determines that
genes YWHAZ and DRP2, among others, are new
candidates in the research on
autism genetic basis.
Participants with
autism who carry a harmful CNV have lower intelligence quotients than those who carry a harmful mutation in a
candidate gene.
An analysis of whole - genome sequences from more than 5,000 people has unearthed 18 new
candidate genes for
autism.
In previous studies, Hu and her group reported that RORA is a novel
candidate gene for
autism and is regulated in opposite directions by male and female hormones.
The team pares down a list of about 500 likely causal
genes to slightly more than 200 best «
candidate»
autism genes.