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Polygenic transmission disequilibrium confirms that common and rare variation a...
Weiner, Daniel J.; Wigdor, Emilie M.; Ripke, Stephan; Walters, Raymond K.; Kosmicki, Jack A.; Grove, Jakob; Samocha, Kaitlin E.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk is influenced by common polygenic and de novo variation. We aimed to clarify the influence of polygenic risk for ASD and to identify subgroups of ASD cases, including those with strongly acting de novo variants, in which polygenic risk is relevant. Using a novel approach called the polygenic transmission disequilibrium test and data from 6,454 families with a child with ASD, ...
Long repeat tracts at SCA8 in major psychosis
Vincent, John B.; Yuan, Qiu-Ping; Schalling, Martin; Adolfsson, R; Azevedo, M. Helena; Macedo, António; Bauer, Amy; DallaTorre, CamilleExpansion at a recently identified unstable trinucleotide repeat on chromosome 13q21 has been reported as the molecular cause for spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8). The trinucleotide repeat, which consists of a [CTA]n repeat and adjacent [CTG]n repeat, was reported to have a pathogenic range of 107-127 CTG repeats (or 110-130 combined CTA and CTG repeats) in a large ataxia kindred. This repeat region was als...
An Unstable Trinucleotide-Repeat Region on Chromosome 13 Implicated in Spinocer...
Vincent, John B.; Neves-Pereira, Maria L.; Paterson, Andrew D.; Yamamoto, Etsuko; Parikh, Sagar V.; Macciardi, Fabio; Gurling, Hugh M. D.Larger CAG/CTG trinucleotide-repeat tracts in individuals affected with schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) in comparison with control individuals have previously been reported, implying a possible etiological role for trinucleotide repeats in these diseases. Two unstable CAG/CTG repeats, SEF2-1B and ERDA1, have recently been cloned, and studies indicate that the majority of individuals wi...