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ArticleChinese medical journal2016

Failure to Identify Somatic Mutations in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia by Whole Exome Sequencing.

Nan Lyu, Li-Li Guan, Hong Ma, Xi-Jin Wang, Bao-Ming Wu, Fan-Hong Shang, Dan Wang, Hong Wen, Xin Yu

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Article in Chinese medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nan Lyu
Li-Li GuanPeking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing 100191, China.
Hong Ma
Xi-Jin Wang
Bao-Ming Wu
Fan-Hong Shang
Dan Wang
Hong Wen
Xin Yu
Peking University Sixth Hospital · CNSichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSchizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe, debilitating, and complex psychiatric disorder with multiple causative factors. An increasing number of studies have determined that rare variations play an important role in its etiology. A somatic mutation is a rare form of genetic variation that occurs at an early stage of embryonic development and is thought to contribute substantially to the development of SCZ. The aim of the study was to explore the novel pathogenic somatic single nucleotide variations (SNVs) and somatic insertions and deletions (indels) of SCZ.

methodsOne Chinese family with a monozygotic (MZ) twin pair discordant for SCZ was included. Whole exome sequencing was performed in the co-twin and their parents. Rigorous filtering processes were conducted to prioritize pathogenic somatic variations, and all identified SNVs and indels were further confirmed by Sanger sequencing.

resultsOne somatic SNV and two somatic indels were identified after rigorous selection processes. However, none was validated by Sanger sequencing.

conclusionsThis study is not alone in the failure to identify pathogenic somatic variations in MZ twins, suggesting that exonic somatic variations are extremely rare. Further efforts are warranted to explore the potential genetic mechanism of SCZ.

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ExomeMutationAdultHumansMaleSchizophreniaSequence Analysis, DNATwins, Monozygotic

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