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ReviewGenome medicine2017

Recurrent de novo mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders: properties and clinical implications.

Amy B Wilfert, Arvis Sulovari, Tychele N Turner, Bradley P Coe, Evan E Eichler

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Review in Genome medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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84 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Amy B WilfertDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Arvis SulovariDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Tychele N TurnerDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Bradley P CoeDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Evan E EichlerDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. eee@gs.washington.edu.

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN GENOMIC SCIENCEST32HG000035 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Bruce Colston Trapnell · 1995 to 2026
$24.2M
Sporadic Mutations and Autism Spectrum DisordersR01MH101221 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI EICHLER, EVAN · 2013 to 2025
$9.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG000035NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is now more accessible to clinicians and researchers. As a result, our understanding of the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) has rapidly advanced over the past few years. NGS has led to the discovery of new NDD genes with an excess of recurrent de novo mutations (DNMs) when compared to controls. Development of large-scale databases of normal and disease variation has given rise to metrics exploring the relative tolerance of individual genes to human mutation. Genetic etiology and diagnosis rates have improved, which have led to the discovery of new pathways and tissue types relevant to NDDs. In this review, we highlight several key findings based on the discovery of recurrent DNMs ranging from copy number variants to point mutations. We explore biases and patterns of DNM enrichment and the role of mosaicism and secondary mutations in variable expressivity. We discuss the benefit of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) over whole-exome sequencing (WES) to understand more complex, multifactorial cases of NDD and explain how this improved understanding aids diagnosis and management of these disorders. Comprehensive assessment of the DNM landscape across the genome using WGS and other technologies will lead to the development of novel functional and bioinformatics approaches to interpret DNMs and drive new insights into NDD biology.

Indexed as

DNA Copy Number VariationsHumansMutationNeurodevelopmental DisordersWhole Genome SequencingAutism spectrum disorderDe novo mutationsDevelopmental disordersEpilepsyIntellectual disabilityNeurodevelopmental disordersNoncoding SNVsWhole-exome sequencingWhole-genome sequencing

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PMID29179772
PMCPMC5704398

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