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ArticleMolecular autism2019

Incomplete silencing of full mutation alleles in males with fragile X syndrome is associated with autistic features.

Emma K Baker, Marta Arpone, Solange M Aliaga, Lesley Bretherton, Claudine M Kraan, Minh Bui, Howard R Slater, Ling Ling, David Francis, Matthew F Hunter and 14 more

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Article in Molecular autism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Emma K Baker1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1165-0490
Marta Arpone1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Solange M Aliaga1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Lesley BrethertonBrain and Mind, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Claudine M Kraan1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Minh Bui4Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
Howard R Slater1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Ling Ling1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
David Francis5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Matthew F Hunter6Monash Genetics, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Justine Elliott5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Carolyn RogersGenetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW Australia.
Michael FieldGenetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW Australia.
Jonathan Cohen9Fragile X Alliance Inc, North Caulfield, VIC and Center for Developmental Disability Health Victoria, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
Kim Cornish10Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC Australia.
Lorena Santa Maria11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Victor Faundes11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Bianca Curotto11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Paulina Morales11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cesar Trigo11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Isabel Salas11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Angelica M Alliende11Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratory, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
David J Amor *2Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
David E Godler *1Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Royal Children's Hospital · AUUniversity of Chile · CLHunter Genetics · AUAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUMonash Health · AUMonash University · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a common monogenic cause of intellectual disability with autism features. While it is caused by loss of the Methods: The study cohort included 98 participants (70.4% male) with FXS (FM-only and PM/FM mosaic) aged 1-43 years. A control group of 14 females were used to establish control Results: Females with FXS had significantly higher levels of Conclusion: Incomplete silencing of toxic FM RNA may be associated with autistic features, but not intellectual functioning in FXS males. While decreased levels of mRNA may be more predictive of intellectual functioning than autism features. If confirmed in future studies, these findings may have implications for patient stratification, outcome measure development, and design of clinical and pre-clinical trials in FXS.

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AllelesGene SilencingAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAutistic DisorderChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1Fragile X SyndromeHumansInfantIntellectual DisabilityMaleMiddle AgedFMR1 protein, humanFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1RNA, MessengerAutismFMR1 mRNAFragile X syndromeIntellectual disabilityMosaicism

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PMID31073396
PMCPMC6499941
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