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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2021

16p11.2 deletion syndrome.

Wendy K Chung, Timothy Pl Roberts, Elliott H Sherr, LeeAnne Green Snyder, John E Spiro

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Gigabase-scale deletion scanning of the human genome.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. [Prenatal ultrasound and genetic characteristics of 60 fetuses with 16p11.2 microdeletion].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  8. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026
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  14. A Hypothesis: Metabolic Contributions to 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wendy K ChungDepartments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: wkc15@columbia.edu.
Timothy Pl RobertsLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Dept. of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Elliott H SherrDepartment of Neurology, Weill Institute of Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, United States.
LeeAnne Green SnyderSimons Foundation, 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, United States.
John E SpiroSimons Foundation, 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, United States.
Simons Foundation · USColumbia University · USImaging Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

De novo copy number variation and gene discovery in human brain malformationsR01NS058721 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ARGILLI, EMANUELA · 2008 to 2025
$10.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS058721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 16p11.2 BP4 and BP5 region, is a recurrent ∼600kb copy number variant (CNV), and deletions are one of the most frequent etiologies of neurodevelopmental disorders and autism spectrum disorder with an incidence of approximately 1/2000. Deletion carriers have delays in early neurodevelopment that most specifically impair speech, phonology and language in 70%. Intelligence quotient is shifted 1.8 standard deviations lower than family controls without the deletion. Other common neurobehavioral conditions include motor coordination difficulties (60%) and autism (20-25%). Unprovoked seizures are common (24%) and readily treated and resolve with age in many. Obesity evolves throughout childhood and by adulthood 75% are obese. Congenital anomalies are more common than the general population. The deletion is associated with an increase in brain volumes across all areas of the brain, changes in the white matter microstructural properties, and early electrophysiological cortical responses from auditory cortex. Studies of genetically defined conditions, particularly CNVs that are not associated with profound disabilities, provide homogeneity to study genetic impact on brain development, structure, and function to better understand complex neurobehavioral phenotypes such as autism.

Indexed as

DNA Copy Number VariationsAutistic DisorderChromosome DeletionChromosome DisordersChromosomes, Human, Pair 16Gene DeletionGenetic Association StudiesHumansIntellectual DisabilityLanguage Development DisordersNeurodevelopmental DisordersNeuroimagingObesitySeizuresWhite Matter

Identifiers

PMID33667823
PMCPMC10256135
OpenAlexW3134480340

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