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ArticleNature communications2023

Genome-wide identification and phenotypic characterization of seizure-associated copy number variations in 741,075 individuals.

Ludovica Montanucci, David Lewis-Smith, Ryan L Collins, Lisa-Marie Niestroj, Shridhar Parthasarathy, Julie Xian, Shiva Ganesan, Marie Macnee, Tobias Brünger, Rhys H Thomas and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Genome-wide association study of copy number variations in Parkinson's disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  16. Neurology. Genetics · 2025
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  18. Genome-wide association testing beyond SNPs.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 20 institutions in 30 countries.

Ludovica Montanucci *Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
David Lewis-Smith *Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1735-8178
Ryan L Collins *Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1268-9995
Lisa-Marie Niestroj *Cologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Shridhar ParthasarathyThe Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Julie XianThe Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shiva GanesanThe Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Marie MacneeCologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Tobias BrüngerCologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Rhys H ThomasTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2062-8623
Michael TalkowskiCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Epi25 Collaborative
Ingo HelbigThe Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Costin LeuGenomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA. costin.leu@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0598-3301
Dennis LalGenomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA. Dennis.Lal@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5173-9636
Broad Institute · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USIstituto Giannina Gaslini · ITCleveland Clinic · USChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEMeyer Children's Hospital · ITUniversity of Bonn · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DETel Aviv University · ILVanderbilt University Medical Center · USBoston Children's Hospital · USInstitute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology · ITInstitute of Neurological Sciences · ITUniversity of California, San Francisco · USCharles University · CZColumbia University · USNationwide Children's Hospital · USRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IEThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Center for Common Disease GeneticsUM1HG008895 · NHGRI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI DALY, MARK JOSEPH, GABRIEL, STACEY · 2016 to 2020
$111.2M
Phenotypic Diversity in COVID-19UL1TR001878 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2016 to 2025
$102.4M
Training Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative GenomicsT32HG002295 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Peter J Park · 2001 to 2026
$15.8M
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at CHOP/PennU54HD086984 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ROBINSON, MICHAEL BYRNE, SCHULTZ, ROBERT THOMAS · 2016 to 2020
$6.3M
Powering whole genome sequence-based genetic discovery for common human diseases- Extended 2021-2022.U01HG009088 · NHGRI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LIN, XIHONG, NEALE, BENJAMIN MICHAEL · 2016 to 2021
$5.1M
Joint analysis of genomic and electronic medical record data to assess outcomes and drug response in pediatric epilepsiesK02NS112600 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI HELBIG, INGO · 2020 to 2024
$963k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001878NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG002295NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009088NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG008895NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD086984NINDS NIH HHS K02 NS112600Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 203914/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copy number variants (CNV) are established risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders with seizures or epilepsy. With the hypothesis that seizure disorders share genetic risk factors, we pooled CNV data from 10,590 individuals with seizure disorders, 16,109 individuals with clinically validated epilepsy, and 492,324 population controls and identified 25 genome-wide significant loci, 22 of which are novel for seizure disorders, such as deletions at 1p36.33, 1q44, 2p21-p16.3, 3q29, 8p23.3-p23.2, 9p24.3, 10q26.3, 15q11.2, 15q12-q13.1, 16p12.2, 17q21.31, duplications at 2q13, 9q34.3, 16p13.3, 17q12, 19p13.3, 20q13.33, and reciprocal CNVs at 16p11.2, and 22q11.21. Using genetic data from additional 248,751 individuals with 23 neuropsychiatric phenotypes, we explored the pleiotropy of these 25 loci. Finally, in a subset of individuals with epilepsy and detailed clinical data available, we performed phenome-wide association analyses between individual CNVs and clinical annotations categorized through the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO). For six CNVs, we identified 19 significant associations with specific HPO terms and generated, for all CNVs, phenotype signatures across 17 clinical categories relevant for epileptologists. This is the most comprehensive investigation of CNVs in epilepsy and related seizure disorders, with potential implications for clinical practice.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsEpilepsyGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPhenotypeSeizures

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