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ArticleNature communications2025

Single-cell analysis of dup15q syndrome reveals developmental and postnatal molecular changes in autism.

Yonatan Perez, Dmitry Velmeshev, Li Wang, Matthew L White, Clara Siebert, Jennifer Baltazar, Guolong Zuo, Juan Andrés Moriano, Songcang Chen, David M Steffen and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Organoids for disease modeling and treatment: state-of-the-art.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2026
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  6. Unraveling the Roles of UBE3A in Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Yonatan Perez *Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. jonatan.perez@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9791-1617
Dmitry Velmeshev *Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Li WangEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9510-6294
Matthew L WhiteEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6000-7626
Clara SiebertEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jennifer BaltazarEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-0236-0573
Guolong ZuoEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-8849
Juan Andrés MorianoEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6781-340X
Songcang ChenEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
David M SteffenEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-3005
Natalia Garcia DuttonEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6717-0534
Shaohui WangEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Brittney WickGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Maximilian HaeusslerGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Stormy ChamberlainDepartments of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Pediatrics, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, 400 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, USA.
Arturo Alvarez-BuyllaEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4426-8925
Arnold KriegsteinEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. arnold.kriegstein@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-2990

Funding

The UCSC Genome BrowserU41HG002371 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI KENT, WILLIAM JAMES · 2012 to 2021
$36.6M
NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT VERTEBRATE BRAINR01NS028478 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ALVAREZ-BUYLLA, ARTURO · 1996 to 2024
$8.6M
Training Program in Translational Brain Tumor ResearchT32CA151022 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joseph F Costello · 2010 to 2026
$6.6M
Clustered protocadherin regulation of cortical interneuron survival circuit assembly and plasticityR01MH122478 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ALVAREZ-BUYLLA, ARTURO, HASENSTAUB, ANDREA RAYNE · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
Developmental Topology of the Human Cerebral CortexR35NS137344 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARNOLD KRIEGSTEIN · 2025 to 2026
$2.1M
Identifying mechanisms ofsynapse maturation at neuronal subtype resolutionK99MH131832 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WANG, LI · 2023 to 2024
$182k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA151022NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG002371NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH131832NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH122478NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS028478NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS137344Simons Foundation #632842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Duplication 15q (dup15q) syndrome is a leading genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder, offering a key model for studying autism-related mechanisms. Using single-cell and single-nucleus RNA sequencing of cortical organoids from dup15q patient-derived iPSCs and post-mortem brain samples, we identify increased glycolysis, disrupted layer-specific marker expression, and aberrant morphology in deep-layer neurons during fetal-stage organoid development. In adolescent-adult postmortem brains, upper-layer neurons exhibit heightened transcriptional burden related to synaptic signaling, a pattern shared with idiopathic autism. Using spatial transcriptomics, we confirm these cell-type-specific disruptions in brain tissue. By gene co-expression network analysis, we reveal disease-associated modules that are well preserved between postmortem and organoid samples, suggesting metabolic dysregulation that may lead to altered neuron projection, synaptic dysfunction, and neuron hyperexcitability in dup15q syndrome.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderChromosome DisordersSingle-Cell AnalysisAdolescentAdultBrainChromosome AberrationsChromosome DuplicationChromosomes, Human, Pair 15FemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksGlycolysisHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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