TY - JOUR A1 - Pinto, Dalila A1 - Delaby, Elsa A1 - Merico, Daniele A1 - Barbosa, Mafalda A1 - Merikangas, Alison A1 - Klei, Lambertus A1 - Thiruvahindrapuram, Bhooma A1 - Xu, Xiao A1 - Ziman, Robert A1 - Wang, Zhuozhi A1 - Vorstman, Jacob A. S. A1 - Thompson, Ann P. A1 - Regan, Regina A1 - Pilorge, Marion A1 - Pellecchia, Giovanna A1 - Pagnamenta, Alistair T. A1 - Oliveira, Bárbara A1 - Marshall, Christian R. A1 - Magalhães, Tiago R. A1 - Lowe, Jennifer K. A1 - Howe, Jennifer L. A1 - Griswold, Anthony J. A1 - Gilbert, John A1 - Duketis, Eftichia A1 - Dombroski, Beth A. A1 - Jonge, Maretha de A1 - Cuccaro, Michael L. A1 - Crawford, Emily L. A1 - Correia, Catarina T. A1 - Conroy, Judith A1 - Conceição, Inȇs C. A1 - Geburtig-Chiocchetti, Andreas A1 - Casey, Jillian P. A1 - Cai, Guiqing A1 - Cabrol, Christelle A1 - Bolshakova, Nadia A1 - Bacchelli, Elena A1 - Anney, Richard A1 - Gallinger, Steven A1 - Cotterchio, Michelle A1 - Casey, Graham A1 - Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie A1 - Wittemeyer, Kerstin A1 - Wing, Kirsty A1 - Wallace, Simon A1 - Engeland, Herman van A1 - Tryfon, Ana A1 - Thomson, Susanne A1 - Soorya, Latha A1 - Roge, Bernadette A1 - Roberts, Wendy A1 - Poustka, Fritz A1 - Mouga, Susana A1 - Minshew, Nancy J. A1 - McInnes, L. Alison A1 - McGrew, Susan G. A1 - Lord, Catherine A1 - Leboyer, Marion A1 - Le Couteur, Ann A1 - Kolevzon, Alexander A1 - González, Patricia Jiménez A1 - Jacob, Suma A1 - Holt, Richard A1 - Guter, Stephen J. A1 - Green, Jonathan A1 - Green, Andrew A1 - Gillberg, Christopher A1 - Fernandez, Bridget A. A1 - Duque, Frederico A1 - Delorme, Richard A1 - Dawson, Geraldine A1 - Chaste, Pauline A1 - Café, Cátia A1 - Brennan, Sean A1 - Bourgeron, Thomas A1 - Bolton, Patrick F. A1 - Bölte, Sven A1 - Bernier, Raphael A1 - Baird, Gillian A1 - Bailey, Anthony J. A1 - Anagnostou, Evdokia A1 - Almeida, Joana A1 - Wijsman, Ellen M. A1 - Vieland, Veronica J. A1 - Vicente, Astrid M. A1 - Schellenberg, Gerard D. A1 - Pericak-Vance, Margaret Ann A1 - Paterson, Andrew D. A1 - Parr, Jeremy R. A1 - Oliveira, Guiomar A1 - Nurnberger, John I. A1 - Monaco, Anthony P. A1 - Maestrini, Elena A1 - Klauck, Sabine M. A1 - Hakonarson, Hakon A1 - Haines, Jonathan L. A1 - Geschwind, Daniel H. A1 - Freitag, Christine M. A1 - Folstein, Susan E. A1 - Ennis, Sean A1 - Coon, Hilary A1 - Battaglia, Agatino A1 - Szatmari, Peter A1 - Sutcliffe, James S. A1 - Hallmayer, Joachim A1 - Gill, Michael A1 - Cook, Edwin H. A1 - Buxbaum, Joseph D. A1 - Devlin, Bernie A1 - Gallagher, Louise A1 - Betancur, Catalina A1 - Scherer, Stephen W. T1 - Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders T2 - The American journal of human genetics N2 - Rare copy-number variation (CNV) is an important source of risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We analyzed 2,446 ASD-affected families and confirmed an excess of genic deletions and duplications in affected versus control groups (1.41-fold, p = 1.0 × 10(-5)) and an increase in affected subjects carrying exonic pathogenic CNVs overlapping known loci associated with dominant or X-linked ASD and intellectual disability (odds ratio = 12.62, p = 2.7 × 10(-15), ∼3% of ASD subjects). Pathogenic CNVs, often showing variable expressivity, included rare de novo and inherited events at 36 loci, implicating ASD-associated genes (CHD2, HDAC4, and GDI1) previously linked to other neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as other genes such as SETD5, MIR137, and HDAC9. Consistent with hypothesized gender-specific modulators, females with ASD were more likely to have highly penetrant CNVs (p = 0.017) and were also overrepresented among subjects with fragile X syndrome protein targets (p = 0.02). Genes affected by de novo CNVs and/or loss-of-function single-nucleotide variants converged on networks related to neuronal signaling and development, synapse function, and chromatin regulation. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35397 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-353971 SN - 1537-6605 SN - 0002-9297 N1 - This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). VL - 94 IS - 5 SP - 677 EP - 694 PB - Cell Press CY - New York, NY [u.a.] ER -