Genetic and functional analyses of SHANK2 mutations suggest a multiple hit model of autism spectrum disorders.

Genetic and functional analyses of SHANK2 mutations suggest a multiple hit model of autism spectrum disorders.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders with a complex inheritance pattern. While many rare variants in synaptic proteins have been identified in patients with ASD, little is known about their effects at the synapse and their interactions with other...

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Main Authors: Claire S Leblond, Jutta Heinrich, Richard Delorme, Christian Proepper, Catalina Betancur, Guillaume Huguet, Marina Konyukh, Pauline Chaste, Elodie Ey, Maria Rastam, Henrik Anckarsäter, Gudrun Nygren, I Carina Gillberg, Jonas Melke, Roberto Toro, Beatrice Regnault, Fabien Fauchereau, Oriane Mercati, Nathalie Lemière, David Skuse, Martin Poot, Richard Holt, Anthony P Monaco, Irma Järvelä, Katri Kantojärvi, Raija Vanhala, Sarah Curran, David A Collier, Patrick Bolton, Andreas Chiocchetti, Sabine M Klauck, Fritz Poustka, Christine M Freitag, Regina Waltes, Marnie Kopp, Eftichia Duketis, Elena Bacchelli, Fiorella Minopoli, Liliana Ruta, Agatino Battaglia, Luigi Mazzone, Elena Maestrini, Ana F Sequeira, Barbara Oliveira, Astrid Vicente, Guiomar Oliveira, Dalila Pinto, Stephen W Scherer, Diana Zelenika, Marc Delepine, Mark Lathrop, Dominique Bonneau, Vincent Guinchat, Françoise Devillard, Brigitte Assouline, Marie-Christine Mouren, Marion Leboyer, Christopher Gillberg, Tobias M Boeckers, Thomas Bourgeron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3276563?pdf=render

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