{"id":6131,"date":"2020-09-18T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T12:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2020-09-18T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:43:44","slug":"scan-of-genomes-for-inherited-variants-implicates-new-gene-important-in-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/scan-of-genomes-for-inherited-variants-implicates-new-gene-important-in-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Scan of Genomes for Inherited Variants Implicates New Gene Important in Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a study published in\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41398-020-00953-9\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Translational Psychiatry<\/em><\/a>, research led by Hyejung Won, PhD, and Jason Stein, PhD, assistant professors in the UNC Department of Genetics and members of the UNC Neuroscience Center, found that lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person\u2019s likelihood of autism.<\/p>\n<p>Spectrum News, a leading source of news and expert opinion on autism research,\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews.org\/news\/scan-of-genomes-for-inherited-variants-lays-bare-new-autism-candidate\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">featured the results of this work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The researchers arrived at this conclusion via a genome-wide association study (GWAS), an approach used to identify common variants \u2014 in the form of single-letter changes to DNA that are found in more than 1 percent of the population \u2014 linked to autism.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have identified many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews.org\/news\/toolbox\/rare-common-variants-together-boost-gene-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rare variants associated with autism<\/a>, but together these account for only a small fraction of all cases and often occur spontaneously, so they cannot fully explain why autism tends to run in families.<\/p>\n<p>Common variants, by contrast, account for more than 50 percent of autism\u2019s heritability, says Won, co-senior author with Stein. \u201cThat\u2019s why we thought it would be super important to understand this class of variation.\u201d Full article <a href=\"http:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/som-vital-signs\/2020\/september-17\/scan-of-genomes-for-inherited-variants-lays-bare-new-autism-candidate?utm_source=vs-email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study published in\u00a0Translational Psychiatry, research led by Hyejung Won, PhD, and Jason Stein, PhD, assistant professors in the UNC Department of Genetics and members of the UNC Neuroscience Center, found that lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person\u2019s likelihood of autism. 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