Autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have a similar burden of rare protein-truncating variants

F Kyle Satterstrom, Raymond K Walters, Tarjinder Singh, Emilie M Wigdor, Francesco Lescai, Ditte Demontis, Jack A Kosmicki, Jakob Grove, Christine Stevens, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Duncan S Palmer, Julian B Maller, Merete Nordentoft, Ole Mors, Elise B Robinson, David M Hougaard, Thomas M. Werge, Preben Bo Mortensen, Benjamin M NealeAnders D Børglum, Mark J Daly, iPSYCH-Broad Consortium

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Abstract

The exome sequences of approximately 8,000 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 5,000 controls were analyzed, finding that individuals with ASD and individuals with ADHD had a similar burden of rare protein-truncating variants in evolutionarily constrained genes, both significantly higher than controls. This motivated a combined analysis across ASD and ADHD, identifying microtubule-associated protein 1A (MAP1A) as a new exome-wide significant gene conferring risk for childhood psychiatric disorders.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume22
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)1961-1965
Number of pages5
ISSN1097-6256
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2019

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