Genome-wide, integrative analysis implicates microRNA dysregulation in autism spectrum disorder

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1463-1476

  Wu, Ye E ^a   Parikshak, Neelroop N ^a,b,c   Belgard, T Grant ^a,d   Geschwind, Daniel H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Verge Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HSA CAN 1002 M; HSA MICRORNA 21 3P; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; UPREGULATION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84984656923     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4373     Document Type: Article

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