Project description:Gene expression in blood of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was studied. Transcriptional profiles were compared with age and gender matched, typically developing children from the general population (GP) or IQ matched children with mental retardation or developmental delay (MR/DD). Keywords: autism analysis
Project description:Gene expression in blood of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was studied. Transcriptional profiles were compared with age and gender matched, typically developing children from the general population (GP) or IQ matched children with mental retardation or developmental delay (MR/DD). Experiment Overall Design: Transcriptional profiles were compared with age and gender matched, typically developing children from the general population (GP) or IQ matched children with mental retardation or developmental delay (MR/DD)
Project description:The impact of mono-chronic S. stercoralis infection on the gut microbiome and microbial activities in infected participants was explored. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing of a longitudinal study with 2 sets of human fecal was investigated. Set A, 42 samples were matched, and divided equally into positive (Pos) and negative (Neg) for S. stercoralis diagnoses. Set B, 20 samples of the same participant in before (Ss+PreT) and after (Ss+PostT) treatment was subjected for 16S rRNA sequences and LC-MS/MS to explore the effect of anti-helminthic treatment on microbiome proteomes.
Project description:Background: Array-Comparative-Genomic-Hybridization (aCGH) is recommended as first-tier genetic test for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, result interpretation can be challenging as copy number variants (CNVs) in non-European ASD patients is not well studied. To address this literature gap, we report the CNV findings in a cohort of Chinese children with ASD. Methods DNA samples were obtained from 258 Chinese ASD patients recruited from a child assessment center between January 2011 and August 2014. aCGH was performed using NimbleGen-CGX-135k or Agilent-CGX 60k oligonucleotide array. Results were classified based on existing guidelines and literature. Results: Ten pathogenic and one likely-pathogenic CNVs were found in nine patients, with an overall diagnostic yield of 3.5%. A 138kb duplication involving 3â exons of DPP10 (hg[19]chr2:116534689-116672358), reported to be associated with ASD, was identified in one patient (0.39%). The same CNV was reported as variant of unknown significance (VUS) in DECIPHER database. Multiple individuals of typical development carrying a similar duplication were identified amongst our ancestry-matched control with frequency of 6/653 (0.92%) as well as from literature and genomic databases. Conclusions: DPP10 duplication is likely a benign CNV polymorphism enriched in Southern Chinese with population frequency of ~1%. This highlights the importance of using ancestry-matched controls in interpretation of aCGH findings.
