Novel ultra-rare exonic variants identified in a founder population implicate cadherins in schizophrenia
Todd Lencz, Jin Yu, Raiyan Rashid Khan, Erin K. Flaherty, Shai Carmi, Max Lam, Danny Ben‐Avraham, Nir Barzilai, Susan Bressman, Ariel Darvasi, Judy H. Cho, Lorraine N. Clark, Zeynep Hulya Gumus, Joseph Vijai, Robert J. Klein, , Itsik Pe’er
The paper identifies ultra-rare exonic variants in an Ashkenazi Jewish founder population, implicating cadherins in schizophrenia through recurrent mutations and altered purifying selection.
Neuron · Mar 23, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine