Heather Peters
Harvard University
3 Papers
9 Citations
Heather Peters is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism
Lauren A. Weiss,Lauren A. Weiss,Dan E. Arking,Mark J. Daly,Mark J. Daly,Aravinda Chakravarti,Camille W. Brune,Kristen West,Ashley O'Connor,Gina Hilton,Rebecca L. Tomlinson,Andrew B. West,Edwin H. Cook,Todd Green,Shun-Chiao Chang,Stacey Gabriel,Casey Gates,Ellen M. Hanson,Andrew Kirby,Andrew Kirby,Joshua M. Korn,Joshua M. Korn,Finny G Kuruvilla,Finny G Kuruvilla,Steven A. McCarroll,Steven A. McCarroll,Eric M. Morrow,Eric M. Morrow,Eric M. Morrow,Benjamin M. Neale,Benjamin M. Neale,Shaun Purcell,Shaun Purcell,Roksana Sasanfar,Carrie Sougnez,Christine Stevens,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,James F. Gusella,James F. Gusella,Susan L. Santangelo,Pamela Sklar,Pamela Sklar,Rudolph E. Tanzi,Richard Anney,Anthony J. Bailey,Gillian Baird,Agatino Battaglia,Tom Berney,Catalina Betancur,Sven Bölte,Patrick Bolton,Jessica Brian,Susan E. Bryson,Joseph D. Buxbaum,Inês Cabrito,Guiqing Cai,Rita M. Cantor,Hilary Coon,Judith Conroy,Catarina Correia,Christina Corsello,Emily L. Crawford,Michael L. Cuccaro,Geraldine Dawson,Maretha de Jonge,Bernie Devlin,Eftichia Duketis,Sean Ennis,Annette Estes,Penny Farrar,Eric Fombonne,Christine M. Freitag,Louise Gallagher,Daniel H. Geschwind,John R. Gilbert,Michael Gill,Christopher Gillberg,Jeremy Goldberg,Andrew Green,Jonathan Green,Stephen J. Guter,Jonathan L. Haines,Joachim Hallmayer,Vanessa Hus,Sabine M. Klauck,Olena Korvatska,Janine A. Lamb,Magdalena Laskawiec,Marion Leboyer,Ann Le Couteur,Bennett L. Leventha,Xiao-Qing Liu,Catherine Lord,Linda Lotspeich,Elena Maestrini,Tiago R. Magalhaes,William M. Mahoney,Carine Mantoulan,Helen McConachie,Christopher J. McDougle,William M. McMahon,Christian R. Marshall,Judith Miller,Nancy J. Minshew,Anthony P. Monaco,Jeff Munson,John I. Nurnberger,Guiomar Oliveira,Alistair T. Pagnamenta,Katerina Papanikolaou,Jeremy R. Parr,Andrew D. Paterson,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Andrew Pickles,Dalila Pinto,Joseph Piven,David J. Posey,Annemarie Poustka,Fritz Poustka,Regina Regan,Jennifer Reichert,Katy Renshaw,Wendy Roberts,Bernadette Rogé,Michael Rutter,Jeff Salt,Gerard D. Schellenberg,Stephen W. Scherer,Val C. Sheffield,James S. Sutcliffe,Peter Szatmari,Katherine E. Tansey,Ann P. Thompson,John Tsiantis,Herman van Engeland,Astrid M. Vicente,Veronica J. Vieland,Fred R. Volkmar,Simon Wallace,Thomas H. Wassink,Ellen M. Wijsman,Kirsty Wing,Kerstin Wittemeyer,Brian L. Yaspan,Lonnie Zwaigenbaum,Seung Yun Yoo,Seung Yun Yoo,Seung Yun Yoo,Robert Sean Hill,Robert Sean Hill,Robert Sean Hill,Nahit Motavalli Mukaddes,Soher Balkhy,Generoso G. Gascon,Generoso G. Gascon,Samira Al-Saad,Asif Hashmi,Janice Ware,Robert M. Joseph,Elaine LeClair,Jennifer N. Partlow,Jennifer N. Partlow,Brenda E. Barry,Brenda E. Barry,Christopher A. Walsh,Christopher A. Walsh,Christopher A. Walsh,David L. Pauls,Irma Moilanen,Hanna Ebeling,Marja Leena Mattila,Sanna Kuusikko,Katja Jussila,Jaakko Ignatius,Ala Tolouei,Majid Ghadami,Maryam Rostami,Azam Hosseinipour,Maryam Valujerdi,Kara Andresen,Brian Winkloski,Stephen A. Haddad,Lou Kunkel,Zak Kohane,Tram Tran,Sek Won Kong,Stephanie Brewster O'Neil,Rachel J. Hundley,Ingrid A. Holm,Heather Peters,Elizabeth Baroni,Aislyn Cangialose,Lindsay Jackson,Lisa H. Albers,Ronald E. Becker,Carolyn Bridgemohan,Sandra L. Friedman,Kerim Munir,Ramzi Nazir,Judith S. Palfrey,Alison Schonwald,Esau Simmons,Leonard Rappaport,Julie Gauthier,Laurent Mottron,Ridha Joober,Guy A. Rouleau,Karola Rehnström,Karola Rehnström,Lennart von Wendt,Lennart von Wendt,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen +214 more
TL;DR: A linkage and association mapping study using half a million genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms in a common set of 1,031 multiplex autism families, implicating SEMA5A as an autism susceptibility gene.
Comment on "Autistic-like phenotypes in Cadps2-knockout mice and aberrant CADPS2 splicing in autistic patients".
Alal Eran,Kaitlin R. Graham,Kayla Vatalaro,Jillian McCarthy,Christin D. Collins,Heather Peters,Stephanie J. Brewster,Ellen Hanson,Rachel J. Hundley,Leonard Rappaport,Ingrid A. Holm,Isaac S. Kohane,Louis M. Kunkel +12 more
TL;DR: The finding of exon 3 skipping in healthy controls at a high frequency suggests that this isoform does not represent aberrant splicing and likely is not a mechanism underlying autism.
Clinical Genetic Testing for Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Yiping Shen,Kira A. Dies,Ingrid A. Holm,Carolyn Bridgemohan,Magdi M. Sobeih,Elizabeth B. Caronna,Karen J. Miller,Jean A. Frazier,Iris Silverstein,Jonathan Picker,Laura Weissman,Peter Raffalli,Shafali S. Jeste,Laurie A. Demmer,Heather Peters,Stephanie J. Brewster,Sara J J Kowalczyk,Beth Rosen-Sheidley,Caroline McGowan,Andrew Walter Duda,Sharyn A. Lincoln,Kathryn R. Lowe,Alison Schonwald,Michael Robbins,Fuki M. Hisama,Robert Wolff,Ronald E. Becker,Ramzi Nasir,David K. Urion,Jeff M. Milunsky,Leonard Rappaport,James F. Gusella,Christopher A. Walsh,Bai-Lin Wu,David T. Miller +34 more
TL;DR: CMA had the highest detection rate among clinically available genetic tests for patients with autism spectrum disorders and should be considered as part of the initial diagnostic evaluation of patients with ASD.