Linking rare variants to cell-type function in profound autism with brain transcriptomics and foundation models.

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Genetic association studies have identified numerous genes harboring protein-disrupting variants in individuals with profound autism, but identifying convergent points of vulnerability remains challenging. We discuss how brain transcriptomic resources help decode the cellular consequences of these rare gene-disrupting variants. The functional interpretation of genetic associations has largely relied on gene...

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