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Behrang Mahjani

Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Verified email at mssm.edu
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[PDF][PDF] Large-scale exome sequencing study implicates both developmental and functional changes in the neurobiology of autism

…, F Lopes, Y Ludena, P Maciel, P Magnus, B Mahjani… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We present the largest exome sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to date (n
= 35,584 total samples, 11,986 with ASD). Using an enhanced analytical framework to …

Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

…, L Gauthier, SK Lee, L Liang, A Ljungdahl, B Mahjani… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry functional mutations rarely
observed in the general population. We explored the genes disrupted by these variants from …

Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Mahjani, K Bey, J Boberg, C Burton - Psychological medicine, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder with multiple
symptom dimensions (eg contamination, symmetry). OCD clusters in families and decades of …

Association of genetic and environmental factors with autism in a 5-country cohort

…, R Francis, R Yoffe, E Glasson, B Mahjani… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The origins and development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain
unresolved. No individual-level study has provided estimates of additive genetic, maternal, and …

Maternal effects as causes of risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Mahjani, L Klei, CM Hultman, H Larsson, B Devlin… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background While genetic variation has a known impact on the risk for obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD), there is also evidence that there are maternal components to this risk. …

[HTML][HTML] Comorbidities in autism spectrum disorder and their etiologies

V Khachadourian, B Mahjani, S Sandin… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in addition to the core features of the
disease, experience a higher burden of co-occurring medical conditions. This study sought to …

Association between mental health and reproductive system disorders in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, D Grice, V Bergink, NS Fox, B Mahjani… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Reproductive system and mental health disorders are commonly comorbid in
women. Although the causes of this overlap remain elusive, evidence suggests potential …

Rare coding variation illuminates the allelic architecture, risk genes, cellular expression patterns, and phenotypic context of autism

…, L Gauthier, SK Lee, L Liang, A Ljungdahl, B Mahjani… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)
often carry disruptive mutations in genes that are depleted of functional variation in …

[HTML][HTML] Heritable variation, with little or no maternal effect, accounts for recurrence risk to autism spectrum disorder in Sweden

BHK Yip, D Bai, B Mahjani, L Klei, Y Pawitan… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has both genetic and environmental origins,
including potentially maternal effects. Maternal effects describe the association of one or more …

Novel genes for autism implicate both excitatory and inhibitory cell lineages in risk

…, F Lopes, Y Ludena, P Maciel, P Magnus, B Mahjani… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
We present the largest exome sequencing study to date focused on rare variation in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) (n=35,584). Integrating de novo and case-control variation with an …