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Hyejung Won

Associate Professor, UNC
Verified email at med.unc.edu
Cited by 17458

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

…, S Ripke, TD Als, M Mattheisen, RK Walters, H Won… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable and heterogeneous group of
neurodevelopmental phenotypes diagnosed in more than 1% of children. Common genetic variants …

Advancing the understanding of autism disease mechanisms through genetics

L de la Torre-Ubieta, H Won, JL Stein… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Progress in understanding the genetic etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has fueled
remarkable advances in our understanding of its potential neurobiological mechanisms. …

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

…, C Stevens, P Turley, GB Walters, H Won… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood behavioral
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …

Chromosome conformation elucidates regulatory relationships in developing human brain

H Won, L de La Torre-Ubieta, JL Stein, NN Parikshak… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Three-dimensional physical interactions within chromosomes dynamically regulate gene
expression in a tissue-specific manner 1 , 2 , 3 . However, the 3D organization of chromosomes …

Transcriptome-wide isoform-level dysregulation in ASD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder

…, E Hadjimichael, RL Walker, C Chen, S Liu, H Won… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Our understanding of the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, including
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and bipolar disorder (BD), lags …

The psychencode project

…, K Wang, DM Werling, AJ Willsey, H Witt, H Won… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Recent research on disparate psychiatric disorders has implicated rare variants in genes
involved in global gene regulation and chromatin modification, as well as many common …

[HTML][HTML] Autism spectrum disorder causes, mechanisms, and treatments: focus on neuronal synapses

H Won, W Mah, E Kim - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of developmental disabilities characterized by
impairments in social interaction and communication and restricted and repetitive interests/…

Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

…, DM Ruderfer, E Santiago, P Sklar, EA Stahl, H Won… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric condition often associated with poor quality of life
and decreased life expectancy. Lack of progress in improving treatment outcomes has been …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative functional genomic analyses implicate specific molecular pathways and circuits in autism

NN Parikshak, R Luo, A Zhang, H Won, JK Lowe… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Genetic studies have identified dozens of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) susceptibility
genes, raising two critical questions: (1) do these genetic loci converge on specific biological …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

PH Lee, V Anttila, H Won, YCA Feng, J Rosenthal… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Genetic influences on psychiatric disorders transcend diagnostic boundaries, suggesting
substantial pleiotropy of contributing loci. However, the nature and mechanisms of these …