[HTML][HTML] Sex/gender differences and autism: setting the scene for future research

MC Lai, MV Lombardo, B Auyeung… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The relationship between sex/gender differences and autism has attracted a
variety of research ranging from clinical and neurobiological to etiological, stimulated by the …

Genetics and epigenetics of autism spectrum disorder—current evidence in the field

B Wiśniowiecka-Kowalnik, BA Nowakowska - Journal of applied genetics, 2019 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a heterogenous group of neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by problems in social interaction and communication as well as the presence …

Recent ultra-rare inherited variants implicate new autism candidate risk genes

AB Wilfert, TN Turner, SC Murali, PH Hsieh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Autism is a highly heritable complex disorder in which de novo mutation (DNM) variation
contributes significantly to risk. Using whole-genome sequencing data from 3,474 families …

The familial risk of autism

S Sandin, P Lichtenstein, R Kuja-Halkola, H Larsson… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aggregates in families, but the individual risk
and to what extent this is caused by genetic factors or shared or nonshared environmental …

Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2–6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism

W Jones, A Klin - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Deficits in eye contact have been a hallmark of autism, since the condition's initial
description. They are cited widely as a diagnostic feature and figure prominently in clinical …

Heritability of autism spectrum disorder in a UK population-based twin sample

E Colvert, B Tick, F McEwen, C Stewart… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Most evidence to date highlights the importance of genetic influences on the
liability to autism and related traits. However, most of these findings are derived from …

Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

D Pinto, E Delaby, D Merico, M Barbosa… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variation (CNV) is an important source of risk for autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). We analyzed 2,446 ASD-affected families and confirmed an excess of …

Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder: reconciling the syndrome, its diverse origins, and variation in expression

JN Constantino, T Charman - The lancet neurology, 2016 - thelancet.com
Recent discoveries about the pathogenesis and symptom structure of autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs) are challenging traditional nosology and driving efforts to reconceptualise …

Whole-genome sequencing of quartet families with autism spectrum disorder

RKC Yuen, B Thiruvahindrapuram, D Merico… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is genetically heterogeneous, with evidence for hundreds of
susceptibility loci. Previous microarray and exome-sequencing studies have examined …

Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder

A Havdahl, M Niarchou, A Starnawska… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Autism spectrum disorder (autism) is a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental
conditions characterized by early childhood-onset impairments in communication and social …