Genetic and Epigenetic Etiology Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction, language development delays, repeated body movements, and markedly deteriorated activities and interests. Environmental factors, such as viral infection, parental age, and zinc deficiency, can be plausible contributors to ASD susceptibility. As ASD is highly heritable, genetic risk factors involved in neurodevelopment, neural communication, and social interaction provide important clues in explaining the etiology of ASD. Accumulated evidence also shows an important role of epigenetic factors, such as DNA methylation, histone modification, and noncoding RNA, in ASD etiology. In this review, we compiled the research published to date and described the genetic and epigenetic epidemiology together with environmental risk factors underlying the etiology of the different phenotypes of ASD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 9(2020), 4 vom: 31. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoon, Sang Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Joonhyuk [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Won Ji [VerfasserIn]
Do, Jeong Tae [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autism spectrum disorder
Epigenetic
Etiology
Genetic
Journal Article
Review

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm9040966

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308297873