Autism Research Updates

Articles: 2005-2009
  1. Examination of association of genes in the serotonin system to autism.
  2. Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders.
  3. A genome-wide association study of autism reveals a common novel risk locus at 5p14.1.
  4. Examination of association to autism of common genetic variationin genes related to dopamine.
  5. Genome-wide linkage analyses of quantitative and categorical autism subphenotypes.
  6. Dissecting the locus heterogeneity of autism: significant linkage to chromosome 12q14.
  7. Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements.
  8. Investigation of autism and GABA receptor subunit genes in multiple ethnic groups.
  9. Analysis of the RELN gene as a genetic risk factor for autism.

Articles: 2000-2004
  1. Genome-wide and Ordered-Subset linkage analyses provide support for autism loci on 17q and 19p with evidence of phenotypic and interlocus genetic correlates.
  2. Analysis of the autism chromosome 2 linkage region: GAD1 and other candidate genes.
  3. A linkage disequilibrium map of the 1-Mb 15q12 GABA(A) receptor subunit cluster and association to autism.
  4. Linkage and association analysis at the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) locus in a rigid-compulsive subset of autism.
  5. Examination of NRCAM, LRRN3, KIAA0716, and LAMB1 as autism candidate genes.
  6. Examination of candidate genes in language disorder: a model of genetic association for treatment studies.
  7. Exploratory subsetting of autism families based on savant skills improves evidence of genetic linkage to 15q11-q13.
  8. Dense linkage disequilibrium mapping in the 15q11-q13 maternal expression domain yields evidence for association in autism.
  9. Defining the autism minimum candidate gene region on chromosome 7.
  10. Linkage disequilibrium at the Angelman syndrome gene UBE3A in autism families.
  11. Incorporating language phenotypes strengthens evidence of linkage to autism.
  12. Evidence supporting WNT2 as an autism susceptibility gene.
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