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Autism: Many Genes, Common Pathways?

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Geschwind, Daniel H.·2008·Cell

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Autism is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental syndrome with a complex genetic etiology. It is still not clear whether autism comprises a vast collection of different disorders akin to intellectual disability or a few disorders sharing common aberrant pathways. Unifying principles among cases of autism are likely to be at the level of brain circuitry in addition to molecular pathways.

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  • Many autistic disorder-implicated genes converge on common biological pathways and brain circuits, including synaptic formation, signaling, and homeostasis in brain regions such as frontal and temporal cortices, caudate, amygdala, and cerebellum.

    “Compellingly, however, many genes converge on common biological pathways and brain circuits. These include synaptic formation, signaling and homeostasis in brain regions that process rapid and coherent integration of information from multiple, higher-level association areas, including frontal and temporal cortices, caudate, amygdala and cerebellum [55–58].”
  • Specific genetic factors contribute to the development and function of specific brain structures, and distinct brain circuits may underlie different components of autism.

    “This is consistent with the knowledge that specific genetic factors contribute to the development and function of specific brain structures, and that distinct brain circuits may underlie different components of autism [25].”

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  • Endophenotypes represent one end of the continuum of the normal spectrum of behavior and cognition.

    “A logical extension of this concept is that these endophenotypes represent one end of the continuum of the normal spectrum of behavior and cognition [25].”

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  • The contributions of rare and common variants to ASD in an individual are not mutually exclusive.

    “Last, it should also be emphasized that although they are often presented as dichotomous models, the contributions of rare and common variants to ASD in an individual are not mutually exclusive [25].”

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  • Different rare variants may act as susceptibility or strongly causal alleles and, together with common variation, contribute in differing proportions to ASD risk in individual patients.

    “Thus, different rare variants may act as either susceptibility or strongly causal alleles, and, in conjunction with common variation, may contribute in differing proportions to ASD risk in individual patients [25].”

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Authors
Geschwind, D. H.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Geschwind, Daniel H.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-10
Volume
135
Issue
3
Pages
391-395
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2171854303
Cited by
328
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH64547, R37 MH60233, R37MH060233, U54MH68172, U54MH068172, R01MH064547)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P50HD055784)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Williams Syndrome Research
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, genetic heterogeneity, neurodevelopmental disorders, genetic etiology, molecular pathways, brain circuits, intellectual disability, common pathogenic mechanisms
MeSH terms
Autistic Disorder, Humans, Mutation, Genetic Variation, Signal Transduction

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