Genetics and mitochondrial abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders: A review

Current Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Dhillon, Sukhbir ^a   Hellings, Jessica A ^a   Butler, Merlin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Genetic causation; Lactate pyruvate ratios; Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations and depletion; Nuclear genes; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA 1; FREE RADICAL; LACTIC ACID; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 15Q11; CHROMOSOME 15Q13; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENETICS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79960992235     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920211796429745     Document Type: Article

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