Autism-Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7890
ISSN: 2165-7890
Anne Collinet de la Salle
France
Research Article
Further Evidence for DLGAP2 as Strong Autism Spectrum Disorders/Intellectual Disability Candidate Gene
Author(s): Hélène Poquet, Laurence Faivre, Salima El Chehadeh, Anne-Laure Mosca-Boidron, et alHélène Poquet, Laurence Faivre, Salima El Chehadeh, Anne-Laure Mosca-Boidron, et al
Autism spectrum disorders are classified as neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by diminished social communication and interaction. The core symptoms typically coexist with other medical conditions such as intellectual disability. The involvement of rare copy number variations of varying expressivity and penetrance as risk factors in autism spectrum disorders/intellectual disability phenotypes has been highlighted in large series. The DLGAP2 gene, whose glutamatergic postsynaptic density product may play a role in synaptogenesis and plasticity, has been identified as a novel candidate on the basis of 2 de novo duplications in sporadic non-syndromic autism spectrum disorders/intellectual disability males. It has also been suggested that increased DLGAP2 gene expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Based on these result.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7890.1000197