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Common and rare variants of the THBS1 gene associated with the risk for autism.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Lu Lina, Guo Hui, Peng Yu, Xun Guanglei, Liu Yanling, Xiong Zhimin, Tian Di, Liu Yalan, Li Wei, Xu Xiaojuan, Zhao Jingping, Hu Zhengmao, Xia Kun
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Many susceptible or causative genes have been identified, and most of them are related to synaptogenesis. The THBS1 gene encodes thrombospondin 1, which plays a critical role in synaptogenesis of the central nervous system in the developing brain. However, no study has been carried out revealing that THBS1 is an autism risk gene. METHODS: We analyzed the...
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