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Interplay between maternal Slc6a4 mutation and prenatal stress: a possible mechanism for autistic behavior development.
Scientific reports - 18 Aug 2017
Sjaarda Calvin P, Hecht Patrick, McNaughton Amy J M, Zhou Audrina, Hudson Melissa L, Will Matt J, Smith Garth, Ayub Muhammad, Liang Ping, Chen Nansheng, Beversdorf David, Liu Xudong
Abstract excerpt
The low activity allele of the maternal polymorphism, 5HTTLPR, in the serotonin transporter, SLC6A4, coupled with prenatal stress is reported to increase the risk for children to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Similarly, maternal Slc6a4 knock-out and prenatal stress in rodents results in offspring demonstrating ASD-like characteristics. The present study uses an integrative genomics approach to explore...
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