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Population- and Family-Based Studies Associate the MTHFR Gene with Idiopathic Autism in Simplex Families

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Title
Population- and Family-Based Studies Associate the MTHFR Gene with Idiopathic Autism in Simplex Families
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2010
DOI 10.1007/s10803-010-1120-x
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Xudong Liu, Fatima Solehdin, Ira L. Cohen, Maripaz G. Gonzalez, Edmund C. Jenkins, M. E. Suzanne Lewis, Jeanette J. A. Holden

Abstract

Two methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR) functional polymorphisms were studied in 205 North American simplex (SPX) and 307 multiplex (MPX) families having one or more children with an autism spectrum disorder. Case-control comparisons revealed a significantly higher frequency of the low-activity 677T allele, higher prevalence of the 677TT genotype and higher frequencies of the 677T-1298A haplotype and double homozygous 677TT/1298AA genotype in affected individuals relative to controls. Family-based association testing demonstrated significant preferential transmission of the 677T and 1298A alleles and the 677T-1298A haplotype to affected offspring. The results were not replicated in MPX families. The results associate the MTHFR gene with autism in SPX families only, suggesting that reduced MTHFR activity is a risk factor for autism in these families.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 54 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 18%
Researcher 8 15%
Student > Master 8 15%
Other 7 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 10 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 15%
Psychology 7 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 11%
Social Sciences 4 7%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 12 22%
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