Identification of Novel Chromosomal Abnormalities, inv(5)(p13q13) and t(7;18)(q32;q21), Associated with Autism
- 1 Sun Yat-sen University, China
- 2 McMaster University, Canada
Abstract
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by impairments in social interaction, communication, as well as restricted and stereotyped behaviors. While the etiology of autism remains largely unknown, the existence of genetic components has been clearly demonstrated in autistic pathogenesis. The incidence of autism is 50-100 fold greater in the population with autistic family history than the general population. Chromosomal abnormalities in 15q11-13 and 7q22-32 regions have been frequently detected in autistic patients. Abnormalities in other chromosomal regions, including 14q32.3 deletion and t(5;18)(q33.1;q12.1) translocation, have also been reported. Despite these progresses, the exact genetic changes which underlie the disorder remain elusive. We report here two novel chromosomal abnormalities, an inversion inv(5)(p13;q13) and a translocation t(7;18)(q32;q21) in two autistic children. These findings may help to identify the candidate genes, whose aberrations may contribute to autistic pathogenesis.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajbbsp.2007.159.162
Copyright: © 2007 Zheng Chen, Xiao-bing Zou, Ya-nan Zhang, Xin-ming Son, Chun-non Huang and Damu Tang. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- autism
- reciprocal translocation t(7;18)(q32;q21)
- inversion inv(5)(p13q13)