Inside Precision Medicine October 18, 2024
Risk of autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger study found, which may explain the greater prevalence of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in males. The researchers found no change in a ASD risk for participants with an additional X chromosome, but those with an additional Y chromosome were twice as likely to have an ASD diagnosis.
The results were published this week in Nature Communications. The lead author is Alexander S. F. Berry, staff scientist at Geisinger.
“A leading theory in the field is that protective factors of the X chromosome lower autism risk in females,” said Matthew Oetjens, Phd, a co-leader of the study and assistant professor at Geisinger’s Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute.
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