LITERATURE · PEER REVIEWED

Molecular and genetic mechanisms in autism spectrum disorder

Annals of Neurology · 2025 · Peer reviewed

COMPLETE CITATION

Citation and identifiers

Pruitt A, Gupta AR, Hoffman EJ. “Molecular and genetic mechanisms in autism spectrum disorder.” Annals of Neurology. 98(6):1163–1177 · doi:10.1002/ana.70013.

PubMed ID
40801227

RESEARCH QUESTION

Where does ASH1L fit within the chromatin and gene-regulation mechanisms reviewed for large-effect autism and neurodevelopmental risk genes?

This broad mechanistic review identifies ASH1L as a high-confidence chromatin and gene-regulation risk gene without supplying ASH1L-specific natural-history, phenotype, or intervention data.

INTERPRETATION BOUNDARY

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What this study supports

A Yale review of large-effect autism and NDD mechanisms that places ASH1L among high-confidence chromatin and gene-regulation risk genes.

What it cannot establish

Contextual synthesis rather than an ASH1L-specific phenotype, natural-history, or intervention study.

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