Autism cornered: network analyses reveal mechanisms of autism spectrum disorders

Despite a wealth of behavioral, cognitive, biological, and genetic studies, the causes of autism have remained largely unknown. In their recent work, Snyder and colleagues (Li et al, 2014) use a systems biology approach and shed light on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying autism, thus opening novel avenues for understanding the disease and developing potential treatments.

Source: Molecular Systems Biology - December 30, 2014 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Auffray, C. Tags: Chromatin, Epigenetics, Genomics & Functional Genomics, Genome-Scale & Integrative Biology, Network Biology News [amp ] Views Source Type: research