Management in Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Biomarkers to Precision Medicine

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2025 | Viewed by 120

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Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; immunogenetics; epigenetics of Autism; PANS/PANDAS; child and adolescent psychiatry; child development; adolescent development; developmental psychopathology; autism spectrum disorders; ADHD

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Dear Colleagues,

This open access Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine will cover a wide range of topics related to the study of autism spectrum disorders. The high concordance of autism among monozygotic twins has suggested a decisive role for genetic inheritance. The hypothesis of a Mendelian inheritance has, however, proved inadequate in the face of the very rapid and ubiquitous epidemiological increase. Furthermore, the only partial concordance between monozygotic twins and the recurrence between dizygotic twins higher than that between siblings born from distinct pregnancies has shifted attention to the role of the intrauterine environment and the epigenetic factors and mechanisms that influence and modulate the mechanisms of neurodevelopment (neurogenesis, proliferation, migration, and cellular differentiation, synaptogenesis) in the embryo-fetal period. These considerations are in line with the pathogenetic model, according to which the continuous increase in chronic endocrine-metabolic, immuno-inflammatory, degenerative, and tumoral pathologies would be attributable to the reactive-adaptive epigenetic modifications that the embryo and the fetus implement in the face of an environment of continuous and too rapid transformation (fetal programming). From now on, contributions to this Special Issue are welcome, as they will be published on an ongoing basis, and can be submitted directly online by registering at www.mdpi.com.

Prof. Dr. Michele Roccella
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Dr. Alessandra Carta
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • autism
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • neurodevelopmental disorders
  • epigenetics of autism
  • genetic inheritance
  • immunogenetics

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