FOXP2 is not a major susceptibility gene for autism or specific language impairment. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The FOXP2 gene, located on human 7q31 (at the SPCH1 locus), encodes a transcription factor containing a polyglutamine tract and a forkhead domain. FOXP2 is mutated in a severe monogenic form of speech and language impairment, segregating within a single large pedigree, and is also disrupted by a translocation in an isolated case. Several studies of autistic disorder have demonstrated linkage to a similar region of 7q (the AUTS1 locus), leading to the proposal that a single genetic factor on 7q31 contributes to both autism and language disorders. In the present study, we directly evaluate the impact of the FOXP2 gene with regard to both complex language impairments and autism, through use of association and mutation screening analyses. We conclude that coding-region variants in FOXP2 do not underlie the AUTS1 linkage and that the gene is unlikely to play a role in autism or more common forms of language impairment.

authors

  • Lord, Catherine
  • Newbury, D F
  • Bonora, E
  • Lamb, J A
  • Fisher, S E
  • Lai, C S L
  • Baird, G
  • Jannoun, L
  • Slonims, V
  • Stott, C M
  • Merricks, M J
  • Bolton, P F
  • Bailey, A J
  • Monaco, A P

publication date

  • March 13, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Autistic Disorder
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Language Disorders
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Transcription Factors

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC447606

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 18344368187

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1086/339931

PubMed ID

  • 11894222

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 70

issue

  • 5