Publication date: Jun 26, 2025
Early Clue: Congenital heart disease, detectable at birth, could indicate increased autism risk. Congenital heart disease, detectable at birth, could indicate increased autism risk. Summary: New research reveals that autism and congenital heart disease may share a common biological basistiny cellular structures called cilia. Credit: Neuroscience NewsAutism can co-occur with congenital heart disease, which affects the structure, growth and function of the heart. They found that cilia could not form properly on cell surfaces, and they observed defects developing in the heart and brain.
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Autism | Asd |
| Frog | Autism |
| Newsauthor | Brain |
| Scientists | Chd |
| Cilia | |
| Conditions | |
| Congenital | |
| Developing | |
| Disease | |
| Found | |
| Heart | |
| Identified | |
| Risk | |
| Taok1 | |
| Willsey |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | comorbidity |
| pathway | REACTOME | Disease |
| disease | MESH | Autism |
| disease | MESH | Heart Disease |
| disease | MESH | congenital heart disease |
| disease | MESH | defects |
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