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Genetics/Environmental Risk

Aung, M. T., M Bakulski, K., Feinberg, J. I., F Dou, J., D Meeker, J., Mukherjee, B., Loch-Caruso, R., Ladd-Acosta, C., Volk, H. E., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Newschaffer, C. J., & Fallin, M. D. (2021). Maternal blood metal concentrations and whole blood DNA methylation during pregnancy in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). Epigenetics, 1–16.

Bakulski, K. M., Dou, J. F., Feinberg, J. I., Aung, M. T., Ladd-Acosta, C., Volk, H. E., Newschaffer, C. J., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Levy, S. E., Landa, R., Feinberg, A. P., & Fallin, M. D. (2021). Autism-Associated DNA Methylation at Birth From Multiple Tissues Is Enriched for Autism Genes in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 14, 775390.

Barkoski, J. M., Philippat, C., Tancredi, D., Schmidt, R. J., Ozonoff, S., Barr, D. B., Elms, W., Bennett, D. H., & Hertz-Picciotto, I. (2021). In utero pyrethroid pesticide exposure in relation to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental outcomes at 3 years in the MARBLES longitudinal cohort. Environmental Research, 194, 110495.

Brieger, K. K., Bakulski, K. M., Pearce, C. L., Baylin, A., Dou, J. F., Feinberg, J. I., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Newschaffer, C. J., Fallin, M. D., & Schmidt, R. J. (2021). The Association of Prenatal Vitamins and Folic Acid Supplement Intake with Odds of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a High-Risk Sibling Cohort, the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Bai, D., Marrus, N., Yip, B. H. K., Reichenberg, A., Constantino, J. N., & Sandin, S. (2020). Inherited Risk for Autism Through Maternal and Paternal Lineage. Biological Psychiatry, 88(6), 480–487.

Bakulski, K. M., Dou, J. F., Feinberg, J. I., Brieger, K. K., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Newschaffer, C. J., Schmidt, R. J., & Fallin, M. D. (2020). Prenatal Multivitamin Use and MTHFR Genotype Are Associated with Newborn Cord Blood DNA Methylation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), E9190.

Lyall, K., Song, L., Botteron, K., Coroen, L., Dager, S., Fallin, M. D., Hazlett, H., Kauffman, E., Landa, R., Ladd-Acosta, C., Messinger, D., Ozonoff, S., Pandey, J., Piven, J., Schmidt, R., Schultz, R., Stone, W., Newschaffer, C., & Volk, H. (2020). The association between parental age and autism-related outcomes in children at high familial risk for autism. Autism Research, 1-13. 

 

Mordaunt, C.E., Park, B.Y., Bakulski, K.M. et al. (2019). A meta-analysis of two high-risk prospective cohort studies reveals autism-specific transcriptional changes to chromatin, autoimmune, and environmental response genes in umbilical cord blood. Molecular Autism 10, 36 

Philippat, C., Barkoski, J., Tancredi, D.J., Elms, B., Barr, D., Ozonoff, S., ... & Hertz-Picciotto, I. (2018). Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and risk of autism spectrum disorder and other non-typical development at 3 years in a high-risk cohort. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.

 

Charman, T., Young, G.S., Brian, J., Carter, A., Carver, L.J., Chawarska, K., ... & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2017). Non-ASD outcomes at 36 months in siblings at familial risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A baby siblings research consortium (BSRC) study. Autism Research, 10(1), 169-178. 

McDonald, N.M., Varcin, K.J., Bhatt, R., Wu, J.Y., Sahin, M., Nelson, C.A., & Jeste, S.S. (2017). Early autism symptoms in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex. Autism Research, 10(12), 1981-1990. 

Messinger, D.S., Young, G.S., Webb, S.J., Ozonoff, S., Bryson, S.E., Carter A., … & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2016). Commentary: sex difference differences? A reply to Constantino. Molecular Autism, 7, 31. 

Jeste, S., Varcin, K., Helleman, G., Gulsrud, A., Sahin, M., Wu, J., … & Nelson, C. (2016). Symptom profiles of autism spectrum disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex. Neurology, 86(Supplement 16), S10.001. 

Schmidt, R., Schroeder, D., Crary, F., Barkoski, J., Tancredi, D., Walker, C., ... & LaSalle, J. (2016). Self-reported pregnancy exposures and placental DNA methylation in the MARBLES prospective autism sibling study. Environmental Epigenetics, 2(4), 1-10. 

Tye, C., Varcin, K., Bolton, P., & Jeste, S.S. Early developmental pathways to autism spectrum disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex. Advances in Autism, 2(2), 84-93. 

Feinberg, J.I., Bakulski, K.M., Jaffe, A.E., Tryggvadottir, R., Brown, S.C., Goldman, L.R., ... & Feinberg, A.P. (2015). Paternal sperm DNA methylation associated with early signs of autism risk in an autism-enriched cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology. 44(4), 1199-1210. 

Halladay, A. K., Bishop, S., Constantino, J. N., Daniels, A. M., Koenig, K., Palmer, K., ... & Szatmari, P. (2015). Sex and gender differences in autism spectrum disorder: Summarizing evidence gaps and identifying emerging areas of priority. Molecular Autism, 6, 36. 

McKean, S.J., Bartell, S.M., Hansen, R.L., Barfod, G.H., Green, P.G., & Hertz-Picciotto, I. (2015). Prenatal mercury exposure, autism, and developmental delay, using pharmacokinet­ic combination of newborn blood concentrations and questionnaire data: a case control study. Environmental Health, 14, 62. 

Messinger, D. S., Young, G. S., Webb, S. J., Ozonoff, S., Bryson, S. E., Carter, A., ... & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Early sex differences are not autism-specific: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) study. Molecular Autism, 6, 32. 

Nelson, C.A., Varcin, K.J, Coman, N.K., DeVivo, I., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2015). Shortened telomeres in families with a propensity to autism. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 54(7), 588-594. 

Philippat, C., Bennett, D.H., Krakowiak, P., Rose, M., Hwang, H.M., & Hertz-Picciotto, I. (2015). Phthalate concentrations in house dust in relation to autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay in the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study. Environmental Health, 14, 56. 

Zwaigenbaum, L., Young, G., Stone, W.L., Dobkins, K., Ozonoff, S., Brian, J., ... & Messinger, D. (2014). Early head growth in infants at risk of autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(10), 1053-1062. 

Zwaigenbaum, L,. Bryson, S.E., Szatmari, P., Brian, J., Smith, I.M., Roberts, W., … & Roncadin, C. (2012). Sex differences in children with autism spectrum disorder identified within a high-risk infant cohort. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(12), 2585-2596.

Ozonoff, S., Young, G.S., Carter, A.S., Messinger, D., Yirmiya, N., Zwaigenbaum, L., ... & Hutman, T. (2011). Recurrence risk in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. Pediatrics, 128(3), e488-e495. 

Schwichtenberg, A. J., Young, G., Sigman, M., Huntman, T., & Ozonoff, S. (2010). Can family affectedness inform infant sibling outcomes of autism spectrum disorders? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(9), 1021-1030. 

Landa, R. (1993). Evidence for the heritability of autism. In Special Interest Division 2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders (pp. 4-6). Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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