Research Article

Identification of Four Novel Synonymous Substitutions in the X-Linked Genes Neuroligin 3 and Neuroligin 4X in Japanese Patients with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Table 3

Sequence variants identified in Japanese patients with autistic spectrum disorder.

GeneExonSNP ID1LocationTranslationASD2Control3
MaleFemaleEBV cell lineBlood

NLGN34c.567+22C>TIntronic0/511/110/903/278
c.567+52C>TIntronic10/512/1112/9032/278
5c.727+47G>CIntronic1/510/110/900/278
7c.1698G>Ap.K566K1/510/110/900/278

NLGN4X rs6639602c.-305-86T>G5UTR0/511/111/904/278
2c.297C>Tp.G99G0/511/110/900/278
3c.516C>Tp.I172I1/510/110/900/278
5c.1590C>Tp.F530F1/510/110/900/278

1Reference number of the variant documented in dbSNP build 132 or JSNP. (—) indicates that the variant does not have a reference number.
2Number of ASD patients (50 males, 11 females) with the variant.
3Number of control chromosomes with the variant in EBV transformed cell line (30 males, 30 females) and blood (118 males, 80 females).