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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2024

Targeting epigenetic enzymes for autism treatment.

Zhen Yan

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Epigenetic treatment of synaptic and behavioral deficits in Dyrk1a-mutant mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  3. Review
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  6. Synaptic Deficits in Adnp-Mutant Mice Are Ameliorated by Histone Demethylase LSD1 Inhibition.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Zhen YanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. Electronic address: zhenyan@buffalo.edu.

Funding

Epigenetics-Based Autism Treatment with Animal Models and Human Stem CellsR01NS127728 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI JIAN FENG, Zhen Yan · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Discovery of Novel Drugs for AutismR41MH112237 · NIMH · ASDDR, LLC · PI YAN, ZHEN · 2017 to 2018
$771k
NIMH NIH HHS R41 MH112237NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging preclinical autism research has shown the therapeutic promise of pharmacological inhibitors for epigenetic enzymes, such as histone deacetylases (HDAC), euchromatic histone methyltransferases (EHMT), and lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (LSD1). These interventions restore gene expression, synaptic function, and behavioral performance in autism models, highlighting a new strategy for autism treatment.

Indexed as

Autistic DisorderEpigenesis, GeneticHistone DemethylasesAnimalsHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistone DemethylasesHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseKDM1A protein, humanautismepigeneticshistone modificationsocial deficitssynaptic

Identifiers

PMID39034229
PMCPMC11380587

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