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. 2022 Jan 12;30(1):5-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.12.018.

Diet, microbe, and autism: Cause or consequence?

Guanjian Li  1 , Bing Song  2 , Chao Wang  2 , Dongdong Tang  2 , Kuokuo Li  3 , Xiaojin He  4 , Yunxia Cao  5
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Diet, microbe, and autism: Cause or consequence?

Guanjian Li et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Numerous studies have shown the possible contributions of the gut microbiome to the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, recently in Cell, Yap et al. found that autism-related dietary preferences may mediate the ASD-microbiome associations, while the direct associations between ASD and gut microbiota are negligible.

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  • Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations.
    Yap CX, Henders AK, Alvares GA, Wood DLA, Krause L, Tyson GW, Restuadi R, Wallace L, McLaren T, Hansell NK, Cleary D, Grove R, Hafekost C, Harun A, Holdsworth H, Jellett R, Khan F, Lawson LP, Leslie J, Frenk ML, Masi A, Mathew NE, Muniandy M, Nothard M, Miller JL, Nunn L, Holtmann G, Strike LT, de Zubicaray GI, Thompson PM, McMahon KL, Wright MJ, Visscher PM, Dawson PA, Dissanayake C, Eapen V, Heussler HS, McRae AF, Whitehouse AJO, Wray NR, Gratten J. Yap CX, et al. Cell. 2021 Nov 24;184(24):5916-5931.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015. Epub 2021 Nov 11. Cell. 2021. PMID: 34767757