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ReviewBrain sciences2024

A Systematic Review on Autism and Hyperserotonemia: State-of-the-Art, Limitations, and Future Directions.

Dario Esposito, Gianluca Cruciani, Laura Zaccaro, Emanuele Di Carlo, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Filippo Manti, Claudia Carducci, Elena Fiori, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Tiziana Pascucci

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Review in Brain sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Dario EspositoDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5994-9788
Gianluca CrucianiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4953-5634
Laura ZaccaroDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-9336-1945
Emanuele Di CarloDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0300-5870
Grazia Fernanda SpitoniDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3988-9279
Filippo MantiDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2012-8410
Claudia CarducciDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0515-9208
Elena FioriRome Technopole Foundation, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo LeuzziDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2314-6139
Tiziana PascucciDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1520-7373

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperserotonemia is one of the most studied endophenotypes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but there are still no unequivocal results about its causes or biological and behavioral outcomes. This systematic review summarizes the studies investigating the relationship between blood serotonin (5-HT) levels and ASD, comparing diagnostic tools, analytical methods, and clinical outcomes. A literature search on peripheral 5-HT levels and ASD was conducted. In total, 1104 publications were screened, of which 113 entered the present systematic review. Of these, 59 articles reported hyperserotonemia in subjects with ASD, and 26 presented correlations between 5-HT levels and ASD-core clinical outcomes. The 5-HT levels are increased in about half, and correlations between hyperserotonemia and clinical outcomes are detected in a quarter of the studies. The present research highlights a large amount of heterogeneity in this field, ranging from the characterization of ASD and control groups to diagnostic and clinical assessments, from blood sampling procedures to analytical methods, allowing us to delineate critical topics for future studies.

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autism spectrum disorderendophenotypehyperserotonemia

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PMID38790459
PMCPMC11119126

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