Fereshteh Izadi - Academic Unit of Cancer Science, Cancer Research UK Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO۱۶ ۶ YD, United Kingdom
Mohammad Hasan Soheilifar - Department of Medical Laser, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Hoda Keshmiri Neghab - Department of Photo Healing and Regeneration, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Mahya Soheilifar - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran
Razieh Amini - Research Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

Introduction: Understanding the association among various disorders has remarkably improved their diagnosis and therapies. It has been observed that autism and inflammatory bowel diseases cause a sort of inflammation. Exploring the relationship between them will lead to discovering important involved genes and in turn will eventually help discover any possible common therapeutic protocols. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between autism spectrum disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases. Materials and Methods: The common genes associated with autism spectrum disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases were retrieved from DisGeNET. SFARI databases and were subjected to an in silico data analysis framework to explore predictive genes and the related pathways. Results: Eleven genes including HLA-DRB۱, MTHFR, PON۱, IL۶, MTOR, SETD۲, GSTM۱, APC, IFNG, SERPINE۱, and MAPK۱ regulated by YY۱ and IRF۱ transcription factors were characterized as discriminating molecules which by further screening were enriched in pathways mostly involved in neutrophil apoptosis, neutrophil homeostasis, chemokine biosynthesis and the regulation of immune system response. Conclusions: According to findings it can be stated that the identified common genes were associated with a wide range of pathogenic mechanisms.

autism spectrum disorders, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Disease-Associated Genes, Network analysis