NLGN4X and autism: Some examples of the genes associated with autism include MECP2, CHD8, KMT2A, GRIN2B, SCN2A, NLGN1, NLGN3, MET, CNTNAP2, FOXP2, TSHZ3, SHANK3, PTEN, DYRK1A, RELN, FOXP1, SYNGAP1, NRXN [84,85], the NLGN gene series (NLGN1, NLGN2, NLGN4, and NLGN4Y) [86,87], brain function protein-related genes (such as GABRA5, GABRB3, UBE3A, HERC2 and CYFIP1 [88]), NRXN2, POGZ, RFX3, ANK2, ARHGEF10, BRD3, CEP152, CHRM3 [89], STX1A, NLGN3, SHANK2, DLGAP1, NRXN3, DLG4, CACNG2, AKAP9, CACNA1C, KCNS3, CACNA2D3 [90], and some metabolic genes, (such as GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 [91]).