Table 1 Information on the biobanks covered in the review
Name | Founded | Location | Type of sample collected and stored | Website/source paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) | 1997 | USA | Blood and immortalised cell lines | AGRE, www.agre.org |
Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) | 2010 | USA | Blood and immortalised cell lines | https://sfari.org/resources/autism-cohorts/simons-simplex-collection |
Danish Newborn Screening Bio-collection | 1980’s | Denmark | Dried blood spot samples | |
Autism Tissue Program | 1998 | USA | Post-mortem brain tissue | |
Autism Spectrum Stem cell Resource | 2014 | USA | Skin fibroblasts, blood, induced pluripotent stem cells, neural stem cells, neuronal cells, glial cells | [25] |
The Autism Simplex Collection | 2010 | USA and Europe | Blood | [97] |
Autism Inpatient Collection | 2014 | USA | Blood and lymphoblasts | [24] |