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We interrogated two RNA-sequencing datasets of ASD and TS and identified differentially expressed genes, to explore commonly enriched pathways through GO, KEGG, and Reactome. The DEGs [False Discovery Rate (<jats:italic>FDR<\/jats:italic>) &amp;lt;0.05] in the ASD dataset (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 248) and the TS dataset (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 156) enriched pathways involving inflammation, cytokines, signal transduction and cell signalling. Of the DEGs from the ASD and TS analyses, 23 were shared, all of which were up-regulated: interaction networks of the common protein-coding genes using STRING revealed 5 central up-regulated hub genes: <jats:italic>CCL2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>ICAM1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>HMOX1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>MYC<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>SOCS3<\/jats:italic>. Applying KEGG and Reactome analysis to the 23 common genes identified pathways involving the innate immune response such as interleukin and interferon signalling pathways. 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