Elevated immune response in the brain of autistic patients

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Li, Xiaohong ^a   Chauhan, Abha ^a   Sheikh, Ashfaq M ^a   Patil, Sangita ^b   Chauhan, Ved ^a   Li, Xiu Min ^b   Ji, Lina ^a   Brown, Ted ^a   Malik, Mazhar ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD); Cytokines; Flow cytometry method; Immune response; Inflammation; Multiplexed bead analysis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149103359     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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