Correlations of gene expression with blood lead levels in children with autism compared to typically developing controls

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Tian, Yingfang ^a,b,c   Green, Peter G ^b   Stamova, Boryana ^a,b,c   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b,c   Pessah, Isaac N ^b,c   Hansen, Robin ^a,b,c   Yang, Xiaowei ^b   Gregg, Jeffrey P ^b,c   Ashwood, Paul ^a,b,c   Jickling, Glen ^a,b,c   Van De Water, Judy ^b,c   Sharp, Frank R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Blood; Genes; Heavy metals; Lead; Microarrays

Indexed keywords

CD74 ANTIGEN; LEAD; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650548973     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9126-x     Document Type: Article

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