Sex hormones in autism: Androgens and estrogens differentially and reciprocally regulate RORA, a novel candidate gene for autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sarachana, Tewarit ^a   Xu, Minyi ^a   Wu, Ray Chang ^a   Hu, Valerie W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE; RORA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANDROGENS; AROMATASE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 79951876357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017116     Document Type: Article

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