Upregulation of Ras/Raf/ERK1/2 signaling and ERK5 in the brain of autistic subjects

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 834-843

  Yang, K ^a,b   Sheikh, A M ^a   Malik, M ^a   Wen, G ^a   Zou, H ^a   Brown, W T ^a   Li, X ^a  

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

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autism; Cortex; ERK5; Neural apoptosis; Oxidative stress; Ras Raf ERK1 2 signaling transduction

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAF KINASES; UP-REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 80755133624     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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