Downregulation of the expression of mitochondrial electron transport complex genes in autism brains

Brain Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-302

  Anitha, Ayyappan ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Thanseem, Ismail ^a   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Miyachi, Taishi ^a   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^a,b   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^a   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

autism; electron transport complex; mitochondria; post mortem brain

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP5A1 PROTEIN; ATP5G3 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 13; NDUFA5 PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOENERGY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; THALAMUS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 13; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876293747     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12002     Document Type: Article

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