Elevated mitochondrial DNA copy number in peripheral blood cells is associated with childhood autism

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Shan ^a   Li, Zongchang ^d   He, Ying ^b   Zhang, Fengyu ^b,c,e   Li, Hong ^b   Liao, Yanhui ^b   Wei, Zhen ^f   Wan, Guobin ^f   Xiang, Xi ^g   Hu, Maolin ^b   Xia, Kun ^h   Chen, Xiaogang ^a,b,c   Tang, Jinsong ^b,c,e  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases   (China)

^d WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Nanfang Medical University   (China)

^g BGI Ark Biotechnology   (China)

^h CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABC; Autism; CARS; Mitochondrial dysfunction; mtDNA copy number

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD CELL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ONSET AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD CELL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84928235866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0432-y     Document Type: Article

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