The interaction between the immune system and epigenetics in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Nardone, Stefano ^a   Elliott, Evan ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Immune system; Maternal immune activation; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTISM; AUTS2 GENE; CEREBELLUM; CHD8 GENE; CINGULATE GYRUS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MBD5 GENE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGENY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PRRT1 GENE; REVIEW; SDHAP3 GENE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TSPAN32 GENE; ZFP57 GENE;

EID: 84983543557     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00329     Document Type: Review

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