Beyond infection - Maternal immune activation by environmental factors, microglial development, and relevance for autism spectrum disorders

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 299, Issue , 2018, Pages 241-251

  Bilbo, Staci D ^a   Block, Carina L ^b   Bolton, Jessica L ^c   Hanamsagar, Richa ^a   Tran, Phuong K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Developmental programming; Environmental toxins; Neurodevelopmental disorders

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CRYOPYRIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AUTISM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL STRESS; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROGLIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85023639316     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.07.002     Document Type: Review

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