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NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 303-311Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.01.012
Keywords
DNA microarray; gene expression; transcriptoine; autism; qPCR; post mortem; temporal cortex
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- NICHD NIH HHS [P30 HD015052] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [K02 MH070786-06, R01 MH079299, K02 MH070786, R01 MH079299-03] Funding Source: Medline
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Autism is a severe disorder that involves both genetic and environmental factors. Expression profiling of the superior temporal gyrus of six autistic subjects and matched controls revealed increased transcript levels of many immune system-related genes. We also noticed changes in transcripts related to cell communication, differentiation, cell cycle regulation and chaperone systems. Critical expression changes were confirmed by qPCR (BCL6, CHI3L1, CYR61, IF116, IFITM3, MAP2K3, PTDSR, RFX4, SPP1, RELN, NOTCH2, RIT1, SFN, GADD45B, HSPA6, HSPB8 and SERPINH1). Overall, these expression patterns appear to be more associated with the late recovery phase of autoimmune brain disorders, than with the innate immune response characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, a variance-based analysis revealed much greater transcript variability in brains from autistic subjects compared to the control group, suggesting that these genes may represent autism susceptibility genes and should be assessed in follow-up genetic studies. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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