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The Impact of Neuroimmune Alterations in Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Gottfried, Carmem, Bambini-Junior, Victorio, Francis, Fiona, Riesgo, Rudimar, Savino, Wilson·2015·Frontiers in Psychiatry

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involves a complex interplay of both genetic and environmental risk factors, with immune alterations and synaptic connection deficiency in early life. In the past decade, studies of ASD have substantially increased, in both humans and animal models. Immunological imbalance (including autoimmunity) has been proposed as a major etiological component in ASD, taking into account increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines observed in postmortem brain from patients, as well as autoantibody production. Also, epidemiological studies have established a correlation of ASD with family history of autoimmune diseases; associations with major histocompatibility complex haplotypes and abnormal levels of immunological markers in the blood. Moreover, the use of animal models to study ASD is providing increasing information on the relationship between the immune system and the pathophysiology of ASD. Herein, we will discuss the accumulating literature for ASD, giving special attention to the relevant aspects of factors that may be related to the neuroimmune interface in the development of ASD, including changes in neuroplasticity.

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  • Numerous studies show that a significant risk factor for autism is a family history of autoimmune disease.

    “Further lending credence to this association are numerous studies showing that a significant risk factor for autism is a family history of autoimmune disease (Brimberg et al, 2013;Gesundheit et al, 2013;Gottfried et al, 2015;Wu et al, 2015)”

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Authors
Gottfried, C., Bambini-Junior, V., Francis, F., Riesgo, R., & Savino, W.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Corresponding author
  • Gottfried, Carmem
  • Savino, Wilson
Venue
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Published
2015-09-09
Volume
6
Pages
121-121
ISSN
1664-0640 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1887549719
Cited by
143
References
180
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1.38
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Language
en
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Funders
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, autoimmunity, inflammatory cytokines, autoantibodies, animal models of autism, neuroplasticity, synaptic dysfunction, ASD etiology

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