Innate immune dysfunction and neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

HK Hughes, RJ Moreno, P Ashwood - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by communication and social behavior deficits. The presence of restricted and …

Innate immunity at the crossroads of healthy brain maturation and neurodevelopmental disorders

KE Zengeler, JR Lukens - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The immune and nervous systems have unique developmental trajectories that individually
build intricate networks of cells with highly specialized functions. These two systems have …

[HTML][HTML] An in vivo neuroimmune organoid model to study human microglia phenotypes

ST Schafer, AAF Mansour, JCM Schlachetzki, M Pena… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Microglia are specialized brain-resident macrophages that play crucial roles in brain
development, homeostasis, and disease. However, until now, the ability to model …

Signalling pathways in autism spectrum disorder: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

CC Jiang, LS Lin, S Long, XY Ke, K Fukunaga… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a prevalent and complex neurodevelopmental disorder
which has strong genetic basis. Despite the rapidly rising incidence of autism, little is known …

Shared molecular neuropathology across major psychiatric disorders parallels polygenic overlap

MJ Gandal, JR Haney, NN Parikshak, V Leppa… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The predisposition to neuropsychiatric disease involves a complex, polygenic, and
pleiotropic genetic architecture. However, little is known about how genetic variants impart …

Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism

NN Parikshak, V Swarup, TG Belgard, M Irimia… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involves substantial genetic contributions. These
contributions are profoundly heterogeneous but may converge on common pathways that …

The role of the immune system in autism spectrum disorder

A Meltzer, J Van de Water - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - nature.com
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in communication and
social skills as well as repetitive and stereotypical behaviors. While much effort has focused …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of mTOR-dependent macroautophagy causes autistic-like synaptic pruning deficits

G Tang, K Gudsnuk, SH Kuo, ML Cotrina, G Rosoklija… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Developmental alterations of excitatory synapses are implicated in autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). Here, we report increased dendritic spine density with reduced …

Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

D Pinto, E Delaby, D Merico, M Barbosa… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variation (CNV) is an important source of risk for autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). We analyzed 2,446 ASD-affected families and confirmed an excess of …

Systems biology and gene networks in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders

NN Parikshak, MJ Gandal, DH Geschwind - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
Genetic and genomic approaches have implicated hundreds of genetic loci in
neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegeneration, but mechanistic understanding …