http://stopcallingitautism.com Re: The Immune System's role in ASD

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This immune system dysfunction causes many of the medical symptoms that children

with autism suffer from.

The page below explains the relationship between the common medical problems

that children with autism have and autism

http://stopcallingitautism.com/autismimmunedysfunction.php

Once the immune system begins to work better the autistic symptoms improve.

Regards,

JR

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> Neurol.');> 2010 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print]

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> The immune system's role in the biology of autism.

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> Goines P

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> aDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, USA bThe

> M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at , USA cNIEHS Center

> for Children's Environmental Health, University of California, ,

> California, USA.

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> PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The following is a review of the most recent research

> concerning the potential role of immune system dysfunction in autism.

> This body of literature has expanded dramatically over the past few

> years as researchers continue to identify immune anomalies in

> individuals with autism. RECENT FINDINGS: The most exciting of these

> recent findings is the discovery of autoantibodies targeting brain

> proteins in both children with autism and their mothers. In particular,

> circulating maternal autoantibodies directed toward fetal brain proteins

> are highly specific for autism. This finding has great potential as a

> biomarker for disease risk and may provide an avenue for future

> therapeutics and prevention. Additionally, data concerning the cellular

> immune system in children with autism suggest there may be a defect in

> signaling pathways that are shared by the immune and central nervous

> systems. Although studies to explore this hypothesis are ongoing, there

> is great interest in the commonalities between the neural and immune

> systems and their extensive interactions. SUMMARY: In summary, the

> exciting research regarding the role of the immune system in autism

> spectrum disorders may have profound implications for diagnosis and

> treatment of this devastating disease.

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> PMID: 20160651 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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