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RESEARCHGenetic Variant And Autoantibodies Linked To Having A Child With AutismFinding may lead to screening test to identify susceptibility to having an autistic childnews-medical.net A study by researchers at UC has found that pregnant women with a particular gene variation are more likely to produce autoantibodies to the brains of their developing fetuses and that the children of these mothers are at greater risk of later being diagnosed with autism. The finding is the first to demonstrate a genetic mechanism at play in the development of the neurodevelopmental disorder among some

children -- offering the possibility of a genetic test for some women at risk for having a child with autism, said Judy Van de Water, an immunologist and the study's co-principal investigator. "Association of a MET genetic variant with autism-associated maternal autoantibodies to fetal brain proteins and cytokine expression," is published online today in the journal Translational Psychiatry, a Nature publication. "Our study gives strong support for the idea that, in at least some cases, autism results from maternal immunity gone overboard," said Judy Van de Water, a professor of internal medicine and a researcher affiliated with the UC MIND

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Finding may lead to screening test to identify susceptibility to having an autistic child

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A study by researchers at UC has found that pregnant women with a particular gene variation are more likely to produce autoantibodies to the brains of their developing fetuses and that the children of these mothers are at greater risk of later being diagnosed with autism.

The finding is the first to demonstrate a genetic mechanism at play in the development of the neurodevelopmental disorder among some

children -- offering the possibility of a genetic test for some women at risk for having a child with autism, said Judy Van de Water, an immunologist and the study's co-principal investigator.

"Association of a MET genetic variant with autism-associated maternal autoantibodies to fetal brain proteins and cytokine expression," is published online today in the journal Translational Psychiatry, a Nature publication.

"Our study gives strong support for the idea that, in at least some cases, autism results from maternal immunity gone overboard," said Judy Van de Water, a professor of internal medicine and a researcher affiliated with the UC MIND

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RESEARCH

Genetic Variant And Autoantibodies Linked To Having A Child With Autism

Autistic Brains Develop More Slowly Than Healthy Brains, UCLA Researchers Say

Bridging the Gap: Neuroscientists Find Normal Brain Communication in People Who Lack Connections Between Right and Left Hemispheres

Insulin Signaling (Diabetes) And Autism

TREATMENT

A Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet No Remedy for Autism

EDUCATION

New Approach To Teaching Children With Autism Earns Federal Backing

PUBLIC HEALTH

Talk of Treaty Ban On Mercury Concerns Scientists

Largest Measles Outbreak in U.S. in 15 years

MEDIA

Movie Review: 'Greater Good'

PEOPLE

Impregnated Teacher Arrested for Sex with Special Needs

Student

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USAAA 2011 World Conference & Expo, Seattle, Washington

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and Droid!

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