Posted on 3/27/2015
KIR Panel
- Questions for Dr. Braverman
The cross talk between KIR and HLA proteins potentially leading to autism when altered, occurs between a mother and her fetus. Indeed, KIR proteins are localized on the surface of uterine NK cells ...
Posted on 2/16/2015
MTHFR gene
- Questions for Dr. Braverman
Many of you recently asked me about MTHFR leading to autism. YES, MTHFR polymorphism has a high incidence in autistic children but NO reports clearly show a correlation between maternal MTHFR ...
Posted on 1/16/2015
Maternal immune alterations have been linked to autism. Particularly, pro-inflammatory cytokines are involved in neuroinflammatory diseases and may be a contributing factor in autism. But they also ...
Posted on 1/16/2015
RA and Autism may share a common genetic etiology (with strong association with HLA-DRB1*0401 and HLA-DRB1*0404 alleles for both diseases). If you carry these alleles and transmit them to your child, ...