A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism

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Usha Naik · Osmania Medical College

Charitha Gangadharan · Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Kanakalatha Abbagani · Osmania Medical College

Nagalla Balakrishna · National Institute of Nutrition

Niranjan Dasari · Osmania Medical College

Sunil K. Manna · Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Abstract

This finding has immense value in understanding many of the known biochemical changes reported in autism. As NF-κB is a response to stressors of several kinds and a master switch for many genes, autism may then arise at least in part from an NF-κB pathway gone awry.

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NF-κB Signaling Pathways Viral Infections and Immunology Research Virus-based gene therapy research

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 6, Issue 5, pp. e19488-e19488

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019488

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A Study of Nuclear Transcription Factor-Kappa B in Childhood Autism

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