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The Immune System and Autism
Exciting research regarding the role of the immune system in autism may have profound implications for diagnosis and treatment. Decades of research links immunological abnormalities to ASD. There is extensive crosstalk between the immune and neural systems, including shared signaling and developmental pathways. Daniel Braunschweig, Ph.D., will speak about current science relating to the immune system in autism, maternal auto-antibodies to fetal brain proteins, and how understanding the immune system may lead to a better understanding of what is happening in the brain.
The body of research, which Dr. Braunschweig's presentation is part of in Dr. Judy Van de Water's lab at UC Davis, has suggested that there are multi-factorial immune anomalies in children with autism which are different for children who have what is called ‘classic’ autism and those who have later onset or ‘regressive’ autism. The researchers are looking for the mechanisms that lead to such anomalies according to Dr. Van de Water.
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