References
- Ashwood P, Wills S, Van de Water J (2006). The immune response in autism: a new frontier for autism research. J Leukoc Biol 80:1–15.
- Bauman ML, Kemper TL (2005). Neuroanatomic observations of the brain in autism: a review and future directions. Int J Dev Neurosci 23:183–187.
- Freitag CM (2007). The genetics of autistic disorders and its clinical relevance: a review of the literature. Mol Psychiatry 12:2–22.
- Garbett KA, Ebert PJ, Mitchell A, Lintas C, Manzi B, Mirnics K, Persico AM (2008). Immune transcriptome alterations in the temporal cortex of subjects with autism. Neurobiol Dis 30:303–311.
- Lauritsen MB, Pedersen CB, Mortensen PB (2005). Effects of familial risk factors and place of birth on the risk of autism: a nationwide register-based study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:963–971.
- Lintas C, Altieri L, Lombardi F, Sacco R, Persico AM (2010). Association of autism with polyomavirus infection in postmortem brain. J NeuroVirol 16:141–149.
- Lintas C, Sacco R, Garbett K, Mirnics K, Militerni R, Bravaccio C, Curatolo P, Manzi B, Schneider C, Melmed R, Elia M, Pascucci T, Puglisi-Allegra S, Reichelt K-L, Persico AM (2009). Involvement of the PRKCB1 gene in autistic disorder: significant genetic association and reduced neocortical gene expression. Mol Psychiatry 46:1–8.
- Maher B (2008). Personal genomes: the case of the missing heritability. Nature 456:18–21.
- Miller MT, Stromland K, Ventura L, Johansson M, Bandim JM, Gillberg C (2005). Autism associated with conditions characterized by developmental errors in early embryogenesis: a mini review. Int J Dev Neurosci 23:201–219.
- Palmieri L, Papaleo V, Porcelli V, Scarcia P, Gaita L, Sacco R, Hager J, Rousseau F, Curatolo P, Manzi B, Militerni R, Bravaccio C, Trillo S, Schneider C, Melmed R, Elia M, Lenti C, Saccani M, Pascucci T, Puglisi-Allegra S, Reichelt K-L, Persico AM (2010). Altered calcium homeostasis in autism-spectrum disorders: evidence from biochemical and genetic studies of the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier AGC1. Mol Psychiatry 15:38–52.
- Reichenberg A, Gross R, Weiser M, Bresnahan M, Silverman J, Harlap S, Rabinowitz J, Shulman C, Malaspina D, Lubin G, Knobler HY, Davidson M, Susser E (2006). Advancing paternal age and autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:1026–1032.
- Sasanfar R, Haddad SA, Tolouei A, Ghadami M, Yu D, Santangelo SL (2010). Paternal age increases the risk for autism in an Iranian population sample. Mol Autism 1:2.
- Smith SE, Li J, Garbett K, Mirnics K, Patterson PH (2007). Maternal immune activation alters fetal brain development through interleukin-6. J Neurosci 27:10695–10702.
- Vargas DL, Nascimbene C, Krishnan C, Zimmerman AW, Pardo CA (2005). Neuroglial activation and neuroinflammation in the brain of patients with autism. Ann Neurol 57:67–81.