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炎症与自闭症谱系障碍

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

科研人员报告说，细胞因子IL-38抑制了人类大脑小胶质细胞的促炎性分子的释放，而IL-38基因在年龄在3到14岁的8名死去的患自闭症谱系障碍的儿童的杏仁核中的表达减少，这组作者说，这提示低的IL-38以及杏仁核的炎症可能在自闭症中起到了一个作用，而IL-38可能代表了一个可能的治疗方法。

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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