Session: Immunity in Autism: A New Page with Fresh Insights


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Immunity in Autism: A New Page with Fresh Insights
What role, if any, the host immune response plays in the etiology of autism has been a controversial and understudied aspect of autism research. Recently, the advent of novel mouse models, powerful cell culture systems, and creative human-based studies has substantiated a critical role for the immune response in autism. The goal of this session is to highlight some of these recent and diverse contributions.
Speakers:	Lisa Boulanger, PhD Paul Patterson Carlos A. Pardo, MD Robert S. Fujinami, PhD
Organizer:	Glenn Rall, PhD
		Regulation of Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity by MHC class I Lisa M. Boulanger, PhD
		THE MECHANISM OF PATHOGENESIS OF AN AUTISM RISK FACTOR: ACTIVATION OF THE MATERNAL IMMUNE SYSTEM ALTERS FETAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT VIA IL-6 Paul Patterson
		THE ROLES OF NEUROGLIA AND NEUROIMMUNE MODULATORS IN PATHOGENESIS OF ASD Carlos A. Pardo, MD
		IMMUNE RESPONSES TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTEINS AND VIRUSES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM Robert S. Fujinami, PhD, Jane E. Libbey, Hilary H. Coon, Nikki J. Kirkman, Thayne L. Sweeten, Judith N. Miller, Janet E. Lainhart, William M. McMahon
Sponsor:	Invited Program