ArticleMetabolic brain disease2017
Novel biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction is autism spectrum disorder: potential for biological diagnostic markers.
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- Systematic Review and Bioinformatic Analysis of microRNA Expression in Autism Spectrum Disorder Identifies Pathways Associated With Cancer, Metabolism, Cell Signaling, and Cell Adhesion.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
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- Specific Association Patterns Between Brain Glutathione Levels, Myelination, and Functional Connectivity in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- An impaired glycolysis induces ATP deficiency and reduced cell respiration in stem cells of patients with autism spectrum disorders.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- RVG engineered extracellular vesicles-transmitted miR-137 improves autism by modulating glucose metabolism and neuroinflammation.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles alleviate autism by regulating microglial glucose metabolism reprogramming and neuroinflammation through PD-1/PD-L1 interaction.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
- The Role of Oxidative Stress in Autism Spectrum Disorder Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Combining Anti-Mitochondrial Antibodies, Anti-Histone, and PLA2/COX Biomarkers to Increase Their Diagnostic Accuracy for Autism Spectrum Disorders.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Rodent Models for ASD Biomarker Development.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
- Neuroimaging genetics approaches to identify new biomarkers for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Review
- SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells.Molecular autism · 2023Article
- Canagliflozin alleviates valproic acid-induced autism in rat pups: Role of PTEN/PDK/PPAR-γ signaling pathways.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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- Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders by Mitochondrial-targeted Drug: Future of Neurological Diseases Therapeutics.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Review
- Altered Metabolic Characteristics in Plasma of Young Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Approaches to investigating metabolism in human neurodevelopment using organoids: insights from intestinal and cancer studies.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is behaviorally defined by social and communication impairments and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. There is currently no biomarkers that can help in the diagnosis. Several studies suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction is commonly involved in ASD pathophysiology, but standard mitochondrial biomarkers are thought to be very variable. In the present study we examine a wide variety of plasma biomarkers of mitochondrial metabolism and the related abnormalities of oxidative stress and apoptosis in 41 ASD patients assessed for ASD severity using the Childhood Autism Rating Scales and 41 non-related age and sex matched healthy controls. Our findings confirm previous studies indicating abnormal mitochondrial and related biomarkers in children with ASD including pyruvate, creatine kinase, Complex 1, Glutathione S-Transferase, glutathione and Caspase 7. As a novel finding, we report that lactate dehydrogenase is abnormal in children with ASD. We also identified that only the most severe children demonstrated abnormalities in Complex 1 activity and Glutathione S-Transferase. Additionally, we find that several biomarkers could be candidates for differentiating children with ASD and typically developing children, including Caspase 7, gluthatione and Glutathione S-Transferase by themselves and lactate dehydrogenase and Complex I when added to other biomarkers in combination. Caspase 7 was the most discriminating biomarker between ASD patients and healthy controls suggesting its potential use as diagnostic marker for the early recognition of ASD pathophysiology. This study confirms that several mitochondrial biomarkers are abnormal in children with ASD and suggest that certain mitochondrial biomarkers can differentiate between ASD and typically developing children, making them possibly useful as a tool to diagnosis ASD and identify ASD subgroups.
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