...Vijendra K. Singh; Wyatt H. Rivas Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder, may involve autoimmune pathogenesis. Since mercury is potentially a risk factor for autoimmunity, we conducted a study of mercury-induced antinuclear and antilaminin antibodies in autistic and normal children who had been pre...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Autoantibodies Autoimmunity Cross-reactivity DNA Original Paper J Biomed Sci 2003;10:544 551 DOI: 10.1159/000072382 Received: April 2, 2003 Accepted: May 15, 2003 Deoxyribonuclease-Inhibitory Antibodies in Systemic Lupus...

...Vijendra K. Singh; Sheren X. Lin; Elizabeth Newell; Courtney Nelson Autoimmunity to the central nervous system (CNS), especially to myelin basic protein (MBP), may play a causal role in autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder. Because many autistic children harbor elevated levels of measles...

...Ken Matsui; Satoshi Jodo; Sheng Xiao; Shyr-Te Ju Studies of several gene knockout mice suggest an interesting association of a moderate T cell response with systemic autoimmune diseases. In addition, CD95 ligand (FasL) expression in some strains of these mice is impaired. Because FasL is critically...