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Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) has been suggested to be involved in the immune dysfunction and inflammation reported in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We aimed to assess HMGB1 serum concentrations (SCs) in high-functioning ASD children compared to typically developing (TD) controls and t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34198762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060478 |
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author | Makris, Gerasimos Chouliaras, Giorgos Apostolakou, Filia Papageorgiou, Charalabos Chrousos, George P. Papassotiriou, Ioannis Pervanidou, Panagiota |
author_facet | Makris, Gerasimos Chouliaras, Giorgos Apostolakou, Filia Papageorgiou, Charalabos Chrousos, George P. Papassotiriou, Ioannis Pervanidou, Panagiota |
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description | High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) has been suggested to be involved in the immune dysfunction and inflammation reported in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We aimed to assess HMGB1 serum concentrations (SCs) in high-functioning ASD children compared to typically developing (TD) controls and to explore their associations with the autism spectrum quotient (AQ), the empathy quotient (EQ), and the systemizing quotient (SQ). The study involved 42 ASD children and 38 TD children, all-male, aged between 6.1 and 13.3 years old. HMGB1 SCs were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Groups were comparable regarding age, general IQ, birth weight, and maternal age at birth. ASD children showed significantly higher HMGB1 SCs compared to TD children (1.25 ± 0.84 ng/mL versus 1.13 ± 0.79 ng/mL, respectively, p = 0.039). The Spearman’s rho revealed that HMGB1 SCs were positively correlated with the AQ attention to detail subscale (rs = 0.46, p = 0.045) and with the SQ total score (rs = 0.42, p = 0.04) in the ASD group. These results show that HMGB1 serum concentrations are altered in ASD children, and suggest that inflammatory processes mediated by HMGB1 may be associated with specific cognitive features observed in ASD. |
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spelling | pubmed-82281262021-06-26 Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Makris, Gerasimos Chouliaras, Giorgos Apostolakou, Filia Papageorgiou, Charalabos Chrousos, George P. Papassotiriou, Ioannis Pervanidou, Panagiota Children (Basel) Article High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) has been suggested to be involved in the immune dysfunction and inflammation reported in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We aimed to assess HMGB1 serum concentrations (SCs) in high-functioning ASD children compared to typically developing (TD) controls and to explore their associations with the autism spectrum quotient (AQ), the empathy quotient (EQ), and the systemizing quotient (SQ). The study involved 42 ASD children and 38 TD children, all-male, aged between 6.1 and 13.3 years old. HMGB1 SCs were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Groups were comparable regarding age, general IQ, birth weight, and maternal age at birth. ASD children showed significantly higher HMGB1 SCs compared to TD children (1.25 ± 0.84 ng/mL versus 1.13 ± 0.79 ng/mL, respectively, p = 0.039). The Spearman’s rho revealed that HMGB1 SCs were positively correlated with the AQ attention to detail subscale (rs = 0.46, p = 0.045) and with the SQ total score (rs = 0.42, p = 0.04) in the ASD group. These results show that HMGB1 serum concentrations are altered in ASD children, and suggest that inflammatory processes mediated by HMGB1 may be associated with specific cognitive features observed in ASD. MDPI 2021-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8228126/ /pubmed/34198762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060478 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Makris, Gerasimos Chouliaras, Giorgos Apostolakou, Filia Papageorgiou, Charalabos Chrousos, George P. Papassotiriou, Ioannis Pervanidou, Panagiota Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title | Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full | Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_fullStr | Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_short | Increased Serum Concentrations of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Protein in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_sort | increased serum concentrations of high mobility group box 1 (hmgb1) protein in children with autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34198762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060478 |
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