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Ochratoxin A as possible factor trigging autism and its male prevalence via epigenetic mechanism.
Nutritional neuroscience - 1 Jan 2016
Mezzelani A, Raggi M E, Marabotti A, Milanesi L
Abstract excerpt
The role of dysbiosis causing leaky gut with xenobiotic production and absorption is increasingly demonstrated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) pathogenesis. Among xenobiotics, we focused on ochratoxin A (one of the major food contaminating mycotoxin), that in vitro and in vivo exerts a male-specific neurotoxicity probably via microRNA modulation of a specific target gene. Among possible targets, we focused on...
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