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Analysis and functional characterization of sequence variations in ligand binding domain of thyroid hormone receptors in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Dec 2017
Kalikiri Mahesh Kumar, Mamidala Madhu Poornima, Rao Ananth N, Rajesh Vidya
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro developmental disorder, reported to be on a rise in the past two decades. Thyroid hormone-T3 plays an important role in early embryonic and central nervous system development. T3 mediates its function by binding to thyroid hormone receptors, TRα and TRβ. Alterations in T3 levels and thyroid receptor mutations have been earlier implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders and...
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