JUND-driven stress-responsive astrocytes promote neuronal apoptosis via enhanced gap junction signaling in autism spectrum disorder.
Qi Wang, Huamin Yin, Qi Jiang, Yubo Qi, Jieli Bai, Zhendong Wang, Kailai Liu, Ruizhen Sun, Wenhang Wang, Canying Liu, Weishuo Yan, Jin Luo, Lian Duan, Zhiyan Shan
PMID 42157347WHAT IT FOUND
A laboratory study of donated autism brain tissue, mice and stem-cell cultures.
No one was treated and no clinical outcome was measured, so there is nothing here to act on.
What this paper is
This is a basic science laboratory study, not a clinical one. It analyses donated postmortem brain tissue from 22 people with autism and 13 controls, and runs experiments in mice and in human stem-cell cultures, to describe a molecular pathway involving stress-responsive astrocytes and the gene JUND. No patients were treated, no intervention was tested in people, and no clinical outcomes were measured, so there is no finding here to change your practice on.
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