Fig. 1


HERVs and cytokines expression in PBMCs from ASD children, their parents and control individuals in different culture conditions. HERV transcriptional activity (A) and cytokines expression levels (B) were evaluated at baseline (T0), after culture without any stimulation (NS) and in presence of IL-2 and PHA (ST) by RT-Real time PCR. The results are represented as box plots, depicting mild (black dot) and extreme outliers (asterisk) for each group. Green bordered white boxes = control individuals; Green bordered grey boxes = ASD children and their parents