In autistic children, the cells, called granulocytes, exhibit one-third the capacity to fight infection and protect the body from invasion compared with the same cells in children who are developing normally, researchers found. The cells, which circulate in the bloodstream, are less able to deliver crucial infection-fighting oxidative responses to combat invading pathogens because of dysfunction in their tiny energy-generating organelles, the mitochondria. Read More: trib.al/EVCoFpg #relateddiseases #mito #autism
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 13:29:54 +0000
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