Cellular mechanisms of early brain overgrowth in autistic children: elevated levels of GPX4 and resistance to ferroptosis
Siwei Chen, Anna Shcherbina, Simon T. Schafer, Zoe A. Mattingly, Janani Ramesh, Cyndhavi Narayanan, Sravani Banerjee, Brianna E. Heath, Melissa Regester, Ivette Chen, Sudhir Thakurela, Joachim Franz Hallmayer, Ruth M. O'Hara, Marjorie Solomon, Christine Wu Nordahl, , Sundari Chetty
The paper investigates cellular mechanisms of brain overgrowth in autistic children with megalencephaly, finding elevated GPX4 and resistance to ferroptosis in neural progenitor cells.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience