Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hadassah Hospital - Hebrew University, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 12000 Israel.
Med Hypotheses. 2020 Sep;142:109797. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109797. Epub 2020 May 1.
The current pandemic of Covid-19 has created a paradigm for possibly gaining greater insight in two conditions:Studies since the beginning of this century have supported the view that IGF-1 deficiency in the neonate defines the basis of autism. As a result, it appears that interleukin-6 in corona virus-based infections causes reduced defenses because of suppressed IGF-1, especially in older patients. This may also portend an increase of autism in the offspring of gravidas currently affected severely by Covid-19.
自本世纪初以来的研究支持了这样一种观点,即新生儿 IGF-1 缺乏症定义了自闭症的基础。结果表明,冠状病毒感染中的白细胞介素-6 会因 IGF-1 受到抑制而导致防御能力降低,尤其是在老年患者中。这也可能预示着当前严重感染新冠病毒的孕妇的后代自闭症发病率会增加。