COVID-19 and autism
Autor
Steinman, Gary
Institución
Resumen
The current pandemic of Covid-19 has created a paradigm for possibly gaining greater insight in two conditions:
1) Inflammatory maladies in pregnancy, and.
2) The biology of IGF-1 in autism.
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.