PMID- 28551754 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180604 LR - 20211204 IS - 0301-5556 (Print) IS - 0301-5556 (Linking) VI - 224 DP - 2017 TI - Neurotrophic Factors in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Focus on BDNF and IGF-1. PG - 121-134 LID - 10.1007/978-3-319-52498-6_7 [doi] AB - Neurotrophic factors are secreted proteins promoting the development and maintaining the function of neural circuits. Studies in human individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and corresponding animal models have implicated that alterations of neurotrophic factor levels and the associated signalling pathways might contribute to the underlying pathophysiology. As most of this work has investigated the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in ASD formation, we focus on these two molecules in this review. We start with reviewing findings on neurotrophic factor levels in human individuals with ASD, continue with providing a broad overview on murine BDNF and IGF-1 in several well-established mouse models of ASD and finally discuss the therapeutic potential of both molecules in the context of translational ASD research. FAU - Reim, Dominik AU - Reim D AD - Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. AD - International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. FAU - Schmeisser, Michael J AU - Schmeisser MJ AD - Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. michael.schmeisser@med.ovgu.de. AD - Division of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. michael.schmeisser@med.ovgu.de. AD - Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany. michael.schmeisser@med.ovgu.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Germany TA - Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol JT - Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology JID - 0407712 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autism Spectrum Disorder/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism/therapeutic use MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*metabolism/therapeutic use MH - Mice MH - Translational Research, Biomedical EDAT- 2017/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-3-319-52498-6_7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol. 2017;224:121-134. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-52498-6_7.