Interesting article

[mkur]

Read this: Biomarkers for Autism Discovered

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120323134529.htm

 

and looked up the original article:

 

Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2, e91; doi:10.1038/tp.2012.19

Published online 13 March 2012

A novel blood-based biomarker for detection of autism spectrum disorders

 

http://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v2/n3/full/tp201219a.html

 

and which led me to this:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement_component_3

 

and then this:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_H

 

which contained these stmts:

 

"Recruitment by pathogens

Given the central role of factor H in protecting cells from complement, it is not surprising that several important human pathogens have evolved mechanisms for recruiting factor H. This recruitment of factor H by pathogens provides significant resistance to complement attack, and therefore increased virulence. Pathogens that have been shown to recruit factor H include: Aspergillus spp.; Borrelia burgdorferi; B. duttonii; B. recurrentis; Candida albicans; Francisella tularensis; Haemophilus influenzae; Neisseria meningitidis; and Streptococcus pyogenes."

 

So maybe the scientists are going to figure this out soon. I hope.....