Table 3. Percentage of positive samples for expression of HERV families in cultured PBMCs from ASD and HC groups.
| HERV-H | HERV-W | HERV-K | HERV-E | |||||
| ASD | HC | ASD | HC | ASD | HC | ASD | HC | |
| T0 a | 42.86 (12) | 21.43 (6) | 67.86 (19) | 57.14 (16) | 42.86 (12) | 46.43 (13) | 7.14 (2) | 0 (0) |
| p = 0.152 | p = 0.582 | p = 1.000 | p = 0.491 | |||||
| T72 b | 44.44 (12) | 25 (7) | 81.48 (22) | 60.71 (17) | 55.56 (15) | 46.43 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| p = 0.162 | p = 0.138 | p = 0.593 | nc d | |||||
| T0 or T72 c | 71.43 (20) | 35.71 (10) | 89.29 (25) | 67.86 (19) | 64.29 (18) | 71.43 (20) | 7.14 (2) | 0 (0) |
| p = 0.015 | p = 0.101 | p = 0.775 | p = 0.491 | |||||
a
RT-PCR analysis of PBMCs at time 0 after withdrawal.
b
RT-PCR analysis of PBMCs after 72 hours of stimulation in culture.
c
RT-PCR analysis of PBMCs at T0 and T72.
d
No statistics are computed.
In parentheses the number of positive samples over the total (28).