Table 11. Immunological features of autism and schizophrenia.

Feature	Autism	Schizophrenia
HLA Association	Yes [441], [442]	Yes [442], [443]
Co-morbidity with autoimmune disease	Yes [441], [444]–[446]	Yes [447]–[449]
Viral triggers for disease	Yes [450]	Yes [450], [451]
Association with maternal infection during pregnancy.	Yes [441]	Yes [452]
Autoantibodies	Brain-specific antibodies in mothers and probands [441], [446], [453], [454]; Anti-nuclear antibodies [446], [455]	Yes [456]
Other	Gene expression changes reminiscent of autoimmunity [457]; NK cell dysregulation [458]; Amelioration of aberrant behaviors during fever [459]	Various immunological abnormalities [460]–[462]; differentially expressed genes involve immune pathways [463]