Table 2.

Autoimmune diseases, autism spectrum disorders, and mesenchymal stem cells

Autoimmune diseases	ASD	MSCs
Autoimmune thyroiditis	+	Pre-clinical experiment
Rheumatoid arthritis	+	Pre-clinical experiment; Clinical trials on-going
GVHD	-	Pre-clinical experiment; Clinical trials
MS	-	Pre-clinical experiment; Clinical trials on-going
Type 1 diabetes	+	Pre-clinical experiment; Clinical trials on-going

ASD: Autism spectrum disorders; MSCs: Mesenchymal stem cells; GVHD: graft-versus-host-disease; MS: Multiple sclerosis; +: An association between ASD and a family history of autoimmune diseases; -: No or lack of evidence of correlation between autoimmune diseases and ASD.