Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are epidemically explosive clinical entities, but their pathogenesis is still unclear and a definitive cure does not yet exist. Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare genetically determined cau...
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are epidemically explosive clinical entities, but their pathogenesis is still unclear and a definitive cure does not yet exist. Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare genetically determined cause of autism linked to mutations in the X-linked meCP2 gene or, more rarely, in CDKL5 or FOXG1. A wide phenotypical heterogeneity is a known feature of the disease. Although several studies have focused on the molecular genetics and possible protein changes at different levels, to date very little attention has been paid to fatty acids in this disease, which could be considered as a natural paradigm for the ASDs. To this regard, a quite enigmatic feature of the disease is the evidence in the affected patients of an extensive peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (arachidonic acid, AA, docosaexahenoic acid, DHA, adrenic acid, AdA and, to a lesser extent, eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA), in contrast with amelioration of the redox changes and phenotypical severity following the supplementation of some of those same fatty acids (DHA + EPA). Therefore, fatty acids may represent a kind of Janus Bifrons in the particular context of RTT. Here, we propose a rational explanation for this apparent “fatty acid paradox” in RTT. A better understanding of this paradox could also be of help to get a better insight into the complex mechanism of action for polyunsaturated fatty acids in health and disease.
The prediction of material properties based on density-functional theory has become routinely common,thanks,in part,to the steady increase in the number and robustness of available simulation *** plurality of codes an...
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The prediction of material properties based on density-functional theory has become routinely common,thanks,in part,to the steady increase in the number and robustness of available simulation *** plurality of codes and methods is both a boon and a *** providing great opportunities for cross-verification,these packages adopt different methods,algorithms,and paradigms,making it challenging to choose,master,and efficiently use *** demonstrate how developing common interfaces for workflows that automatically compute material properties greatly simplifies interoperability and *** introduce design rules for reusable,code-agnostic,workflow interfaces to compute well-defined material properties,which we implement for eleven quantum engines and use to compute various material *** implementation encodes carefully selected simulation parameters and workflow logic,making the implementer’s expertise of the quantum engine directly available to *** workflows are made available as open-source and full reproducibility of the workflows is guaranteed through the use of the AiiDA infrastructure.
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