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Ashfaq M. Sheikh

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25

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1.5K

Citations

18

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1981

Active since

Affiliations

New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities(Current)

Nanfang Hospital

Qingdao University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ashfaq M. Sheikh is an author at New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities specializing in medicine, autism, and neuroscience.

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MedicineAutismNeuroscienceBiochemistryCell BiologyCell SignalingNeurologyCell DeathPhysiologyNeuroimmunology

Publications per year

1981–2012

25

Publications

25

IL-6 is increased in the cerebellum of autistic brain and alters neural cell adhesion, migration and synaptic formation

Hongen Wei, Hua Zou, Ashfaq M. Sheikh et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation · 2011 · 328 citations · Full text

Brain IL-6 elevation causes neuronal circuitry imbalances and mediates autism-like behaviors

Hongen Wei, Kathryn K. Chadman, Daniel P. McCloskey et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease · 2012 · 250 citations

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuropsychology, Psychiatry +15

BDNF‐Akt‐Bcl2 antiapoptotic signaling pathway is compromised in the brain of autistic subjects

Ashfaq M. Sheikh, Mazhar N. Malik, G. Y. Wen et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Research · 2010 · 122 citations

Apoptosis, Cell Death, Akt Kinase +20

Cathepsin D and apoptosis related proteins are elevated in the brain of autistic subjects

Ashfaq M. Sheikh, X. Li, G. Y. Wen et al. · Neuroscience · 2009 · 97 citations

Cathepsin D, Syndromic Autism, Medicine +12

Expression of inflammatory cytokines, Bcl2 and cathepsin D are altered in lymphoblasts of autistic subjects

Mazhar N. Malik, Ashfaq M. Sheikh, G. Y. Wen et al. · Immunobiology · 2010 · 91 citations

Inflammation, Inflammatory Cytokines, Cathepsin D +11

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