Figure 6

Quantification of (A) Beta-III Tubulin and (C) GFAP protein expression in fusiform gyrus of autism and control samples by Western blotting. Each sample was normalized to its β-actin. As reported by other studies [38,39], four bands ranging from 38 kDa to 50 kDa were detected for GFAP in all samples and quantified together. p = 0.5 for βIII-tubulin, p = 0.4 for GFAP, 2-tailed t test. Bars indicate mean ± SE. Autism, n = 11; control, n = 13. The mean from two independent Western blots per sample was used for statistical analysis. (B) and (D) Representative Western blots of fusiform gyrus showing autism (A) and control (C) cases. 20 μg for Beta-III Tubulin and 5 μg for GFAP of total protein from each autism and control sample were loaded.