A reader has CFS and also an autistic child. An extension of my model is that DNA + microbiome shift results in a wide variety of difficult to treat conditions falling under autoimmune. This is a drill down into one of these conditions.

Microbiome Shifts

• “Certain intestinal bacteria have been observed in abundance and may be involved in the pathogenesis of ASD; including members of the Clostridium and Sutterella genus” [2017]
• ” At the species level, a relative decrease in abundance of two Bacteroides species and Escherichia coli was found in autistic individuals…. but also may represent a more pervasive dysbiosis that results in metabolites that impact the behavior of autistic children.” [2016]
• “A significant increase in several mucosa-associated Clostridiales was observed in ASD-FGID, whereas marked decreases in Dorea and Blautia, as well as Sutterella, were evident.” [2016]
• “Autistic subjects also harbor statistically significantly (p = 0.015) higher counts of beta2-toxin gene-producing C. perfringens in their gut compared to control children, and the incidence of beta2-toxin gene-producing C. perfringens is significantly higher in autistic subjects compared to control children (p = 0.014). Alpha toxin gene was detected in all C. perfringens strains studied. C. perfringens” [2017]
• “MTT involved a 2-week antibiotic treatment, a bowel cleanse, and then an extended fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) using a high initial dose followed by daily and lower maintenance doses for 7-8 weeks. The Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale revealed an approximately 80% reduction of GI symptoms at the end of treatment, including significant improvements in symptoms of constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, and abdominal pain. Improvements persisted 8 weeks after treatment. Similarly, clinical assessments showed that behavioral ASD symptoms improved significantly and remained improved 8 weeks after treatment ended. Bacterial and phagedeep sequencing analyses revealed successful partial engraftment of donor microbiota and beneficial changes in the gut environment. Specifically, overall bacterial diversity and the abundance of Bifidobacterium, Prevotella, and Desulfovibrio among other taxa increased following MTT, and these changes persisted after treatment stopped (followed for 8 weeks).” [2017]
• “unlike those of healthy infants, feces of ASD infants had significantly higher and lower abundance of genera Faecalibacterium and Blautia, respectively.” [2016]
• “from stool samples of children with diagnosed or suspected ASD… Among the species identified, intrinsically fluconazole-resistant Candida krusei (19.8 %) and Candida glabrata (14.8 %) with elevated MICs were remarkable. Overall, C. albicans (57.4 %) was the most commonly isolated species..” [2016]
• “Children with PDD-NOS or AD have altered fecal microbiota and metabolomes (including neurotransmitter molecules)…. Our study indicates that the levels of free amino acids (FAA) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) differ in AD subjects compared to children with PDD-NOS, who are more similar to HC. [2015]
• From a detail study [2015]
  

DNA – SNPs

• “Our findings that WNT2 and FOXP2 may moderate the clinical phenotypes of ASD provide evidence to support the possible universal effect of WNT2 and FOXP2 on neurodevelopmental symptom dimensions.” [2017]
• “A haplotype of WNT2 (rs2896218-rs6950765: G-G) is significantly associated with ASDs in our trios samples,” [2011]
• “Cytogenetic abnormalities at the 15q11-q13 locus are fairly frequent in people with autism, and a “chromosome 15 phenotype” was described in individuals with chromosome 15 duplications. Among other candidate genes are the FOXP2, RAY1/ST7, IMMP2L, and RELN genes at 7q22-q33 and the GABA(A) receptor subunit and UBE3A genes on chromosome 15q11-q13. Variant alleles of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) on 17q11-q12 are more frequent in individuals with autism than in nonautistic populations.” [2004]

BPA – Danger

Interesting that a considerable number of articles returned from the PubMed search reference BPA. ” But BPA lines an estimated 75 percent of canned foods in North America,” [Mother Jones]

• “Short-term feeding of canned dog food increased circulating BPA concentrations in dogs comparable to amounts detected in humans, and greater BPA concentrations were associated with serum chemistry and microbiome changes.” [2017]
• “Gut dysbiosis may result in various diseases, such as metabolic and neurobehavioral disorders. Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including bisphenol A (BPA) and ethinyl estradiol (EE), especially during development, may also increase the risk for such disorders…., BPA and EE exposure may disrupt the normal gut flora, which may in turn result in systemic effects. ” [2016]