The team led by Professor Liu Xingyin of Nanjing Medical University in China said the discovery could lead to a new theoretical path of treating autism based on digestion and immune activities the Xinhua reported. Xingyin said the KDM5-deficient drosophila melanogaster or vinegar flies kept their distance from one another were slow to respond and had reduced direct contact with other flies. All of these phenomena are similar to the communication disorders of people with autism Liu said. The study published in the journal Cell Host and Microbe showed without the function of KDM5 the flies' intestinal mucosal barriers were
