MAFK and autism: Six inflammatory genes were differentially expressed and significantly up-regulated in the high autism likelihood group: CYSLTR2, NOX1, C1QA, CXCL10, C8A, IL23R. mRNA count significantly correlated with social communication FYI score for CYSLTR2 (Pearson r = 0.46, p = 0.024) and CXCL10 (r = 0.43, p = 0.036) and with sensory regulation score for ALOX5 (r = −0.43, p = 0.038) and MAFK (r = −0.46, p = 0.022).