In VPA females’ model of autism, nooclerin exerted the most pronounced influence on alterations in the transcriptional activities of the tnks genes, telomerase (Tep1, Dkc1) and the shelterin complex (Terf2ip, Pot1a, Tinf2, Tpp1, Trf1 - 2) in the hippocampus. Here, TEP1 is linked to autism.