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. This evidence concerns the gene TINF2 and autism.