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From neural development to cognition: unexpected roles for chromatin

Jehnna L. Ronan, +2 more
- 01 May 2013 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 5, pp 347-359
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Interestingly, mutations in EZH2 and certain BAF complex components have roles in both neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer, and overlapping point mutations are suggesting functionally important residues and domains.
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Recent genome-sequencing studies in human neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders have revealed mutations in chromatin-modifying enzymes, such as chromatin remodellers and histone-modifying enzymes. Such studies are improving our understanding of the roles of these modifiers in human neurodevelopment, and this article discusses the emerging roles for several of these enzymes in development and disease.

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TDP-43 Promotes Neurodegeneration by Impairing Chromatin Remodeling

TL;DR: It is found that TDP-43-mediated neurodegeneration causes impaired chromatin dynamics that prevents appropriate expression of protective genes through compromised function of the chromatin remodeler Chd1/CHD2.
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Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity modulates the critical phase of brain development

TL;DR: The role of different forms of activity during the development of the nervous system in modifying synaptic plasticity necessary for shaping the adult brain is discussed and various factors involved in altering the synaptic Plasticity in positive and negative way are explored.
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Brief Report: SETD2 Mutation in a Child with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Epilepsy

TL;DR: A 17-year-old girl with ASD, developmental delay, ID, seizures, Chiari I malformation, macrocephaly, and short stature is found by WES to have a de novo c.2028delT (P677LfsX19) mutation in the SET domain-containing protein 2 (SETD2) gene, predicted to be gene-damaging.
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The roles and regulation of Polycomb complexes in neural development

TL;DR: The distinct roles that Polycomb repressive complexes play during neurogenesis and gliogenesis are reviewed, while also highlighting recent work describing the molecular mechanisms that govern their dynamic activity in neural development.
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Translating the Histone Code

TL;DR: It is proposed that this epigenetic marking system represents a fundamental regulatory mechanism that has an impact on most, if not all, chromatin-templated processes, with far-reaching consequences for cell fate decisions and both normal and pathological development.
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Functions of DNA methylation: islands, start sites, gene bodies and beyond

TL;DR: Improved genome-scale mapping of methylation allows us to evaluate DNA methylation in different genomic contexts: transcriptional start sites with or without CpG islands, in gene bodies, at regulatory elements and at repeat sequences.
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Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2.

TL;DR: This study reports the first disease-causing mutations in RTT and points to abnormal epigenetic regulation as the mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of RTT.
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