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Pten deletion in adult hippocampal neural stem/progenitor cells causes cellular abnormalities and alters neurogenesis.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 25 Apr 2012
Amiri Anahita, Cho Woosung, Zhou Jing, Birnbaum Shari G, Sinton Christopher M, McKay Renée M, Parada Luis F
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Adult neurogenesis persists throughout life in restricted brain regions in mammals and is affected by various physiological and pathological conditions. The tumor suppressor gene Pten is involved in adult neurogenesis and is mutated in a subset of autism patients with macrocephaly; however, the link between the role of PTEN in adult neurogenesis and the etiology of autism has not been studied before. Moreover,...
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