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Differentiation of multipotent neural stem cells derived from Rett syndrome patients is biased toward the astrocytic lineage.
Molecular brain - 27 May 2015
Andoh-Noda Tomoko, Akamatsu Wado, Miyake Kunio, Matsumoto Takuya, Yamaguchi Ryo, Sanosaka Tsukasa, Okada Yohei, Kobayashi Tetsuro, Ohyama Manabu, Nakashima Kinichi, Kurosawa Hiroshi, Kubota Takeo, Okano Hideyuki
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BACKGROUND: Rett syndrome (RTT) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders in females, caused by de novo mutations in the X-linked methyl CpG-binding protein 2 gene, MECP2. Although abnormal regulation of neuronal genes due to mutant MeCP2 is thought to induce autistic behavior and impaired development in RTT patients, precise cellular mechanisms underlying the aberrant neural progression remain...
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