Article
Genetic variability in scaffolding proteins and risk for schizophrenia and autism-spectrum disorders: a systematic review.
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN - 1 Jul 2018
Soler Jordi, Fañanás Lourdes, Parellada Mara, Krebs Marie-Odile, Rouleau Guy A, Fatjó-Vilas Mar
Abstract excerpt
Scaffolding proteins represent an evolutionary solution to controlling the specificity of information transfer in intracellular networks. They are highly concentrated in complexes located in specific subcellular locations. One of these complexes is the postsynaptic density of the excitatory synapses. There, scaffolding proteins regulate various processes related to synaptic plasticity, such as glutamate receptor...
Topics
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Schizophrenia
