Article
Graded and pan-neural disease phenotypes of Rett Syndrome linked with dosage of functional MeCP2.
Protein & cell - 1 Aug 2021
Chen Xiaoying, Han Xu, Blanchi Bruno, Guan Wuqiang, Ge Weihong, Yu Yong-Chun, Sun Yi E
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder, mainly caused by mutations in MeCP2 and currently with no cure. We report here that neurons from R106W MeCP2 RTT human iPSCs as well as human embryonic stem cells after MeCP2 knockdown exhibit consistent and long-lasting impairment in maturation as indicated by impaired action potentials and passive membrane properties as well as reduced soma size...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Base Sequence
- Cell Differentiation
- Fibroblasts
- Gene Dosage
- Gene Expression
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Human Embryonic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
