Article
Haploinsufficiency of intraflagellar transport protein 172 causes autism-like behavioral phenotypes in mice through BDNF.
Journal of advanced research - 1 Jul 2025
Zheng Nanxi, Luo Shilin, Zhang Xin, Hu Ling, Huang Muzhi, Li Mingyu, McCaig Colin, Ding Yu-Qiang, Lang Bing
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Primary cilia are hair-like solitary organelles growing on most mammalian cells that play fundamental roles in embryonic patterning and organogenesis. Defective cilia often cause a suite of inherited diseases called ciliopathies with multifaceted manifestations. Intraflagellar transport (IFT), a bidirectional protein trafficking along the cilium, actively facilitates the formation and absorption of...
Topics
- Animals
- Haploinsufficiency
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- Mice
- Autistic Disorder
- Hippocampus
- Phenotype
- Behavior, Animal
- Cilia
- Signal Transduction
- Male
