[PDF][PDF] Neonatal Tbr1 dosage controls cortical layer 6 connectivity

SF Darbandi, SER Schwartz, Q Qi, R Catta-Preta… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
An understanding of how heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) risk genes, such as TBR1, contribute to ASD remains elusive. Conditional …

[HTML][HTML] The non-linear path from gene dysfunction to genetic disease: lessons from the MICPCH mouse model

K Mukherjee, LEW LaConte, S Srivastava - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most human disease manifests as a result of tissue pathology, due to an underlying disease
process (pathogenesis), rather than the acute loss of specific molecular function (s) …

[HTML][HTML] CA1 Nampt knockdown recapitulates hippocampal cognitive phenotypes in old mice which nicotinamide mononucleotide improves

S Johnson, DF Wozniak, S Imai - NPJ aging and mechanisms of …, 2018 - nature.com
Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most concerning outcomes in global population aging.
However, the mechanisms by which cognitive functions are impaired during aging remain …

[HTML][HTML] The biological functions and pathological mechanisms of CASK in various diseases

X Liu, H Qin, Y Liu, J Ma, Y Li, Y He, H Zhu, L Mao - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background As a scaffold protein, calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase
(CASK) has been extensively studied in a variety of tissues throughout the body. The Cask …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary zinc supplementation rescues fear-based learning and synaptic function in the Tbr1+/− mouse model of autism spectrum disorders

K Lee, Y Jung, Y Vyas, I Skelton, WC Abraham… - Molecular autism, 2022 - Springer
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder
characterised by a dyad of behavioural symptoms—social and communication deficits and …

[HTML][HTML] Deficiency of calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase disrupts the excitatory-inhibitory balance of synapses by down-regulating GluN2B

T Mori, EA Kasem, E Suzuki-Kouyama, X Cao, X Li… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) is a membrane-associated
guanylate kinase (MAGUK) protein that is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders …

Two microcephaly-associated novel missense mutations in CASK specifically disrupt the CASK–neurexin interaction

LEW LaConte, V Chavan, AF Elias, C Hudson… - Human genetics, 2018 - Springer
Deletion and truncation mutations in the X-linked gene CASK are associated with severe
intellectual disability (ID), microcephaly and pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia in girls …

[HTML][HTML] Structural Analysis Implicates CASK-Liprin-α2 Interaction in Cerebellar Granular Cell Death in MICPCH Syndrome

Q Guo, E Kouyama-Suzuki, Y Shirai, X Cao… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (MICPCH) syndrome is a
neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the deficiency of the X-chromosomal gene CASK …

Complete loss of the X-linked gene CASK causes severe cerebellar degeneration

PA Patel, JV Hegert, I Cristian, A Kerr… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Heterozygous loss of X-linked genes like CASK and MeCP2 (Rett syndrome)
causes developmental delay in girls, while in boys, loss of the only allele of these genes …

Haploinsufficiency of X-linked intellectual disability gene CASK induces post-transcriptional changes in synaptic and cellular metabolic pathways

PA Patel, C Liang, A Arora, S Vijayan, S Ahuja… - Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterozygous mutations in the X-linked gene CASK are associated with intellectual
disability, microcephaly, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, optic nerve hypoplasia and partially …