| Literature DB >> 18571142 |
Francesca Ariani1, Giuseppe Hayek, Dalila Rondinella, Rosangela Artuso, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Ariele Spanhol-Rosseto, Marzia Pollazzon, Sabrina Buoni, Ottavia Spiga, Sara Ricciardi, Ilaria Meloni, Ilaria Longo, Francesca Mari, Vania Broccoli, Michele Zappella, Alessandra Renieri.
Abstract
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disease caused by mutations in the X-linked gene encoding for the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2. Here, we report the identification of FOXG1-truncating mutations in two patients affected by the congenital variant of Rett syndrome. FOXG1 encodes a brain-specific transcriptional repressor that is essential for early development of the telencephalon. Molecular analysis revealed that Foxg1 might also share common molecular mechanisms with MeCP2 during neuronal development, exhibiting partially overlapping expression domain in postnatal cortex and neuronal subnuclear localization.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18571142 PMCID： PMC2443837 DOI： 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.05.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN： 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025