| Literature DB >> 33946187 |
Nikistratos Siskos1, Electra Stylianopoulou1, Georgios Skavdis1, Maria E Grigoriou1.
Abstract
MicroCephaly Primary Hereditary (MCPH) is a rare congenital neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a significant reduction of the occipitofrontal head circumference and mild to moderate mental disability. Patients have small brains, though with overall normal architecture; therefore, studying MCPH can reveal not only the pathological mechanisms leading to this condition, but also the mechanisms operating during normal development. MCPH is genetically heterogeneous, with 27 genes listed so far in the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database. In this review, we discuss the role of MCPH proteins and delineate the molecular mechanisms and common pathways in which they participate.Entities:
Keywords: MCPH; MCPH1–MCPH27; cell cycle; microcephaly; molecular genetics
Year: 2021 PMID: 33946187 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11050581
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Sci ISSN: 2076-3425