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SUBMITTER: Kishi N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4740176 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kishi Noriyuki N MacDonald Jessica L JL Ye Julia J Molyneaux Bradley J BJ Azim Eiman E Macklis Jeffrey D JD
Nature communications 20160129
Mutations in the transcriptional regulator Mecp2 cause the severe X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome (RTT). In this study, we investigate genes that function downstream of MeCP2 in cerebral cortex circuitry, and identify upregulation of Irak1, a central component of the NF-κB pathway. We show that overexpression of Irak1 mimics the reduced dendritic complexity of Mecp2-null cortical callosal projection neurons (CPN), and that NF-κB signalling is upregulated in the cortex with Mec ...[more]