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SUBMITTER: Hsieh J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC527137 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsieh Jenny J Nakashima Kinichi K Kuwabara Tomoko T Mejia Eunice E Gage Fred H FH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20041110 47
It has become apparent that chromatin modification plays a critical role in the regulation of cell-type-specific gene expression. Here, we show that an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, valproic acid (VPA), induced neuronal differentiation of adult hippocampal neural progenitors. In addition, VPA inhibited astrocyte and oligodendrocyte differentiation, even in conditions that favored lineage-specific differentiation. Among the VPA-up-regulated, neuron-specific genes, a neurogenic basic helix-loo ...[more]