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SUBMITTER: Kleinberger G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5494459 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kleinberger Gernot G Brendel Matthias M Mracsko Eva E Wefers Benedikt B Groeneweg Linda L Xiang Xianyuan X Focke Carola C Deußing Maximilian M Suárez-Calvet Marc M Mazaheri Fargol F Parhizkar Samira S Pettkus Nadine N Wurst Wolfgang W Feederle Regina R Bartenstein Peter P Mueggler Thomas T Arzberger Thomas T Knuesel Irene I Rominger Axel A Haass Christian C
The EMBO journal 20170530 13
Genetic variants in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) increase the risk for several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Homozygous TREM2 missense mutations, such as p.T66M, lead to the FTD-like syndrome, but how they cause pathology is unknown. Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, we generated a knock-in mouse model for the disease-associated Trem2 p.T66M mutation. Consistent with a loss-of-function mutation, we obse ...[more]