Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Su YT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613132 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Yi-Ting YT Lau Shun-Fat SF Ip Jacque P K JPK Cheung Kit K Cheung Tom H T THT Fu Amy K Y AKY Ip Nancy Y NY
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190617 27
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis involves the lifelong generation of neurons. The process depends on the homeostasis of the production of neurons and maintenance of the adult neural stem cell (NSC) pool. Here, we report that α2-chimaerin, a Rho GTPase-activating protein, is essential for NSC homeostasis in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Conditional deletion of α2-chimaerin in adult NSCs resulted in the premature differentiation of NSCs into intermediate progenitor cells (IPCs), which ultimately d ...[more]