Molecular analyses of neurogenic defects in a human pluripotent stem cell model of fragile X syndrome.

ABSTRACT: New research suggests that common pathways are altered in many neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder; however, little is known about early molecular events that contribute to the pathology of these diseases. The study of monogenic, neurodevelopmental disorders with a high incidence of autistic behaviours, such as fragile X syndrome, has the potential to identify genes and pathways that are dysregulated in autism spectrum disorder as well as fragile X syndrome. In vitro generation of human disease-relevant cell types provides the ability to investigate aspects of disease that are impossible to study in patients or animal models. Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells recapitulates development of the neocortex, an area affected in both fragile X syndrome an

SUBMITTER: Boland MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837342 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature