Search Results - "Annette Schenck"
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Range of genetic mutations associated with severe non-syndromic sporadic intellectual disability: an exome sequencing study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (10-11-2012)“…Summary Background The genetic cause of intellectual disability in most patients is unclear because of the absence of morphological clues, information about…”
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Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders 'on the fly': insights from Drosophila
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-05-2019)“…Intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are frequently co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders and affect 2-3% of the population…”
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Intellectual disability-associated disruption of O-GlcNAc cycling impairs habituation learning in Drosophila
Published in PLoS genetics (02-05-2022)“…O-GlcNAcylation is a reversible co-/post-translational modification involved in a multitude of cellular processes. The addition and removal of the O-GlcNAc…”
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Restoring polyamines protects from age-induced memory impairment in an autophagy-dependent manner
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-10-2013)“…Polyamines such as spermidine and putrescine are known to promote autophagy and longevity in fruit flies. Similar to many other organisms, Drosophila also…”
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The Endosomal Protein Appl1 Mediates Akt Substrate Specificity and Cell Survival in Vertebrate Development
Published in Cell (02-05-2008)“…During development of multicellular organisms, cells respond to extracellular cues through nonlinear signal transduction cascades whose principal components…”
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Functional convergence of histone methyltransferases EHMT1 and KMT2C involved in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder
Published in PLoS genetics (25-10-2017)“…Kleefstra syndrome, caused by haploinsufficiency of euchromatin histone methyltransferase 1 (EHMT1), is characterized by intellectual disability (ID), autism…”
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The epigenetic regulator G9a mediates tolerance to RNA virus infection in Drosophila
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-04-2015)“…Little is known about the tolerance mechanisms that reduce the negative effects of microbial infection on host fitness. Here, we demonstrate that the histone…”
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CNTNAP2 and NRXN1 Are Mutated in Autosomal-Recessive Pitt-Hopkins-like Mental Retardation and Determine the Level of a Common Synaptic Protein in Drosophila
Published in American journal of human genetics (13-11-2009)“…Heterozygous copy-number variants and SNPs of CNTNAP2 and NRXN1, two distantly related members of the neurexin superfamily, have been repeatedly associated…”
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The epigenetic regulator G9a attenuates stress-induced resistance and metabolic transcriptional programs across different stressors and species
Published in BMC biology (24-05-2021)“…Resistance and tolerance are two coexisting defense strategies for fighting infections. Resistance is mediated by signaling pathways that induce…”
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Disruption of an EHMT1-Associated Chromatin-Modification Module Causes Intellectual Disability
Published in American journal of human genetics (13-07-2012)“…Intellectual disability (ID) disorders are genetically and phenotypically highly heterogeneous and present a major challenge in clinical genetics and medicine…”
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Contribution of Intellectual Disability–Related Genes to ADHD Risk and to Locomotor Activity in Drosophila
Published in The American journal of psychiatry (01-06-2020)“…Objective:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorder. ADHD often co-occurs with intellectual…”
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Mutations in the chromatin modifier gene KANSL1 cause the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome
Published in Nature genetics (01-06-2012)“…Bert DeVries and colleagues identify mutations in the chromatin regulator KANSL1 in 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by…”
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The histone methyltransferase G9a regulates tolerance to oxidative stress-induced energy consumption
Published in PLoS biology (12-03-2019)“…Stress responses are crucial processes that require activation of genetic programs that protect from the stressor. Stress responses are also energy consuming…”
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Epigenetic regulation of learning and memory by Drosophila EHMT/G9a
Published in PLoS biology (01-01-2011)“…The epigenetic modification of chromatin structure and its effect on complex neuronal processes like learning and memory is an emerging field in neuroscience…”
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Ataxia-associated DNA repair genes protect the Drosophila mushroom body and locomotor function against glutamate signaling-associated damage
Published in Frontiers in neural circuits (05-07-2023)“…The precise control of motor movements is of fundamental importance to all behaviors in the animal kingdom. Efficient motor behavior depends on dedicated…”
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Conserved regulation of neurodevelopmental processes and behavior by FoxP in Drosophila
Published in PloS one (12-02-2019)“…FOXP proteins form a subfamily of evolutionarily conserved transcription factors involved in the development and functioning of several tissues, including the…”
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GDAP2 mutations implicate susceptibility to cellular stress in a new form of cerebellar ataxia
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-09-2018)“…Eidhof et al. report a new subtype of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia caused by mutations in GDAP2, and show that Gdap2 knockdown in Drosophila…”
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Conditional depletion of intellectual disability and Parkinsonism candidate gene ATP6AP2 in fly and mouse induces cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-12-2015)“…ATP6AP2, an essential accessory component of the vacuolar H+ ATPase (V-ATPase), has been associated with intellectual disability (ID) and Parkinsonism. ATP6AP2…”
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Drosophila Courtship Conditioning As a Measure of Learning and Memory
Published in Journal of visualized experiments (05-06-2017)“…Many insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory have been elucidated through the use of simple behavioral assays in model organisms…”
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Analysis of adhesion molecules and basement membrane contributions to synaptic adhesion at the Drosophila embryonic NMJ
Published in PloS one (30-04-2012)“…Synapse formation and maintenance crucially underlie brain function in health and disease. Both processes are believed to depend on cell adhesion molecules…”
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