ArticlePLoS genetics2005
The axon guidance receptor gene ROBO1 is a candidate gene for developmental dyslexia.
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Speech and Short-term Memory Functions in Dyslexia: a Combined MEG and EEG Study
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157 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 332 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Molecular logic for cellular specializations that initiate the auditory parallel processing pathways.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Targeted analysis of dyslexia-associated regions on chromosomes 6, 12 and 15 in large multigenerational cohorts.PloS one · 2025Article
- A versatile pipeline to identify convergently lost ancestral conserved fragments associated with convergent evolution of vocal learning.Briefings in bioinformatics · 2024Article
- Investigation of Association Between Expression of DYX1C1, KIAA0319, and ROBO1 Genes and Specific Learning Disorder in Children and Adolescents.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- Molecular logic for cellular specializations that initiate the auditory parallel processing pathways.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Sensory temporal sampling in time: an integrated model of the TSF and neural noise hypothesis as an etiological pathway for dyslexia.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Tace/ADAM17 is a bi-directional regulator of axon guidance that coordinates distinct Frazzled and Dcc receptor signaling outputs.Cell reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dyslexia, or specific reading disability, is the most common learning disorder with a complex, partially genetic basis, but its biochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood. A locus on Chromosome 3, DYX5, has been linked to dyslexia in one large family and speech-sound disorder in a subset of small families. We found that the axon guidance receptor gene ROBO1, orthologous to the Drosophila roundabout gene, is disrupted by a chromosome translocation in a dyslexic individual. In a large pedigree with 21 dyslexic individuals genetically linked to a specific haplotype of ROBO1 (not found in any other chromosomes in our samples), the expression of ROBO1 from this haplotype was absent or attenuated in affected individuals. Sequencing of ROBO1 in apes revealed multiple coding differences, and the selection pressure was significantly different between the human, chimpanzee, and gorilla branch as compared to orangutan. We also identified novel exons and splice variants of ROBO1 that may explain the apparent phenotypic differences between human and mouse in heterozygous loss of ROBO1. We conclude that dyslexia may be caused by partial haplo-insufficiency for ROBO1 in rare families. Thus, our data suggest that a slight disturbance in neuronal axon crossing across the midline between brain hemispheres, dendrite guidance, or another function of ROBO1 may manifest as a specific reading disability in humans.
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