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ReviewAmerican journal of human genetics2007

The role of neuronal complexes in human X-linked brain diseases.

Frédéric Laumonnier, Peter C Cuthbert, Seth G N Grant

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Review in American journal of human genetics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frédéric LaumonnierGenes to Cognition Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Peter C Cuthbert
Seth G N Grant
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beyond finding individual genes that are involved in medical disorders, an important challenge is the integration of sets of disease genes with the complexities of basic biological processes. We examine this issue by focusing on neuronal multiprotein complexes and their components encoded on the human X chromosome. Multiprotein signaling complexes in the postsynaptic terminal of central nervous system synapses are essential for the induction of neuronal plasticity and cognitive processes in animals. The prototype complex is the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex/membrane-associated guanylate kinase-associated signaling complex (NRC/MASC) comprising 185 proteins and embedded within the postsynaptic density (PSD), which is a set of complexes totaling approximately 1,100 proteins. It is striking that 86% (6 of 7) of X-linked NRC/MASC genes and 49% (19 of 39) of X-chromosomal PSD genes are already known to be involved in human psychiatric disorders. Moreover, of the 69 known proteins mutated in X-linked mental retardation, 19 (28%) encode postsynaptic proteins. The high incidence of involvement in cognitive disorders is also found in mouse mutants and indicates that the complexes are functioning as integrated entities or molecular machines and that disruption of different components impairs their overall role in cognitive processes. We also noticed that NRC/MASC genes appear to be more strongly associated with mental retardation and autism spectrum disorders. We propose that systematic studies of PSD and NRC/MASC genes in mice and humans will give a high yield of novel genes important for human disease and new mechanistic insights into higher cognitive functions.

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Genes, X-LinkedAnimalsAutistic DisorderChromosomes, Human, XCognition DisordersGuanylate KinasesHumansMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsProteomeReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSignal TransductionSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionX-Linked Intellectual DisabilityGuanylate KinasesNerve Tissue Proteinspostsynaptic density proteinsProteomeReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID17236127
PMCPMC1785339
OpenAlexW1988829155

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