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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2018

Enhancing our brains: Genomic mechanisms underlying cortical evolution.

Caitlyn Mitchell, Debra L Silver

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caitlyn MitchellDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Debra L SilverDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: debra.silver@duke.edu.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University Hospital · US

Funding

Training Program in Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyT32HD040372 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Terry H Lechler · 2001 to 2026
$8.9M
Mechanisms of neural progenitor division in the developing brainR01NS083897 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SILVER, DEBRA · 2013 to 2023
$3.4M
Post-transcriptional RNA regulation in mammalian neural stem cellsR21NS098176 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SILVER, DEBRA · 2017 to 2018
$437k
Zika virus infection of neural stem cells to model pathogen-induced microcephalyR21NS100545 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HORNER, STACY MICHELLE, SILVER, DEBRA · 2016 to 2017
$437k
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD040372NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083897NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS098176NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS100545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our most distinguishing higher cognitive functions are controlled by the cerebral cortex. Comparative studies detail abundant anatomical and cellular features unique to the human developing and adult neocortex. Emerging genomic studies have further defined vast differences distinguishing developing human neocortices from related primates. These human-specific changes can affect gene function and/or expression, and result from structural variations such as chromosomal deletions and duplications, or from point mutations in coding and noncoding regulatory regions. Here, we review this rapidly growing field which aims to identify and characterize genetic loci unique to the human cerebral cortex. We catalog known human-specific genomic changes distinct from other primates, including those whose function has been interrogated in animal models. We also discuss how new model systems and technologies such as single cell RNA sequencing, primate iPSCs, and gene editing, are enabling the field to gain unprecedented resolution into function of these human-specific changes. Some neurological disorders are thought to uniquely present in humans, thus reinforcing the need to comprehensively understand human-specific gene expression in the developing brain.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionGene ExpressionGenomicsHumansCortical developmentEnhancerGene expressionHARiPSC

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PMID28864345
PMCPMC5832537
OpenAlexW2751526137

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