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SynthesisDevelopmental neurobiology2021

Role of Ash1l in Tourette syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Cheng Zhang, Lulu Xu, Xueping Zheng, Shiguo Liu, Fengyuan Che

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Synthesis in Developmental neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cheng ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The Eleventh Clinical Medical College of Qingdao University, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0607-7140
Lulu XuDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xueping ZhengDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Shiguo LiuMedical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Fengyuan CheDepartment of Neurology, The Eleventh Clinical Medical College of Qingdao University, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, China.
Qingdao University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81371499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ash1l potentially contributes to neurodevelopmental diseases. Although specific Ash1l mutations are rare, they have led to informative studies in animal models that may bring therapeutic advances. Ash1l is highly expressed in the brain and correlates with the neuropathology of Tourette syndrome (TS), autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual disability during development, implicating shared epigenetic factors and overlapping neuropathological mechanisms. Functional convergence of Ash1l generated several significant signaling pathways: chromatin remodeling and transcriptional regulation, protein synthesis and cellular metabolism, and synapse development and function. Here, we systematically review the literature on Ash1l, including its discovery, expression, function, regulation, implication in the nervous system, signaling pathway, mutations, and putative involvement in TS and other neurodevelopmental traits. Such findings highlight Ash1l pleiotropy and the necessity of transcending a single gene to complicated mechanisms of network convergence underlying these diseases. With the progress in functional genomic analysis (highlighted in this review), and although the importance and necessity of Ash1l becomes increasingly apparent in the medical field, further research is required to discover the precise function and molecular regulatory mechanisms related to Ash1l. Thus, a new perspective is proposed for basic scientific research and clinical interventions for cross-disorder diseases.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderIntellectual DisabilityNeurodevelopmental DisordersTourette SyndromeAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsAsh1lgene pleiotropyhistone methylationneurodevelopmentTourette syndrome

Identifiers

PMID33258273
PMCPMC8048680
OpenAlexW3107559567

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