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ArticleNature communications2024

Defects in hair cells disrupt the development of auditory peripheral circuitry.

Riley T Bottom, Yijun Xu, Caroline Siebald, Jinsei Jung, Ulrich Müller

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Drug Discovery Targeting Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for Hearing Loss.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Riley T Bottom *The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Yijun Xu *The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3562-1179
Caroline Siebald *The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Jinsei JungDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1906-6969
Ulrich MüllerThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. umuelle3@jhmi.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2736-6494

Funding

Mechanosensor Development, Function, and DysfunctionR01DC005965 · NIDCD · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MUELLER, ULRICH · 2003 to 2023
$10.2M
Training Program in Hearing and BalanceT32DC000023 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CULLEN, KATHLEEN E · 1989 to 2025
$8.7M
Mechanisms of Auditory Circuit DevelopmentR01DC019514 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Ulrich Mueller · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Interactions between Hair Cells and Neurons.R01DC014713 · NIDCD · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MUELLER, ULRICH · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
Molecular Mechanisms of Clarin-1 and Clarin-2 function in mechanosensory hair cellsR01DC021941 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Ulrich Mueller · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005965NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014713NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019514NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC021941NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deafness is the most common form of sensory impairment in humans and frequently caused by defects in hair cells of the inner ear. Here we demonstrate that in male mice which model recessive non-syndromic deafness (DFNB6), inactivation of Tmie in hair cells disrupts gene expression in the neurons that innervate them. This includes genes regulating axonal pathfinding and synaptogenesis, two processes that are disrupted in the inner ear of the mutant mice. Similar defects are observed in mouse models for deafness caused by mutations in other genes with primary functions in hair cells. Gene therapy targeting hair cells restores hearing and inner ear circuitry in DFNB6 model mice. We conclude that hair cell function is crucial for the establishment of peripheral auditory circuitry. Treatment modalities for deafness thus need to consider restoration of the function of both hair cells and neurons, even when the primary defect occurs in hair cells.

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DeafnessHair Cells, AuditoryAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEar, InnerGenetic TherapyHumansMaleMiceMutation

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PMID39738090
PMCPMC11686150

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