Hominini-specific regulation of CBLN2 increases prefrontal spinogenesis
Shibata M, Pattabiraman K, Muchnik SK, Kaur N, Morozov YM, Cheng X, Waxman SG, Sestan N. Hominini-specific regulation of CBLN2 increases prefrontal spinogenesis. Nature 2021, 598: 489-494. PMID: 34599306, PMCID: PMC9018127, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03952-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsDendritesEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMacacaMental DisordersMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNervous System DiseasesNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesPhylogenyPrefrontal CortexPromoter Regions, GeneticSOXD Transcription FactorsTranscriptomeUp-RegulationConceptsCerebellin 2Prefrontal cortexCerebral cortex regionsDendritic spine formationInitiation of synaptogenesisLaminar distributionDendritic spinesNervous systemNeuropsychiatric disordersSpine formationLevel of expressionCortex regionsGenetic humanizationCortical gradientsDisproportionate increaseSpecies differencesNeurexinsSpinogenesisDysfunctionMolecular basisPathogenesisExpressionCortexSynaptogenesisSpine