2016
Targeting the histone methyltransferase G9a activates imprinted genes and improves survival of a mouse model of Prader–Willi syndrome
Kim Y, Lee HM, Xiong Y, Sciaky N, Hulbert SW, Cao X, Everitt JI, Jin J, Roth BL, Jiang YH. Targeting the histone methyltransferase G9a activates imprinted genes and improves survival of a mouse model of Prader–Willi syndrome. Nature Medicine 2016, 23: 213-222. PMID: 28024084, PMCID: PMC5589073, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell LineDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme InhibitorsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleFibroblastsGene ExpressionGenomic ImprintingHistone CodeHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMethylationMicePrader-Willi SyndromeQuinazolinesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Small NucleolarSnRNP Core ProteinsSurvival RateUbiquitin-Protein Ligases
1999
Paternal Deletion from Snrpn to Ube3a in the Mouse Causes Hypotonia, Growth Retardation and Partial Lethality and Provides Evidence for a Gene Contributing to Prader-Willi Syndrome
Tsai T, Jiang Y, Bressler J, Armstrong D, Beaudet A. Paternal Deletion from Snrpn to Ube3a in the Mouse Causes Hypotonia, Growth Retardation and Partial Lethality and Provides Evidence for a Gene Contributing to Prader-Willi Syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 1999, 8: 1357-1364. PMID: 10400982, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.8.1357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbnormalities, MultipleAnimalsAutoantigensBrainChromosome DeletionFemaleGene ExpressionGenomic ImprintingHumansLigasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsMuscle HypotoniaMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOpen Reading FramesPedigreePhenotypePrader-Willi SyndromeRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNASnRNP Core ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsOpen reading framePartial lethalityExon 2Pathogenesis of PWSUpstream open reading framesObvious phenotypic abnormalitiesMouse chromosome 7CGenomic imprintsImprinted expressionPrader-Willi syndromeHuman translocationImprinted genesGene ContributingStructural genePaternal deficiencyChromosome 7CPaternal chromosomesGenotype/phenotype correlationHuman chromosomesMethylation patternsImprinting mutationsReading frameMultiple genesLoss of expressionSNRPN