2018
Autism-associated CHD8 deficiency impairs axon development and migration of cortical neurons
Xu Q, Liu YY, Wang X, Tan GH, Li HP, Hulbert SW, Li CY, Hu CC, Xiong ZQ, Xu X, Jiang YH. Autism-associated CHD8 deficiency impairs axon development and migration of cortical neurons. Molecular Autism 2018, 9: 65. PMID: 30574290, PMCID: PMC6299922, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-018-0244-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCHD8 deficiencyNeuronal migrationChromodomain helicase DNAMouse brainChromatin structureTranscriptional regulatorsParvalbumin-positive neuronsHistone H1Autism spectrum disorderGenetic studiesCHD8Protein 8Functional consequencesNovel insightsBiochemical analysisContralateral cortexSitu hybridizationCortical neuronsCommon findingUtero electroporationGlia cellsNeuronal culturesAxon projectionsDeficiency impairsCircuit mechanisms
2017
A Presynaptic Function of Shank Protein in Drosophila
Wu S, Gan G, Zhang Z, Sun J, Wang Q, Gao Z, Li M, Jin S, Huang J, Thomas U, Jiang YH, Li Y, Tian R, Zhang YQ. A Presynaptic Function of Shank Protein in Drosophila. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 11592-11604. PMID: 29074576, PMCID: PMC6705749, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0893-17.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynapse developmentMushroom bodiesPresynaptic functionHuman genetic studiesPostsynaptic densityPSD scaffold proteinsPeripheral neuromuscular junctionsNull mutantsMushroom body calyxScaffold proteinFamily genesFamily proteinsExpression analysisDevelopmental defectsShank proteinsGenetic studiesShank familyCalyx structureFunction mutationsOnly memberIdiopathic autism spectrum disorderSynaptic roleNovel insightsProteinDrosophila