2025
Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling
Kim Y, Kim M, Kim S, Lee R, Ujihara Y, Marquez-Wilkins E, Jiang Y, Yang E, Kim H, Lee C, Park C, Kim I. Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 1407. PMID: 39915488, PMCID: PMC11802743, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56720-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-brain barrierNeuronal excitabilityB-cateninBarrier functionMouse blood-brain barrierReduced neuronal excitabilityMale mutant miceBlood-brain barrier permeabilityBrain endothelial cellsAutism spectrum disorderNeonatal micePotential therapeutic targetASD risk genesMutant miceTight junctionsImpaired sociabilityPathogenic mechanismsBrain parenchymaEndothelial cellsTherapeutic targetASD pathogenesisSHANK3Adult ageDisabling conditionMice
2024
Transcriptional determinism and stochasticity contribute to the complexity of autism-associated SHANK family genes
Lu X, Ni P, Suarez-Meade P, Ma Y, Forrest E, Wang G, Wang Y, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Gerstein M, Jiang Y. Transcriptional determinism and stochasticity contribute to the complexity of autism-associated SHANK family genes. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114376. PMID: 38900637, PMCID: PMC11328446, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSHANK family genesFamily genesLong-read sequencingCDNA captureTranscript structureDeleterious variantsGenomic studiesAbundant mRNAsTranscriptional dysregulationStochastic transcriptionStudies of neuropsychiatric disordersCausative genesTranscriptional profilesTranscriptional determinantsTranscriptomePostmortem brain tissueAutism spectrum disorderShank3 transcriptsTranscriptionGenesGenomeSHANK3Neuropsychiatric disordersSpectrum disorderAutism model
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