2016
Tsc1 haploinsufficiency is sufficient to increase dendritic patterning and Filamin A levels
Zhang L, Huang T, Bordey A. Tsc1 haploinsufficiency is sufficient to increase dendritic patterning and Filamin A levels. Neuroscience Letters 2016, 629: 15-18. PMID: 27345385, PMCID: PMC4983256, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.06.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTuberous sclerosis complexDendritic complexityDendritic patterningTotal dendritic lengthTsc1 haploinsufficiencyFLNA levelsNeonatal electroporationDendritic lengthNewborn neuronsDendritic abnormalitiesSholl analysisOlfactory bulbFilamin ATsc1 lossHeterozygote miceCognitive defectsDendritic morphologyMiceA levelsMost individualsHaploinsufficiencyHeterozygote conditionLevelsAbnormalitiesNeurons
2014
MEK-ERK1/2-Dependent FLNA Overexpression Promotes Abnormal Dendritic Patterning in Tuberous Sclerosis Independent of mTOR
Zhang L, Bartley CM, Gong X, Hsieh LS, Lin TV, Feliciano DM, Bordey A. MEK-ERK1/2-Dependent FLNA Overexpression Promotes Abnormal Dendritic Patterning in Tuberous Sclerosis Independent of mTOR. Neuron 2014, 84: 78-91. PMID: 25277454, PMCID: PMC4185153, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic complexityFLNA overexpressionDendritic abnormalitiesFLNA expressionDendritic patterningComplex dendritic arborsWild-type neuronsFilamin ADendritic arborsERK1/2-dependent mannerDendritic defectsNeurological defectsMEK-ERK1/2NeuronsMTOR activityNeurodevelopmental disordersNeurodevelopmental diseasesProtein filamin AAbnormalitiesMTOROverexpression