Autism spectrum disorder susceptibility gene TAOK2 affects basal dendrite formation in the neocortex

F Calderon de Anda, AL Rosario, O Durak, T Tran… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
How neurons develop their morphology is an important question in neurobiology. Here we
describe a new pathway that specifically affects the formation of basal dendrites and axonal …

[HTML][HTML] TAOK2 rescues autism-linked developmental deficits in a 16p11. 2 microdeletion mouse model

R Scharrenberg, M Richter, O Johanns, DP Meka… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The precise development of the neocortex is a prerequisite for higher cognitive and
associative functions. Despite numerous advances that have been made in understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing WNT signaling restores cortical neuronal spine maturation and synaptogenesis in Tbr1 mutants

SF Darbandi, SER Schwartz, ELL Pai, A Everitt… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Tbr1 is a high-confidence autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gene encoding a transcription
factor with distinct pre-and postnatal functions. Postnatally, Tbr1 conditional knockout (CKO) …

[HTML][HTML] Altered TAOK2 activity causes autism-related neurodevelopmental and cognitive abnormalities through RhoA signaling

M Richter, N Murtaza, R Scharrenberg, SH White… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Atypical brain connectivity is a major contributor to the pathophysiology of
neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). TAOK2 …

T‐Brain‐1–A Potential Master Regulator in Autism Spectrum Disorders

HC Chuang, TN Huang, YP Hsueh - Autism Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
T‐Brain‐1 (TBR1), a causative gene in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), encodes a brain‐
specific T‐box transcription factor. It is therefore possible that TBR1 controls the expression …

[HTML][HTML] Neonatal Tbr1 dosage controls cortical layer 6 connectivity

SF Darbandi, SER Schwartz, Q Qi, R Catta-Preta… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
An understanding of how heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) risk genes, such as TBR1, contribute to ASD remains elusive. Conditional …

SHANK2 mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder cause hyperconnectivity of human neurons

K Zaslavsky, WB Zhang, FP McCready… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in SHANK2 are associated with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). We generated cortical neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells derived …

Tbr1 haploinsufficiency impairs amygdalar axonal projections and results in cognitive abnormality

TN Huang, HC Chuang, WH Chou, CY Chen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The neuron-specific transcription factor T-box brain 1 (TBR1) regulates brain development.
Disruptive mutations in the TBR1 gene have been repeatedly identified in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Ankrd11 is a chromatin regulator involved in autism that is essential for neural development

D Gallagher, A Voronova, MA Zander, GI Cancino… - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Ankrd11 is a potential chromatin regulator implicated in neural development and autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) with no known function in the brain. Here, we show that knockdown …

Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes

B Paulsen, S Velasco, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with hundreds of genes
spanning a wide range of biological functions,,,,–. The alterations in the human brain …