The p21-activated kinases in neural cytoskeletal remodeling and related neurological disorders

K Zhang, Y Wang, T Fan, C Zeng, ZS Sun - Protein & cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The serine/threonine p21-activated kinases (PAKs), as main effectors of the Rho GTPases
Cdc42 and Rac, represent a group of important molecular switches linking the complex …

Impairments in dendrite morphogenesis as etiology for neurodevelopmental disorders and implications for therapeutic treatments

T Copf - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Dendrite morphology is pivotal for neural circuitry functioning. While the causative
relationship between small-scale dendrite morphological abnormalities (shape, density of …

The molecular basis of p21-activated kinase-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: From genotype to phenotype

M Dobrigna, S Poëa-Guyon, V Rousseau… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although the identification of numerous genes involved in neurodevelopmental disorders
(NDDs) has reshaped our understanding of their etiology, there are still major obstacles in …

Interneuron odyssey: molecular mechanisms of tangential migration

I Toudji, A Toumi, É Chamberland… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cortical GABAergic interneurons are critical components of neural networks. They provide
local and long-range inhibition and help coordinate network activities involved in various …

A meta-analysis of transcriptomic profiles of Huntington's disease patients

M Seefelder, S Kochanek - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Description of robust transcriptomic alterations in Huntington's disease is essential to identify
targets for biochemical studies and drug development. We analysed publicly available …

Deletion of semaphorin 3F in interneurons is associated with decreased GABAergic neurons, autism-like behavior, and increased oxidative stress cascades

Z Li, R Jagadapillai, E Gozal, G Barnes - Molecular Neurobiology, 2019 - Springer
Autism and epilepsy are diseases which have complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide
association and other genetic studies have implicated at least 500+ genes associated with …

PAK3 activation promotes the tangential to radial migration switch of cortical interneurons by increasing leading process dynamics and disrupting cell polarity

L Viou, M Atkins, V Rousseau, P Launay… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Mutations of PAK3, a p21-activated kinase, are associated in humans with cognitive deficits
suggestive of defective cortical circuits and with frequent brain structural abnormalities. Most …

Foxg1 Regulates the Postnatal Development of Cortical Interneurons

W Shen, R Ba, Y Su, Y Ni, D Chen, W Xie… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abnormalities in cortical interneurons are closely associated with neurological diseases.
Most patients with Foxg1 syndrome experience seizures, suggesting a possible role of …

Downreguation of FoxM1 by miR-214 inhibits proliferation and migration in hepatocellular carcinoma

C Tian, H Wu, C Li, X Tian, Y Sun, E Liu, X Liao… - Gene therapy, 2018 - nature.com
The FoxM1 transcription factor plays an important role in the progression of HCC. Therefore,
it is necessary to study cell regulation of FoxM1. In this study, we determined the expression …

Functional analysis of rare variants found in schizophrenia implicates a critical role for GIT1–PAK3 signaling in neuroplasticity

MJ Kim, J Biag, DM Fass, MC Lewis, Q Zhang… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Although the pathogenesis of schizophrenia (SCZ) is proposed to involve alterations of
neural circuits via synaptic dysfunction, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly …