Unmuting Ube3a in mice alleviates Angelman syndrome
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Ube3a Imprinting Impairs Circadian Robustness in Angelman Syndrome Models
BACKGROUND The paternal allele of Ube3a is silenced by imprinting in neurons, and Angelman syndrome (AS) is a disorder arising from a deletion or mutation of the maternal Ube3a allele, which thereby eliminates Ube3a neuronal expression. Sleep disorders such as short sleep duration and increased sleep onset latency are very common in AS. RESULTS We found a unique link between neuronal imprinti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Neurology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1759-4758,1759-4766
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.240