Reduced expression of MECP2 affects cell commitment and maintenance in neurons by triggering senescence: New perspective for Rett syndrome

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1435-1445

  Squillaro, Tiziana ^a,b   Alessio, Nicola ^c,d   Cipollaro, Marilena ^a   Melone, Mariarosa Anna Beatrice ^e   Hayek, Giuseppe ^f   Renieri, Alessandra ^g   Giordano, Antonio ^b,c,g   Galderisi, Umberto ^a,b,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Human Health Foundation   (Italy)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento Medico Chirurgico di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale F Magrassi e A Lanzara   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL PATIENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETT SYNDROME; SENESCENCE;

CELL AGING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RETT SYNDROME; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84859732309     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E11-09-0784     Document Type: Article

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