Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Genetic dissection identifies Necdin as a driver gene in a mouse model of paternal 15q duplications

  • Kota Tamada,
  • Keita Fukumoto,
  • Tsuyoshi Toya,
  • Nobuhiro Nakai,
  • Janak R. Awasthi,
  • Shinji Tanaka,
  • Shigeo Okabe,
  • François Spitz,
  • Fumihito Saitow,
  • Hidenori Suzuki,
  • Toru Takumi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24359-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Duplication of chromosome 15q11-q13 is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, the authors show that in mice paternal Dup15q results in ASD-like neuronal and behavioural impairment driven by Necdin.