Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Sirt2 promotes white matter oligodendrogenesis during development and in models of neonatal hypoxia

  • Beata Jablonska,
  • Katrina L. Adams,
  • Panagiotis Kratimenos,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Emma Strickland,
  • Tarik F. Haydar,
  • Katharina Kusch,
  • Klaus-Armin Nave,
  • Vittorio Gallo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32462-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Neonatal hypoxia leads to white matter hypomyelination due to delayed oligodendrocyte maturation. The authors identify Sirt2 as a crucial regulator of oligodendrocyte differentiation during normal white matter development and in response to hypoxia.