Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Neuronal network dysfunction in a model for Kleefstra syndrome mediated by enhanced NMDAR signaling

  • Monica Frega,
  • Katrin Linda,
  • Jason M. Keller,
  • Güvem Gümüş-Akay,
  • Britt Mossink,
  • Jon-Ruben van Rhijn,
  • Moritz Negwer,
  • Teun Klein Gunnewiek,
  • Katharina Foreman,
  • Nine Kompier,
  • Chantal Schoenmaker,
  • Willem van den Akker,
  • Ilse van der Werf,
  • Astrid Oudakker,
  • Huiqing Zhou,
  • Tjitske Kleefstra,
  • Dirk Schubert,
  • Hans van Bokhoven,
  • Nael Nadif Kasri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12947-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Kleefstra syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with hapoinsufficiency of the histone methyltransferase EHMT1. Here the authors show using induced pluripotent cells-derived neurons from patients that network dysfunction occurs and is due to dysfunction of the NMDA receptor.