Nature Communications (May 2019)

Ep400 deficiency in Schwann cells causes persistent expression of early developmental regulators and peripheral neuropathy

  • Franziska Fröb,
  • Elisabeth Sock,
  • Ernst. R. Tamm,
  • Anna-Lena Saur,
  • Simone Hillgärtner,
  • Trevor J. Williams,
  • Toshihiro Fujii,
  • Rikiro Fukunaga,
  • Michael Wegner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10287-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The Ep400 chromatin remodeler determines genomic distribution of variant histones. In the current study, the authors show that loss of Ep400 in Schwann cells leads to aberrant expression of developmental regulators, and a peripheral neuropathy phenotype.