CHARGE syndrome protein CHD7 regulates epigenomic activation of enhancers in granule cell precursors and gyrification of the cerebellum

oleh: Naveen C. Reddy, Shahriyar P. Majidi, Lingchun Kong, Mati Nemera, Cole J. Ferguson, Michael Moore, Tassia M. Goncalves, Hai-Kun Liu, James A. J. Fitzpatrick, Guoyan Zhao, Tomoko Yamada, Azad Bonni, Harrison W. Gabel

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01

Deskripsi

CHARGE syndrome that affects cerebellar development can be caused by haploinsufficiency of the chromatin remodeling enzyme CHD7; however the precise role of CHD7 remains unknown. Here the authors show CHD7 promotes chromatin accessibility and enhancer activity in granule cell precursors and regulates morphogenesis of the cerebellar cortex, where loss of CHD7 triggers cerebellar polymicrogyria.