Rett syndrome: hopes of gene therapy

Reference: SP4443, GN1755 Abstract: For many years, Rett syndrome was widely regarded as an incurable disorder, as it was generally thought to cause irreversible changes in the brain. Then, in 2007, came the astonishing discovery that it was possible to reverse the symptoms of Rett syndrome in a laboratory model of the disorder, using a … Read more

New animal models for understandingof the role of MeCP2 and the development of approachespharmacological

Reference: PROJECT1 Abstract: Objective: confirmed the reversibility of the syndrome Rett, a possible therapeutic approach could result by pharmacological modulation of molecular pathways regulated by MeCP2. In this project we will remove MeCP2 from cerebral cortex and hippocampus, areas in which they reside most of the cognitive and affective, to determine the “MeCP2 target genes” … Read more

Production of neuronal cells from reprogrammed fibroblasts of patients with Rett Syndrome

Reference: 9_Renieri Abstract: Despite the intense scientific effort devoted by researchers around the world to study the molecular mechanisms at the basis of Rett, the obvious limitations due to the fact that the primary defect of the brain disease concerns have prevented until now the development of a good model on cells that represent the … Read more

Transgenic approaches to understanding astrocyte heterogeneity

Reference: BB/L003236/1 Abstract: The cells in our brain are generally divided into two major categories based on their function – neurons (commonly known as nerve cells) and glial cells. Neurons are very important to our body because they process and transmit information to control our actions in daily life, while glial cells are seen as … Read more

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