Synaptic adhesion molecules

M Yamagata, JR Sanes, JA Weiner - Current opinion in cell biology, 2003 - Elsevier
Formation, differentiation and plasticity of synapses, the specialized cell–cell contacts
through which neurons communicate, all require interactions between pre-and post-synaptic …

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

J Grove, S Ripke, TD Als, M Mattheisen, RK Walters… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable and heterogeneous group of
neurodevelopmental phenotypes diagnosed in more than 1% of children. Common genetic …

Genetic evidence suggests posttraumatic stress disorder as a subtype of major depressive disorder

F Zhang, S Rao, H Cao, X Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
are highly comorbid and exhibit strong correlations with one another. We aimed to …

Neural immunoglobulin superfamily interaction networks

K Zinn, E Özkan - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mammalian IgSF subfamilies define small interaction networks.•A global
Drosophila IgSF interaction map identifies complex binding networks.•Large networks with …

Negr1 controls adult hippocampal neurogenesis and affective behaviors

K Noh, H Lee, TY Choi, Y Joo, SJ Kim, H Kim… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Recent genome-wide association studies on major depressive disorder have implicated
neuronal growth regulator 1 (Negr1), a GPI-anchored cell adhesion molecule in the …

IgLON cell adhesion molecules are shed from the cell surface of cortical neurons to promote neuronal growth

R Sanz, GB Ferraro, AE Fournier - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
Matrix metalloproteinases and a disintegrin and metalloproteinases are members of the zinc
endopeptidases, which cleave components of the extracellular matrix as well as cell surface …

Proteomic analysis of synaptosomes using isotope‐coded affinity tags and mass spectrometry

SP Schrimpf, V Meskenaite, E Brunner… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Synaptosomes are isolated synapses produced by subcellular fractionation of brain tissue.
They contain the complete presynaptic terminal, including mitochondria and synaptic …

IgLON cell adhesion molecules regulate synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons

T Hashimoto, S Maekawa… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
IgLON cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily
comprise of LAMP, neurotrimin (Ntm), OBCAM, and Kilon. In the present study, we …

Neural cell adhesion molecule Negr1 deficiency in mouse results in structural brain endophenotypes and behavioral deviations related to psychiatric disorders

K Singh, M Jayaram, M Kaare, E Leidmaa… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1) belongs to the immunoglobulin (IgLON)
superfamily of cell adhesion molecules involved in cortical layering. Recent functional and …

Functional inactivation of the genome-wide association study obesity gene neuronal growth regulator 1 in mice causes a body mass phenotype

AWS Lee, H Hengstler, K Schwald, M Berriel-Diaz… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
To date, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified at least 32 novel loci for
obesity and body mass-related traits. However, the causal genetic variant and molecular …